Yemen Demographics: Median age, Gender, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Yemen vs World

Table

Year	Median age
	Yemen	World
1960	19.7	22.5
1961	19.6	22.5
1962	19.6	22.4
1963	19.5	22.2
1964	19.4	22
1965	19.3	21.8
1966	19.2	21.7
1967	19.1	21.6
1968	18.9	21.5
1969	18.7	21.5
1970	18.4	21.4
1971	18.1	21.4
1972	17.8	21.5
1973	17.6	21.5
1974	17.3	21.6
1975	17	21.7
1976	16.8	21.9
1977	16.6	22
1978	16.3	22.2
1979	16.1	22.3
1980	15.9	22.5
1981	15.7	22.6
1982	15.5	22.7
1983	15.3	22.9
1984	15.1	23
1985	15	23.2
1986	14.9	23.3
1987	14.8	23.4
1988	14.7	23.6
1989	14.6	23.8
1990	14.6	23.9
1991	14.6	24.1
1992	14.6	24.3
1993	14.6	24.5
1994	14.6	24.7
1995	14.7	25
1996	14.8	25.2
1997	14.9	25.4
1998	15	25.7
1999	15.2	25.9
2000	15.4	26.1
2001	15.6	26.3
2002	15.8	26.5
2003	16	26.7
2004	16.2	27
2005	16.4	27.2
2006	16.7	27.4
2007	16.9	27.6
2008	17.2	27.8
2009	17.4	28
2010	17.7	28.2
2011	17.9	28.4
2012	18.1	28.6
2013	18.3	28.9
2014	18.5	29.1
2015	18.7	29.3
2016	18.8	29.5
2017	18.9	29.8
2018	19	30
2019	19.1	30.3
2020	19.1	30.6
2021	19.1	30.8
2022	19.2	31
2023	19.2	31.3
2024	19.3	31.6
2025	19.4	31.9
2026	19.5	32.1
2027	19.6	32.3
2028	19.7	32.6
2029	19.8	32.8
2030	20	33
2031	20.1	33.2
2032	20.3	33.4
2033	20.5	33.6
2034	20.7	33.8
2035	20.9	34
2036	21.1	34.2
2037	21.4	34.4
2038	21.6	34.6
2039	21.9	34.8
2040	22.1	35
2041	22.4	35.2
2042	22.7	35.4
2043	23	35.6
2044	23.3	35.8
2045	23.6	36
2046	23.9	36.2
2047	24.2	36.4
2048	24.5	36.6
2049	24.8	36.8
2050	25.1	37.1

In 1960, the median age in Yemen was 19.7 years compared to the world's average of 22.5 years. As of 2024, the median age had decreased to 19.3 years compared to the world's average of 31.6 years. Ranked 97th for median age 64 years ago (old to young), Yemen ranks 174th currently.

According to the United Nations projections, the median age in Yemen is expected to increase to around 25.1 years by 2050. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Yemen demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Yemen
	Male	Female
0-4	8.14%	7.74%
5-9	7.03%	6.7%
10-14	5.89%	5.63%
15-19	5.27%	5.04%
20-24	4.59%	4.42%
25-29	4.08%	3.98%
30-34	3.79%	3.72%
35-39	3.2%	3.13%
40-44	2.53%	2.46%
45-49	1.88%	1.84%
50-54	1.4%	1.4%
55-59	1.03%	1.07%
60-64	0.72%	0.79%
65-69	0.48%	0.56%
70-74	0.29%	0.38%
75-79	0.2%	0.27%
80+	0.14%	0.22%

The chart above is a variation of the population pyramid and represents the age and gender structure. Yemen has high demographic potential with 76% of people in the 0-34 age group (ranked 18/196).

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Yemen			World
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	78.5%	72%	6.57%	73.5%	64.9%	8.62%
1961	78.6%	72.1%	6.5%	73.8%	65.1%	8.67%
1962	78.7%	72.3%	6.44%	74.1%	65.4%	8.73%
1963	79.1%	72.8%	6.38%	74.9%	66.1%	8.79%
1964	80%	73.6%	6.33%	75.5%	66.6%	8.85%
1965	81.2%	74.9%	6.3%	75.8%	66.8%	8.93%
1966	82.8%	76.5%	6.28%	75.9%	66.9%	9%
1967	84.3%	78%	6.26%	75.9%	66.8%	9.07%
1968	85.8%	79.6%	6.24%	75.8%	66.6%	9.14%
1969	87.3%	81.1%	6.23%	75.7%	66.5%	9.2%
1970	89%	82.8%	6.23%	75.5%	66.2%	9.26%
1971	90.7%	84.5%	6.24%	75.2%	65.9%	9.33%
1972	92.5%	86.2%	6.25%	74.9%	65.6%	9.39%
1973	94.1%	87.9%	6.26%	74.6%	65.1%	9.46%
1974	95.8%	89.5%	6.27%	74.4%	64.9%	9.54%
1975	97.4%	91.1%	6.28%	74.2%	64.6%	9.64%
1976	99%	92.8%	6.29%	74%	64.3%	9.72%
1977	100.7%	94.4%	6.3%	73.5%	63.7%	9.79%
1978	102.3%	96%	6.31%	72.4%	62.5%	9.84%
1979	104%	97.7%	6.31%	71.3%	61.4%	9.88%
1980	105.7%	99.3%	6.31%	70.4%	60.5%	9.89%
1981	107.3%	100.9%	6.31%	69.5%	59.6%	9.85%
1982	108.8%	102.4%	6.31%	68.7%	58.9%	9.79%
1983	110.2%	103.9%	6.3%	67.9%	58.1%	9.72%
1984	111.5%	105.2%	6.28%	67%	57.3%	9.68%
1985	112.7%	106.4%	6.27%	66.3%	56.6%	9.68%
1986	113.8%	107.5%	6.25%	65.7%	55.9%	9.71%
1987	114.8%	108.5%	6.23%	65.2%	55.4%	9.75%
1988	115.6%	109.4%	6.2%	64.8%	54.9%	9.81%
1989	116.4%	110.2%	6.18%	64.4%	54.5%	9.89%
1990	116.9%	110.8%	6.16%	64.2%	54.3%	9.97%
1991	117.3%	111.1%	6.13%	64%	53.9%	10.1%
1992	117.4%	111.3%	6.09%	63.7%	53.6%	10.2%
1993	117.3%	111.2%	6.05%	63.5%	53.2%	10.3%
1994	116.8%	110.8%	6.01%	63.1%	52.7%	10.4%
1995	115.9%	109.9%	5.96%	62.7%	52.2%	10.5%
1996	114.5%	108.6%	5.91%	62.1%	51.5%	10.6%
1997	113%	107.1%	5.86%	61.5%	50.8%	10.7%
1998	111.2%	105.4%	5.81%	60.7%	50%	10.7%
1999	109.4%	103.6%	5.76%	60%	49.2%	10.8%
2000	107.5%	101.8%	5.71%	59.3%	48.4%	10.9%
2001	105.5%	99.8%	5.65%	58.5%	47.6%	11%
2002	103.4%	97.8%	5.61%	57.8%	46.7%	11.1%
2003	101.4%	95.9%	5.56%	57%	45.9%	11.1%
2004	99.4%	93.9%	5.51%	56.3%	45.1%	11.2%
2005	97.2%	91.7%	5.45%	55.6%	44.3%	11.3%
2006	94.8%	89.4%	5.38%	55%	43.6%	11.4%
2007	92.4%	87.1%	5.31%	54.5%	43.1%	11.4%
2008	90.2%	84.9%	5.24%	54.1%	42.6%	11.5%
2009	88%	82.9%	5.18%	53.8%	42.2%	11.6%
2010	86.1%	81%	5.12%	53.5%	41.9%	11.6%
2011	84.5%	79.4%	5.08%	53.4%	41.6%	11.8%
2012	83.2%	78.1%	5.05%	53.3%	41.4%	11.9%
2013	82.1%	77.1%	5.01%	53.4%	41.2%	12.1%
2014	81.1%	76.2%	4.95%	53.5%	41.1%	12.4%
2015	80.3%	75.4%	4.86%	53.6%	40.9%	12.7%
2016	79.7%	74.9%	4.77%	53.7%	40.7%	13%
2017	79.2%	74.5%	4.7%	53.9%	40.6%	13.3%
2018	78.8%	74.1%	4.64%	54.1%	40.4%	13.7%
2019	78.5%	73.9%	4.59%	54.2%	40.1%	14%
2020	78.2%	73.7%	4.54%	54.2%	39.8%	14.4%
2021	78.2%	73.7%	4.49%	54.2%	39.5%	14.7%
2022	78%	73.5%	4.46%	54%	39%	15%
2023	77.7%	73.3%	4.46%	53.9%	38.5%	15.4%
2024	77.5%	73%	4.48%	53.7%	38%	15.7%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64. Age dependency in Yemen decreased from 99.4% to 77.5% between 2004 and 2024 with a decreased share of children and an decreased proportion of people aged 65+

Yemen working age demographic chart

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Yemen	World
1960	56%	57.6%
1961	56%	57.5%
1962	56%	57.4%
1963	55.8%	57.2%
1964	55.6%	57%
1965	55.2%	56.9%
1966	54.7%	56.8%
1967	54.3%	56.9%
1968	53.8%	56.9%
1969	53.4%	56.9%
1970	52.9%	57%
1971	52.4%	57.1%
1972	52%	57.2%
1973	51.5%	57.3%
1974	51.1%	57.3%
1975	50.7%	57.4%
1976	50.2%	57.5%
1977	49.8%	57.7%
1978	49.4%	58%
1979	49%	58.4%
1980	48.6%	58.7%
1981	48.2%	59%
1982	47.9%	59.3%
1983	47.6%	59.6%
1984	47.3%	59.9%
1985	47%	60.1%
1986	46.8%	60.4%
1987	46.6%	60.5%
1988	46.4%	60.7%
1989	46.2%	60.8%
1990	46.1%	60.9%
1991	46%	61%
1992	46%	61.1%
1993	46%	61.2%
1994	46.1%	61.3%
1995	46.3%	61.5%
1996	46.6%	61.7%
1997	47%	61.9%
1998	47.3%	62.2%
1999	47.8%	62.5%
2000	48.2%	62.8%
2001	48.7%	63.1%
2002	49.2%	63.4%
2003	49.6%	63.7%
2004	50.1%	64%
2005	50.7%	64.3%
2006	51.3%	64.5%
2007	52%	64.7%
2008	52.6%	64.9%
2009	53.2%	65%
2010	53.7%	65.1%
2011	54.2%	65.2%
2012	54.6%	65.2%
2013	54.9%	65.2%
2014	55.2%	65.2%
2015	55.5%	65.1%
2016	55.7%	65.1%
2017	55.8%	65%
2018	55.9%	64.9%
2019	56%	64.9%
2020	56.1%	64.8%
2021	56.1%	64.9%
2022	56.2%	64.9%
2023	56.3%	65%
2024	56.3%	65.1%
2025	56.4%	65.2%
2026	56.5%	65.3%
2027	56.6%	65.4%
2028	56.8%	65.4%
2029	57%	65.4%
2030	57.3%	65.4%
2031	57.6%	65.4%
2032	58%	65.4%
2033	58.3%	65.4%
2034	58.8%	65.3%
2035	59.2%	65.2%
2036	59.7%	65%
2037	60.1%	64.9%
2038	60.6%	64.7%
2039	61.1%	64.6%
2040	61.5%	64.5%
2041	61.9%	64.4%
2042	62.3%	64.3%
2043	62.6%	64.2%
2044	62.9%	64.1%
2045	63.1%	63.9%
2046	63.3%	63.8%
2047	63.4%	63.7%
2048	63.6%	63.6%
2049	63.7%	63.4%
2050	63.7%	63.3%

The share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 in Yemen changed from 50.1% to 56.3% between 2004 and 2024.

Share of young population (0-14 years)

Table

Year	Share of population 0-14 years old
	Yemen	World
1960	40.3%	37.4%
1961	40.4%	37.5%
1962	40.4%	37.6%
1963	40.6%	37.8%
1964	40.9%	38%
1965	41.3%	38%
1966	41.8%	38%
1967	42.3%	38%
1968	42.8%	37.9%
1969	43.3%	37.8%
1970	43.8%	37.7%
1971	44.3%	37.6%
1972	44.8%	37.5%
1973	45.3%	37.3%
1974	45.7%	37.2%
1975	46.2%	37.1%
1976	46.6%	36.9%
1977	47%	36.7%
1978	47.5%	36.3%
1979	47.9%	35.9%
1980	48.3%	35.5%
1981	48.7%	35.2%
1982	49.1%	34.9%
1983	49.4%	34.6%
1984	49.7%	34.3%
1985	50%	34%
1986	50.3%	33.8%
1987	50.5%	33.6%
1988	50.7%	33.4%
1989	50.9%	33.2%
1990	51.1%	33%
1991	51.2%	32.9%
1992	51.2%	32.7%
1993	51.2%	32.5%
1994	51.1%	32.3%
1995	50.9%	32.1%
1996	50.6%	31.8%
1997	50.3%	31.5%
1998	49.9%	31.1%
1999	49.5%	30.8%
2000	49%	30.4%
2001	48.6%	30%
2002	48.1%	29.6%
2003	47.6%	29.2%
2004	47.1%	28.8%
2005	46.5%	28.5%
2006	45.9%	28.1%
2007	45.3%	27.9%
2008	44.7%	27.6%
2009	44.1%	27.5%
2010	43.5%	27.3%
2011	43%	27.1%
2012	42.7%	27%
2013	42.3%	26.9%
2014	42.1%	26.8%
2015	41.8%	26.6%
2016	41.7%	26.5%
2017	41.6%	26.4%
2018	41.5%	26.2%
2019	41.4%	26%
2020	41.4%	25.8%
2021	41.4%	25.6%
2022	41.3%	25.3%
2023	41.2%	25%
2024	41.1%	24.7%
2025	41%	24.4%
2026	40.9%	24.1%
2027	40.8%	23.8%
2028	40.6%	23.4%
2029	40.3%	23.1%
2030	40%	22.8%
2031	39.6%	22.6%
2032	39.2%	22.3%
2033	38.7%	22.1%
2034	38.2%	21.9%
2035	37.7%	21.7%
2036	37.1%	21.6%
2037	36.5%	21.5%
2038	36%	21.4%
2039	35.4%	21.3%
2040	34.8%	21.2%
2041	34.3%	21.1%
2042	33.8%	21%
2043	33.4%	21%
2044	33%	20.9%
2045	32.6%	20.8%
2046	32.3%	20.7%
2047	32%	20.7%
2048	31.7%	20.6%
2049	31.4%	20.5%
2050	31.1%	20.4%

The share of children aged 0-14 in Yemen decreased from 47.1% to 41.1% between 2004 and 2024 due to changes in birth rates.

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Yemen	World
1960	3.68%	4.97%
1961	3.64%	4.99%
1962	3.6%	5.01%
1963	3.56%	5.02%
1964	3.52%	5.04%
1965	3.48%	5.08%
1966	3.44%	5.12%
1967	3.4%	5.16%
1968	3.36%	5.2%
1969	3.32%	5.24%
1970	3.3%	5.28%
1971	3.27%	5.32%
1972	3.25%	5.37%
1973	3.23%	5.42%
1974	3.2%	5.47%
1975	3.18%	5.53%
1976	3.16%	5.59%
1977	3.14%	5.65%
1978	3.12%	5.71%
1979	3.09%	5.77%
1980	3.07%	5.81%
1981	3.05%	5.81%
1982	3.02%	5.8%
1983	3%	5.79%
1984	2.97%	5.8%
1985	2.95%	5.82%
1986	2.92%	5.86%
1987	2.9%	5.91%
1988	2.88%	5.95%
1989	2.86%	6.01%
1990	2.84%	6.07%
1991	2.82%	6.14%
1992	2.8%	6.21%
1993	2.79%	6.29%
1994	2.77%	6.37%
1995	2.76%	6.45%
1996	2.75%	6.53%
1997	2.75%	6.61%
1998	2.75%	6.68%
1999	2.75%	6.76%
2000	2.75%	6.84%
2001	2.75%	6.92%
2002	2.76%	7.01%
2003	2.76%	7.1%
2004	2.76%	7.18%
2005	2.76%	7.26%
2006	2.76%	7.34%
2007	2.76%	7.41%
2008	2.76%	7.47%
2009	2.75%	7.52%
2010	2.75%	7.58%
2011	2.75%	7.66%
2012	2.76%	7.78%
2013	2.75%	7.92%
2014	2.73%	8.08%
2015	2.7%	8.26%
2016	2.66%	8.45%
2017	2.62%	8.65%
2018	2.6%	8.88%
2019	2.57%	9.1%
2020	2.55%	9.33%
2021	2.52%	9.53%
2022	2.5%	9.74%
2023	2.51%	9.98%
2024	2.52%	10.2%
2025	2.55%	10.4%
2026	2.57%	10.6%
2027	2.61%	10.8%
2028	2.65%	11.1%
2029	2.7%	11.5%
2030	2.76%	11.7%
2031	2.82%	12%
2032	2.89%	12.3%
2033	2.97%	12.6%
2034	3.05%	12.8%
2035	3.14%	13.1%
2036	3.23%	13.4%
2037	3.32%	13.7%
2038	3.42%	13.9%
2039	3.53%	14.1%
2040	3.64%	14.3%
2041	3.75%	14.5%
2042	3.87%	14.7%
2043	4%	14.9%
2044	4.14%	15%
2045	4.29%	15.2%
2046	4.45%	15.4%
2047	4.62%	15.7%
2048	4.8%	15.9%
2049	4.98%	16.1%
2050	5.17%	16.3%

The share of older people aged 65 and over in Yemen decreased from 2.76% to 2.52% between 2004 and 2024 due to changes in life expectancy.