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Buildings and projects

Official counts for Dubai. Projects, buildings and units.

Projects3,039

Buildings256,468

Units2,372,508

Project status

Finished1,469

Under construction865

Not started459

Pending232

Conditional start13

Frozen1

Project type

Buildings2,460

Villas304

Villa complexes275

Number of rent contracts

Number of rent contracts that started each year in Dubai. Two bars: residential and commercial.

ResidentialCommercial

706,052292,787

2023

771,711376,241

2024

821,993411,791

2025

525,942276,914

2026

Full rent figures

Number of sales

Number of sales recorded each year in Dubai. Two bars: residential and commercial.

ResidentialCommercial

116,35715,665

2023

164,64714,648

2024

191,04023,512

2025

104,37912,282

2026

Full sale figures

Residents

Official population of Dubai by year. Men and women are the latest year.

3,192,2753.19M2018

3,355,9003.36M2019

3,411,2003.41M2020

3,478,3003.48M2021

3,718,0003.72M2022

3,974,3003.97M2023

4,248,2004.25M2024

4,580,3004.58M2025

2025

Men3,138,200

Women1,442,100

DEWA

Accounts1,156,050

Commercial202,919 (17.6%)

Industrial2,914 (0.3%)

Other accounts77 (0%)

Residential950,140 (82.2%)

Meter type

Expats877,758 (92.4%)

UAE nationals72,372 (7.6%)

Countries

India234,589 (24.7%)

United Arab Emirates90,928 (9.6%)

Pakistan50,156 (5.3%)

United Kingdom43,358 (4.6%)

Egypt38,444 (4%)

Philippines35,012 (3.7%)

Russian Federation23,453 (2.5%)

Lebanon21,915 (2.3%)

Syria19,615 (2.1%)

Jordan18,011 (1.9%)

Iran16,728 (1.8%)

France14,748 (1.6%)

Full figures