What is the difference in population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million between Israel and United Arab Emirates?

0.5%, with United Arab Emirates ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and United Arab Emirates?

66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

World Urbanization Prospects 2018, United Nations (UN), published as Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Israel vs United Arab Emirates: Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

Israel

57.0%

in 2025

United Arab Emirates

57.5%

in 2025

Israel rank

9th

United Arab Emirates rank

8th

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million over time

Israel
United Arab Emirates

How they compare

United Arab Emirates currently reports 57.5% against 57.0% in Israel, a difference of 0.5%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Israel ahead.

Israel ranks 9th and United Arab Emirates ranks 8th of 121 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Israel averaged higher in 2 and United Arab Emirates in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Israel	United Arab Emirates	Difference	Ahead
1960s	46.1%	52.7%	6.6%	United Arab Emirates
1970s	45.6%	59.2%	13.6%	United Arab Emirates
1980s	49.5%	57.3%	7.8%	United Arab Emirates
1990s	55.3%	54.6%	0.7%	Israel
2000s	57.9%	53.7%	4.2%	Israel
2010s	57.4%	57.7%	0.3%	United Arab Emirates
2020s	57.3%	61.5%	4.2%	United Arab Emirates

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, Israel or United Arab Emirates?: United Arab Emirates, at 57.5% against 57.0% in Israel as of 2025.
What is the difference in population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million between Israel and United Arab Emirates?: 0.5%, with United Arab Emirates ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and United Arab Emirates?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Israel and United Arab Emirates rank globally for population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million?: Israel ranks 9th and United Arab Emirates ranks 8th of 121 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Urbanization Prospects 2018, United Nations (UN), published as Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population)
Unit: % of total population
Source: World Urbanization Prospects 2018, United Nations (UN)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 158 places, 10,428 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the percentage of a country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.