The population of Dubai grew by 6.2% in the past year, with a total of 711,590 households in 2023 compared to 669,750 families in 2022. This growth equates to an additional 41,800 families residing in the emirate.
According to data from the Dubai Statistics Center – Digital Dubai, the number of family members in Dubai also increased by 3.5% in 2023, totaling 2.855 million people as opposed to 2.756 million people in 2022. However, the average family size decreased slightly to four individuals from an average of 4.1 individuals in 2022 and four individuals in 2021.
Dubai saw an increase of four new residential communities in 2023, bringing the total number of communities to 2,