Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — United Arab Emirates

Total fertility rate in the United Arab Emirates in 2024 — 1.21 births. Ranked 198 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 81.3%.

2024 1.21 births +1.08% vs 2023
World rank 198of 217
Period maximum 6.53 births1968
Period minimum 1.15 births2022

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — United Arab Emirates, 1960–20240246819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 6.5 births1962: 6.49 births1964: 6.49 births1966: 6.5 births1968: 6.53 births1970: 6.52 births1972: 6.5 births1974: 6.41 births1976: 6.29 births1978: 6.15 births1980: 5.95 births1982: 5.66 births1984: 5.3 births1986: 5 births1988: 4.77 births1990: 4.51 births1992: 4.09 births1994: 3.76 births1996: 3.06 births1998: 2.77 births2000: 2.73 births2002: 2.54 births2004: 2.39 births2006: 1.96 births2008: 1.52 births2010: 1.57 births2012: 1.53 births2014: 1.48 births2016: 1.37 births2018: 1.29 births2020: 1.29 births2022: 1.15 births2024: 1.21 births
Change over the period: −5.29 (−81.34%) Average annual rate: -2.59 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates 1.21 births
World 2.19 births
Western Asia computed 2.48 births
High-income countries computed 1.43 births
Total fertility rate — United Arab Emirates, by year United Arab Emirates All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 1.21 +0.01 +1.08%
2023 1.2 +0.05 +4.53%
2022 1.15 −0.01 −1.2%
2021 1.16 −0.13 −9.85%
2020 1.29 +0.04 +3.37%
2019 1.25 −0.04 −3.18%
2018 1.29 −0.06 −4.59%
2017 1.35 −0.02 −1.17%
2016 1.37 −0.05 −3.6%
2015 1.42 −0.07 −4.45%
2014 1.48 −0.04 −2.88%
2013 1.53 −0.01 −0.33%
2012 1.53 −0.01 −0.45%
2011 1.54 −0.03 −1.66%
2010 1.57 −0.02 −1.07%
2009 1.58 +0.07 +4.35%
2008 1.52 −0.28 −15.4%
2007 1.79 −0.17 −8.48%
2006 1.96 −0.27 −12.28%
2005 2.23 −0.15 −6.42%
2004 2.39 −0.11 −4.26%
2003 2.49 −0.05 −1.97%
2002 2.54 −0.08 −3.09%
2001 2.62 −0.11 −4.06%
2000 2.73 −0.06 −2.15%
1999 2.79 +0.03 +1.01%
1998 2.77 −0.06 −2.12%
1997 2.83 −0.24 −7.68%
1996 3.06 −0.22 −6.65%
1995 3.28 −0.48 −12.84%
1994 3.76 −0.06 −1.52%
1993 3.82 −0.27 −6.58%
1992 4.09 −0.16 −3.83%
1991 4.25 −0.26 −5.66%
1990 4.51 −0.14 −3.1%
1989 4.65 −0.12 −2.47%
1988 4.77 −0.12 −2.36%
1987 4.88 −0.12 −2.32%
1986 5 −0.13 −2.46%
1985 5.13 −0.18 −3.36%
1984 5.3 −0.18 −3.27%
1983 5.48 −0.18 −3.11%
1982 5.66 −0.16 −2.68%
1981 5.81 −0.14 −2.33%
1980 5.95 −0.11 −1.75%
1979 6.06 −0.09 −1.5%
1978 6.15 −0.07 −1.16%
1977 6.22 −0.07 −1.08%
1976 6.29 −0.06 −0.98%
1975 6.35 −0.06 −0.9%
1974 6.41 −0.05 −0.82%
1973 6.46 −0.04 −0.58%
1972 6.5 −0.02 −0.26%
1971 6.52 +0 +0%
1970 6.52 −0 −0.08%
1969 6.52 −0 −0.08%
1968 6.53 +0.02 +0.29%
1967 6.51 +0.01 +0.23%
1966 6.5 +0 +0%
1965 6.5 +0 +0.02%
1964 6.49 −0 −0.02%
1963 6.5 +0.01 +0.09%
1962 6.49 −0 −0.08%
1961 6.49 −0 −0.08%
1960 6.5

About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.