Polity Atlas
Dataset

International migrant stock (% of population), indicator SM.POP.TOTL.ZS

World Bank, World Development Indicators (UN Population Division data) · 2025

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Accessed
2026-09-01
Reliability notes
UAE: 67.9 (2000), 78.5 (2010), 74 (2024), read via the World Bank API on 2026-10-30. Total population (SP.POP.TOTL) 3.49 million in 2000 and 10.99 million in 2024.

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EstablishedNon-citizens make up the large majority of the UAE's residents and have no political rights: Freedom House puts them at about 90 percent of the population, and UN estimates put international migrants at about three-quarters of residents in 2024.