The population of the UAE reached 8.26 million people by the end of the first half of 2010, according to latest figures published by the UAE Statistics Bureau.
Emirati nationals accounted for 11.5 percent of the population at the end of June, totalling 947,997 people, the data showed, while non-nationals numbered 7,316,073.
The total population of the UAE grew 65 percent compared to figures for 2006 published on the bureau’s website.
However this growth was driven by expat immigration which rose 75 percent from 2006 to the end of June last year.
The fastest period for growth in the review period was between 2007 and 2008 when the population rocketed from 6.2 million to more than eight million as the country, and Dubai especially, embarked on a huge programme of growth in various industries, including infrastructure and real estate, financial services and tourism.
Growth in the six months to the end of June 2010 slowed, with numbers rising by about 64,000.
According to the data, the majority of UAE nationals, more than 42 percent, lived in Abu Dhabi at the end of June.
More than 400,000 UAE nationals lived in the UAE capital city compared to just over 168,000 in neighbouring Dubai.
The data did not provide a breakdown of expat figures for the emirates.
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