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United Arab Emirates: Rural population

14.04percent · 2025-10.4% since 2015

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Annual figures for United Arab Emirates from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202514.038
202414.183
202314.332
202214.485
202114.643
202014.804
201914.97
201815.14
201715.313
201615.491
201515.672
201415.856
201316.044
201216.236
201116.43
201016.629
200916.83
200817.034
200717.241
200617.441
200517.788
200418.527
200319.151
200219.729
200120.253
200020.713
199921.1
199821.404
199721.618
199621.731
199521.742
199421.711
199321.648
199221.559
199121.446
199021.314
198921.167
198821.007
198720.838
198620.665
198520.482
198420.266
198320.003
198219.696
198119.346
198018.896
197918.213
197817.375
197716.612
197616.131
197516.102
197416.335
197316.773
197217.359
197118.043
197018.777
196919.512
196820.2
196720.847
196621.502
196522.181
196422.901
196323.677
196224.525
196125.461
196026.5

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Rural population. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-rural-population (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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