‎Dubai population grows 7.5% to 4.58M at end-2025

Source: Argaam - UAE News
Source link: https://www.argaam.com/en/article/articledetail/id/1924516
Published: 2026-07-30 14:08:00
Discovered by ProcIntel: 2026-07-31 08:54:00
Category: GCC Spotlight
Geography: UAE
Organisations: —
Review status: Pending
Record type: REAL

Summary

‎<img src="https://argaamplus.s3.amazonaws.com/0eae8ed1-c001-4240-b932-d3919f9ff1f2.png" > Dubai <hr> Dubai’s population rose 7.5% last year, adding 332,000 people, reaching 4.58 million, up from 4.25 million at2024-end. <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr > <td > Year </td> <td > Total population (mln) </td> <td > Number of citizens (‘000) </td> <td > Number of residents (mln) </td> </tr> <tr > <td > 2014 </td> <td > 2.33 </td> <td > 212.00 </td> <td > 2.12 </td> </tr> <tr > <td > 2015 </td> <td > 2.45 </td> <td > 222.86 </td> <td > 2.22 </td> </tr> <tr > <td > 2016 </td> <td > 2.70 </td> <td > 233.43 </td> <td > 2.47 </td> </tr> <tr > <td > 2017 </td> <td > 2.98 </td> <td > 245.20 </td> <td > 2.73 </td> </tr> <tr > <td > 2018 </td> <td > 3.19 </td> <td > 253.60 </td> <td > 2.94 </td> </tr> <tr > <td > 2019 </td> <td > 3.36 </td> <td > 263.45 </td> <td > 3.09 </td> </tr> <tr > <td > 2020 </td> <td > 3.41 </td> <td > 271.05 </td> <td > 3.14 </td> </tr> <tr > <td > 2021 </td> <td > 3.48 </td> <td > 278.79 </td> <td > 3.20 </td> </tr> <tr > <td > 2022 </td> <td > 3.55 </td> <td > 284.65 </td> <td > 3.26 </td> </tr> <tr > <td > 2023 </td> <td > 3.66 </td> <td > 292.20 </td> <td > 3.36 </td> </tr> <tr > <td > 2024 </td> <td > 4.25 </td> <td > -- </td> <td > -- </td> </tr> <tr > <td > 2025 </td> <td > 4.58 </td> <td > -- </td> <td > -- </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div ></div> *Estimated population at year-end According to a statement from Dubai Data and Statistics Establishment, the number of active individuals in the emirate during peak hours at the end of last year reached 6.39 million people, comprising 4.58 million permanent residents in Dubai and 1.81 million people temporarily present in the emirate — the latter mostly for work or tourism, in addition to students, visitors to shopping centers, and those in similar categories. <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr > <td colspan="3" > Number of active individuals in the emirate during peak daytime hours (mln perople) </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Category </td> <td > Number of individuals </td> <td > Share of total </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Permanent residents </td> <td > 4.58 </td> <td > 72 % </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Temporary individuals </td> <td > 1.81 </td> <td > 28 % </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Total individuals during peak hours </td> <td > 6.39 </td> <td > 100 % </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div ></div>

Procurement Relevance Gate

FAIL — score 7.0/100 — evaluated 2026-07-31 08:55:19

Only geographic exposure matched — no substantive content indicator, so this cannot pass alone.

geographic_exposure (weight 8) — matched on "1 linked geography"

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Not Assessed — this Signal did not pass the Procurement Relevance Gate, or is fictional/excluded test data.

‎Dubai population grows 7.5% to 4.58M at end-2025

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Initial Signal Assessment ⓘMore about Initial Signal AssessmentProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

Initial Signal Assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.