An increase of 78 thousand people

Dubai's population exceeded 3.51 million at the end of the first half

58.49% of Dubai residents are between 25 and 44 years old.

Emirates today

The population of the Emirate of Dubai reached about three million and 514 thousand people at the end of the first half of this year, compared to more than three million and 436 thousand people in the same period last year, an increase of about 78 thousand people, according to the population clock index on the Markaz website. Dubai Statistics, while the increase in the population of Dubai, from the beginning of 2022 until the end of this June, amounted to about 35.6 thousand people.

male and female

The center told "Emirates Today" that the number of males amounted to about two million and 432 thousand people, or 69.2%, while the number of females reached about one million and 82 thousand people, or 30.8% of the total population of the emirate.

population

According to the Population Bulletin for the year 2021 issued by the Dubai Statistics Center, the number of residents of the Emirate of Dubai who habitually reside in it was estimated at 3,478,300 people, at the end of 2021, and the number of individuals in the Emirate of Dubai during normal peak hours was estimated at 4,541,675 Individuals, and includes the number of residents residing in the Emirate of Dubai, individuals working in the government sectors (federal and local) and private in the Emirate who live outside the Emirate, and the average number of hotel and hotel apartments guests and sailors in the Emirate, in addition to the dynamic movement of those entering and leaving the Emirate within hours. Peak.

age structure

Based on the age and gender structure of the population residing in the Emirate of Dubai, 58.49% of the population is concentrated in the ages between 25 and 44 years, while the age group (30-34 years) occupies the first place, with 623,368 people at a rate of 17.92%. Of the total population, followed by the age group (25-29 years) with a number of 576 thousand and 791 people, with a percentage of 16.58% of the total population.

As for the age group (35-39 years), it ranked third, with 464,242 people, representing 13.35% of the emirate's total population.

Gradual growth of the population

Numerous literature and documents showed that going back to 1881, the population of Dubai did not exceed 12,000 people in that year.

The population of the emirate has gradually increased over 137 years, doubling by 261 times, after exceeding three million in 2018.

The population of Dubai in 1975 amounted to about 183,000 people, rising to 276,000 in 1980, reaching about 862 thousand in 2000, about 1.3 million people in 2005, and more than two million people in 2011, exceeding the barrier of three million people in year 2018. 

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