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How many babies are born in UAE?

119 thousand babies born in UAE in 2026. That is 0.09% of all births worldwide, and the 102nd largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in UAE: history and projections

1K10K100K 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside UAE’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~950 ~24K 40.4 Modelled estimate
1000 ~1.2K ~31K 40.0 Modelled estimate
1500 ~1.3K ~31K 41.1 Modelled estimate
1800 ~1.92K ~40.2K 47.8 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~2.34K ~48.9K 47.8 Historical reconstruction
1950 3.4K 74.5K 45.6 UN estimate
2000 57K 3.49M 16.3 UN estimate
2023 104K 10.6M 9.8 UN estimate
2026 119K 11.6M 10.3 UN projection
2050 177K 15.4M 11.5 UN projection
2075 250K 20.5M 12.2 UN projection
2100 324K 26.1M 12.4 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in UAE among estimates through 2023 were in 2023, at about 104K. That is roughly 109 times the estimated ~954 births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.21 children per woman, fertility in UAE is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in UAE each year?

An estimated 119 thousand babies are born in UAE in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 327 a day and 0.09% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in UAE?

UAE has an estimated 10.3 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.21 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.