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Population in Greece compared to Yemen: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Greece was 10,388,805 in 2024 vs 40,583,164 people in Yemen in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Greece's population is 10,276,140 people compared to 42,727,988 in Yemen.

Population statistics:

  • Yemen's population is 4.16 times bigger than Greece's.
  • Greece is ranked the 95th most populous country in the world, while Yemen is the 37th.
  • The countries together account for 0.64% of the world: 0.12% for Greece vs 0.52% for Yemen.
  • For the last 10 years, Greece has had an average growth rate of -0.49% per year vs +3% in Yemen.
  • Since 2005, the population of Greece has decreased from 11M people to 10.3M (6.47% decline), while Yemen has grown from 22.8M to 42.7M (87.5% growth).
  • Yemen is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 110M people, while Greece's population already peaked in 2010 at 11.1M people and is projected to decrease to 6.49M people by 2100.

Greece vs Yemen: live population counter

Greece Yemen
Current population
10276140
42727988
Population rank 95/197 37/197
Percent of world population 0.12% 0.52%
One net population change
31.3 minutes
26.4 seconds
One birth every
7.43 minutes
22.7 seconds
One death every
4.14 minutes
2.78 minutes
One migration net change every
4.28 minutes
50.1 minutes
Annual migration change -122,772 -10,482
Daily growth/decline -46 +3,267
Annual growth/decline -16,783 +1,192,365
Annual growth/decline rate -0.16% +3.03%
Population growth rate rank 175/197 14/197

Greece and Yemen: population history and growth rate by year chart

Greece
Population

Growth rate
Yemen
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Greece Yemen Greece Yemen
1960 8,331,725 5,532,301 - -
1961 8,398,050 5,655,232 0.8% 2.22%
1962 8,448,233 5,782,221 0.6% 2.25%
1963 8,479,625 5,911,135 0.37% 2.23%
1964 8,510,429 6,048,006 0.36% 2.32%
1965 8,550,333 6,195,593 0.47% 2.44%
1966 8,613,651 6,351,494 0.74% 2.52%
1967 8,684,088 6,516,444 0.82% 2.6%
1968 8,740,765 6,690,524 0.65% 2.67%
1969 8,772,764 6,875,859 0.37% 2.77%
1970 8,792,806 7,065,279 0.23% 2.75%
1971 8,831,036 7,257,462 0.43% 2.72%
1972 8,888,628 7,460,068 0.65% 2.79%
1973 8,929,086 7,672,796 0.46% 2.85%
1974 8,962,022 7,896,783 0.37% 2.92%
1975 9,046,541 8,133,598 0.94% 3%
1976 9,188,150 8,384,113 1.57% 3.08%
1977 9,308,479 8,648,222 1.31% 3.15%
1978 9,429,959 8,926,586 1.31% 3.22%
1979 9,548,258 9,224,194 1.25% 3.33%
1980 9,642,505 9,543,358 0.99% 3.46%
1981 9,729,350 9,882,362 0.9% 3.55%
1982 9,789,513 10,241,006 0.62% 3.63%
1983 9,846,627 10,621,499 0.58% 3.72%
1984 9,895,801 11,025,597 0.5% 3.8%
1985 9,934,300 11,453,825 0.39% 3.88%
1986 9,967,213 11,901,040 0.33% 3.9%
1987 10,000,595 12,369,912 0.33% 3.94%
1988 10,036,983 12,859,708 0.36% 3.96%
1989 10,089,498 13,364,174 0.52% 3.92%
1990 10,196,792 13,887,862 1.06% 3.92%
1991 10,319,927 14,430,201 1.21% 3.91%
1992 10,399,061 14,989,494 0.77% 3.88%
1993 10,460,415 15,563,914 0.59% 3.83%
1994 10,512,922 16,149,147 0.5% 3.76%
1995 10,562,153 16,740,058 0.47% 3.66%
1996 10,608,800 17,313,177 0.44% 3.42%
1997 10,661,259 17,873,936 0.49% 3.24%
1998 10,720,509 18,446,013 0.56% 3.2%
1999 10,761,698 19,029,420 0.38% 3.16%
2000 10,805,808 19,624,141 0.41% 3.13%
2001 10,862,132 20,226,147 0.52% 3.07%
2002 10,902,022 20,835,086 0.37% 3.01%
2003 10,928,070 21,456,379 0.24% 2.98%
2004 10,955,141 22,095,167 0.25% 2.98%
2005 10,987,314 22,790,085 0.29% 3.15%
2006 11,020,362 23,543,083 0.3% 3.3%
2007 11,048,473 24,318,082 0.26% 3.29%
2008 11,077,841 25,111,941 0.27% 3.26%
2009 11,107,017 25,927,724 0.26% 3.25%
2010 11,121,341 26,754,387 0.13% 3.19%
2011 11,104,899 27,582,897 -0.15% 3.1%
2012 11,045,011 28,433,647 -0.54% 3.08%
2013 10,965,211 29,312,952 -0.72% 3.09%
2014 10,892,413 30,226,309 -0.66% 3.12%
2015 10,820,883 31,159,379 -0.66% 3.09%
2016 10,775,971 32,109,010 -0.42% 3.05%
2017 10,754,679 33,090,921 -0.2% 3.06%
2018 10,732,882 34,085,182 -0.2% 3%
2019 10,721,582 35,111,408 -0.11% 3.01%
2020 10,698,599 36,134,863 -0.21% 2.91%
2021 10,569,207 37,140,230 -1.21% 2.78%
2022 10,436,882 38,222,876 -1.25% 2.92%
2023 10,405,588 39,390,799 -0.3% 3.06%
2024 10,388,805 40,583,164 -0.16% 3.03%
2025 10,276,140 41,773,871 -1.08% 2.93%
2026 10,232,997 42,961,650 -0.42% 2.84%
2027 10,188,386 44,145,620 -0.44% 2.76%
2028 10,143,203 45,323,685 -0.44% 2.67%
2029 10,097,603 46,497,573 -0.45% 2.59%
2030 10,051,921 47,667,649 -0.45% 2.52%
2031 10,006,045 48,827,503 -0.46% 2.43%
2032 9,959,048 49,979,089 -0.47% 2.36%
2033 9,911,765 51,129,867 -0.47% 2.3%
2034 9,865,342 52,279,989 -0.47% 2.25%
2035 9,818,783 53,429,308 -0.47% 2.2%
2036 9,772,426 54,578,046 -0.47% 2.15%
2037 9,726,502 55,724,259 -0.47% 2.1%
2038 9,680,639 56,872,152 -0.47% 2.06%
2039 9,635,315 58,024,713 -0.47% 2.03%
2040 9,590,401 59,181,514 -0.47% 1.99%
2041 9,545,637 60,345,667 -0.47% 1.97%
2042 9,501,568 61,517,965 -0.46% 1.94%
2043 9,457,398 62,696,517 -0.46% 1.92%
2044 9,411,943 63,880,172 -0.48% 1.89%
2045 9,365,737 65,066,344 -0.49% 1.86%
2046 9,319,023 66,253,578 -0.5% 1.82%
2047 9,269,970 67,438,796 -0.53% 1.79%
2048 9,218,699 68,620,844 -0.55% 1.75%
2049 9,165,668 69,799,794 -0.58% 1.72%
2050 9,111,122 70,976,389 -0.6% 1.69%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Greece decreased by 166,431 people (a 1.51% decline), while Yemen gained 8,369,294 people (a 36.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Greece lost -544,743 (a 5.03% decline), while Yemen's population increased by 11,568,609 (a 37.1% growth).

Greece was ranked 74th most populous country in 2005 and is 95th in 2025. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2005 and ranked 37th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Greece's population will shrink by 11.3% to 9,111,122 people with a rank change from 95th to 106th. The population of Yemen will increase by 66.1% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.

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