United Arab Emirates: cities by population
United Arab Emirates has a population of 9,630,959, with Abu Dhabi as its capital. The 50 largest of its 51 recorded towns and cities, ranked.
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.
| # | Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dubai | Dubai | 3,790,000 |
| 2 | Abu Dhabi | Abu Dhabi | 1,807,000 |
| 3 | Sharjah | Sharjah | 1,800,000 |
| 4 | Al Ain City | Abu Dhabi | 846,747 |
| 5 | Ajman | Ajman | 490,035 |
| 6 | Ras Al Khaimah | Ras Al Khaimah | 351,943 |
| 7 | Musaffah | Abu Dhabi | 243,341 |
| 8 | Jebel Ali | Dubai | 210,000 |
| 9 | Fujairah | Fujairah | 118,933 |
| 10 | Warīsān | Dubai | 108,759 |
| 11 | Khalifah A City | Abu Dhabi | 85,374 |
| 12 | Mohammed Bin Zayed City | Abu Dhabi | 85,000 |
| 13 | Reef Al Fujairah City | Fujairah | 82,310 |
| 14 | Bani Yas City | Abu Dhabi | 80,498 |
| 15 | Zayed City | Abu Dhabi | 63,482 |
| 16 | Al Shamkhah City | Abu Dhabi | 61,710 |
| 17 | Umm Al Quwain City | Umm Al Quwain | 59,098 |
| 18 | Al Sajaah | Sharjah | 53,079 |
| 19 | Lahbab | Dubai | 53,079 |
| 20 | Ţarīf Kalbā | Fujairah | 51,000 |
| 21 | Khawr Fakkān | Sharjah | 40,677 |
| 22 | Kalbā | Sharjah | 37,545 |
| 23 | Dibba Al-Fujairah | Fujairah | 30,000 |
| 24 | Dibba Al-Hisn | Fujairah | 26,395 |
| 25 | The Palm Jumeirah | Dubai | 25,500 |
| 26 | Ar Ruways | Abu Dhabi | 25,000 |
| 27 | Adh Dhayd | Sharjah | 20,165 |
| 28 | Halwan | Sharjah | 19,389 |
| 29 | Bur Dubai | Dubai | 18,698 |
| 30 | Ḩattā | Dubai | 15,324 |
| 31 | Masdar City | Abu Dhabi | 15,000 |
| 32 | Ar Rams | Ras Al Khaimah | 13,000 |
| 33 | Al Jazīrah al Ḩamrā’ | Ras Al Khaimah | 10,190 |
| 34 | Muzayri‘ | Abu Dhabi | 10,000 |
| 35 | Maşfūţ | Ajman | 8,988 |
| 36 | Al Madam | Sharjah | 8,652 |
| 37 | Dubai Motor City | Dubai | 8,561 |
| 38 | DAMAC Hills | Dubai | 8,000 |
| 39 | Al Manāmah | Ajman | 5,823 |
| 40 | Suwayḩān | Abu Dhabi | 5,403 |
| 41 | Sha'biyyat Milе̄hah | Sharjah | 4,768 |
| 42 | Abū Mūsá | 4,213 | |
| 43 | Al Ḩamrīyah | Sharjah | 3,297 |
| 44 | Al Raafah | Umm Al Quwain | 2,704 |
| 45 | Al Lusaylī | Dubai | 2,514 |
| 46 | Murbaḩ | Sharjah | 2,000 |
| 47 | Al Wiqan | Abu Dhabi | 2,000 |
| 48 | Ash Sha‘m | Ras Al Khaimah | 1,550 |
| 49 | Margham | Dubai | 1,280 |
| 50 | Al'Arad | Abu Dhabi | 1,000 |
Twenty years earlier: United Arab Emirates in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 3,750,054.