Yemen Population 2024 (Live)

34,982,136

According to current projections, Yemen’s population will surpass 50 million people in 2055 and will peak at 55.08 million in 2080. After 2081, the population will begin to slowly decline.

Yemen is currently growing at a rate of 2.28% per year. This growth rate has decreased consistently since 1990 and will continue to decrease further closer to 2080.

Yemen has a low median age of 20.2 years and a high fertility rate of 3.84 births per woman. The fertility rate is significantly lower than it was in 2010, when it was 5 births per woman, contributing to the slowing population growth rate.

Rapid population growth could deplete what little resources Yemen has. Yemen is the poorest country in the Arab peninsula, challenged with widespread poverty, unemployment, and a diminishing supply of oil resources and water.

Population Rank
Growth Rate
2024 World Percentage
Land Area
527,970
The current population of Yemen is 34,982,136 based on projections of the latest United Nations data. The UN estimates the July 1, 2024 population at 35,219,853.

Yemen Growth Rate

Yemen Population 2024 (Live)

Yemen Population Clock

Yemen Population (as of 3/11/2024)34,982,136
Next UN Estimate (July 1, 2024)35,219,853
Births per Day2,783
Deaths per Day561
Migrations per Day-80
Net Change per Day2,142
Population Change Since Jan. 1152,082

Components of Population Change

One birth every 31 seconds
One death every 2.57 minutes
One emigrant every 18 minutes
Net gain of one person every 40 seconds

Yemen Population Clock

City
2024 Population
Sanaa1,937,451
Al Hudaydah617,871
Ta`izz615,222
Aden550,602
Mukalla258,132
Ibb234,837
Dhamar160,114
'Amran90,792
Sayyan69,404
Zabid52,590

Yemen Area and Population Density

Yemen's border is roughly half land, half water with its edges touching Saudi Arabia, Oman, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The area of the country is 203,850 square miles (527,951 square kilometers) and has a population density of 138.6 people per square mile (53.5 people per square kilometer).

Largest Cities in Yemen

The urban population of Yemen is a relatively low 35.19%, but they have a couple of sizable cities. The capital of Sanaa has an impressive 3,937,000 residents. The cities of Ta-izz, Al Hudaydah, and Aden all have populations close to 500,000.

Yemen Population Density Map

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Year
Population
Growth Rate
Density (/km²)
Population Rank
Density Rank
202435,219,8532.23%6744145
202334,449,8252.27%6544146
202032,284,0462.34%6146149
201931,546,6912.46%6046149
201830,790,5132.52%5847149
201730,034,3892.6%5748149
201528,516,5452.88%5447150
201024,743,9463.02%4748157
200521,320,6712.74%4050160
200018,628,7002.96%3553162
199516,103,3393.78%3154163
199013,375,1213.92%2554168
198511,036,9183.7%2156170
19809,204,9383.22%1764173
19757,855,6572.8%1566178
19706,843,6072.34%1367177
19656,097,2981.93%1268176
19605,542,4591.71%1067175
19555,091,6031.56%1067174

Yemen Population by Year (Historical)

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Year
Population
Growth Rate
Density (/km²)
Population Rank
Density Rank
202435,219,8532.23%6744145
202536,000,4522.2%6844145
203039,923,2452.09%7642144
203543,861,7481.9%8339136
204047,790,7081.73%9139133
204551,644,1221.56%9837127
205055,296,3311.38%10536122
205558,674,1031.19%11135117
206061,740,9421.02%11734117
206564,452,2660.86%12233113
207066,803,4810.72%12734111
207568,826,4280.6%13035109
208070,518,7790.49%13435107
208571,899,6670.39%13633106
209072,978,5770.3%13833103
209573,731,1660.21%14033103

Yemen Population by Year (Projections)

Yemen Population Pyramid 2024

Yemen Median Age

19.8

Total

19.6

Male

19.9

Female

Yemen Population by Age

There are people over age 18 in Yemen.

Census Years

Year
Date
200419 December 2004
199417 December 1994
198830 March 1988
198618 February 1986

Yemen Population Pyramid

Yemen is an Arab country on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula and the second-largest country in the region with a 2,000 kilometer coastline. It's also one of the oldest civilization centers in the Near East, and the first country in the Arabian peninsula to give women the right to vote.

Yemen Demographics

Most Yemenis are of Arab origin, as most minorities left when the former states of north and south Yemen were established. The country remains, for the most part, a tribal society with about 400 Zaydi tribes in the northern region and hereditary caste groups in urban areas, most notably Al-Akhdam.

There are 10-30,000 Turkish people still living in Yemen after their arrival with the Ottoman colonization, and there's a rather large community of Yemenite Jews. There are also large groups of Indonesians, Malaysians, and Singaporeans of Arab descent. Yemen hosts about 160,000 refugees and asylum seekers as well, mostly from Somalia, Iraq, Ethiopia and, more recently, Syria.

Yemen Religion, Economy and Politics

Yemen is very much an Islamic nation with roughly 98% of the population practicing the religion. 56% belong to the Shafi'i Sunni school of thought and the remaining 42% follow Zaydi Shia principles. There is thought to as few as 1,000 Christians and 50 Jews in all of Yemen.

Oil accounts for nearly 85% of Yemen's exports, and 75% of its GDP. Their oil reserves are small compared to other countries in the area, but it is a significant source of revenue for them.

Yemen has been plagued by civil unrest and war for a long time now, which has negatively impacted almost all aspects of life including economics and politics. The government relies heavily on grants just to meets its basic needs.

Yemen Population History

Yemen is one of the least developed countries in the world with the vast majority of its population in rural and tribal areas, and it's seen many conflicts and civil wars in recent history. The population is more than 5x larger than its 1950 population of 4.3 million, and Yemen has a young population as well, with almost half of its people under 15.

Yemen Population Rank 2024
Country Age
Area (km²)
527,968
2024 Growth Rate
Capital
GDP (IMF '23)
$21.05
GDP (UN '22)
$11.01 Bn

Yemen - General Info

  1. World Population Prospects (2022 Revision) - United Nations population estimates and projections.
  2. GeoNames

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