Dominican Republic vs United Arab Emirates
Dominican Republic has about the same population as United Arab Emirates: 11,520,487 vs 11,513,149, a gap of 7,338. United Arab Emirates is growing faster (+4.68% vs +0.81% a year), adding about 539,180 people a year against +93,307. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, United Arab Emirates would overtake Dominican Republic in about 0 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2025) — a projection, not a forecast. Dominican Republic is the older society: 8.2% aged 65+ against 1.8% in United Arab Emirates. Dominican Republic is 1.6× as densely populated (235.1 vs 147.6 people per km²). People in United Arab Emirates live 9.2 years longer on average (83.1 vs 73.9). GDP per capita is 4.5× higher in United Arab Emirates ($50,274 vs $11,059).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Dominican Republic) and 2025 (United Arab Emirates); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Dominican Republic vs United Arab Emirates — side by side
 Dominican Republic |  United Arab Emirates | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 11,520,4872025 | 11,513,1492025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +0.81%2025 | +4.68%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 17.62024 | 9.82024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 6.22024 | 1.02024 |
| Children per woman | 2.222024 | 1.212024 |
| Life expectancy | 73.9 yrs2024 | 83.1 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 26.2%2025 | 16.0%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 8.2%2025 | 1.8%2025 |
| Density | 235.1 /km²2023 | 147.6 /km²2023 |
| Area | 49,003 km²2023 | 98,648 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 72.5%2025 | 86.0%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | -35,3062025 | +158,6342025 |
| GDP per capita | $11,0592025 | $50,2742024 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #84 | #85 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.14% | 0.14% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Dominican Republic: 3.5× from 1960 to 2025; United Arab Emirates: 87.7× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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