The latest officially reported population of Pakistan was 251,269,164 in 2024 vs 40,583,164 people in Yemen in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Pakistan's population is 259,345,872 people compared to 42,974,589 in Yemen.
Population statistics:
- Pakistan's population is 6.03 times bigger than Yemen's.
- Pakistan is ranked the 5th most populous country in the world, while Yemen is the 37th.
- The countries together account for 3.65% of the world: 3.13% for Pakistan vs 0.52% for Yemen.
- For the last 10 years, Pakistan has had an average growth rate of +1.6% per year vs +3% in Yemen.
- Since 2006, the population of Pakistan has increased from 180M people to 259M (44.3% growth), while Yemen has grown from 23.5M to 43M (82.5% growth).
- Pakistan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 511M people compared to the peak of 110M people in 2100 for Yemen.
Pakistan vs Yemen: live population counter
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| Current population |
259345872
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42974589
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| Population rank | 5/197 | 37/197 |
| Percent of world population | 3.13% | 0.52% |
| One net population change |
8.38 seconds
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26.4 seconds
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| One birth every |
4.58 seconds
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22.7 seconds
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| One death every |
19.7 seconds
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2.78 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
22.5 seconds
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50.1 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -1,401,173 | -10,482 |
| Daily growth/decline | +10,314 | +3,267 |
| Annual growth/decline | +3,764,669 | +1,192,365 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.52% | +3.03% |
| Population growth rate rank | 71/197 | 13/197 |
Pakistan and Yemen: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 45,709,310 | 5,532,301 | - | - |
| 1961 | 46,921,277 | 5,655,232 | 2.65% | 2.22% |
| 1962 | 48,156,128 | 5,782,221 | 2.63% | 2.25% |
| 1963 | 49,447,776 | 5,911,135 | 2.68% | 2.23% |
| 1964 | 50,799,999 | 6,048,006 | 2.73% | 2.32% |
| 1965 | 52,209,010 | 6,195,593 | 2.77% | 2.44% |
| 1966 | 53,678,667 | 6,351,494 | 2.81% | 2.52% |
| 1967 | 55,214,768 | 6,516,444 | 2.86% | 2.6% |
| 1968 | 56,810,507 | 6,690,524 | 2.89% | 2.67% |
| 1969 | 58,460,939 | 6,875,859 | 2.91% | 2.77% |
| 1970 | 60,166,719 | 7,065,279 | 2.92% | 2.75% |
| 1971 | 61,847,899 | 7,257,462 | 2.79% | 2.72% |
| 1972 | 63,583,194 | 7,460,068 | 2.81% | 2.79% |
| 1973 | 65,461,912 | 7,672,796 | 2.95% | 2.85% |
| 1974 | 67,415,487 | 7,896,783 | 2.98% | 2.92% |
| 1975 | 69,461,175 | 8,133,598 | 3.03% | 3% |
| 1976 | 71,620,254 | 8,384,113 | 3.11% | 3.08% |
| 1977 | 73,901,827 | 8,648,222 | 3.19% | 3.15% |
| 1978 | 76,307,379 | 8,926,586 | 3.26% | 3.22% |
| 1979 | 78,997,039 | 9,224,194 | 3.52% | 3.33% |
| 1980 | 82,291,010 | 9,543,358 | 4.17% | 3.46% |
| 1981 | 85,802,049 | 9,882,362 | 4.27% | 3.55% |
| 1982 | 89,089,246 | 10,241,006 | 3.83% | 3.63% |
| 1983 | 92,227,711 | 10,621,499 | 3.52% | 3.72% |
| 1984 | 95,164,936 | 11,025,597 | 3.18% | 3.8% |
| 1985 | 98,229,285 | 11,453,825 | 3.22% | 3.88% |
| 1986 | 101,606,764 | 11,901,040 | 3.44% | 3.9% |
| 1987 | 105,130,717 | 12,369,912 | 3.47% | 3.94% |
| 1988 | 108,724,739 | 12,859,708 | 3.42% | 3.96% |
| 1989 | 112,336,629 | 13,364,174 | 3.32% | 3.92% |
| 1990 | 116,155,576 | 13,887,862 | 3.4% | 3.92% |
| 1991 | 120,060,406 | 14,430,201 | 3.36% | 3.91% |
| 1992 | 123,546,848 | 14,989,494 | 2.9% | 3.88% |
| 1993 | 127,020,117 | 15,563,914 | 2.81% | 3.83% |
| 1994 | 130,748,083 | 16,149,147 | 2.93% | 3.76% |
| 1995 | 134,582,253 | 16,740,058 | 2.93% | 3.66% |
| 1996 | 138,557,092 | 17,313,177 | 2.95% | 3.42% |
| 1997 | 142,531,804 | 17,873,936 | 2.87% | 3.24% |
| 1998 | 146,522,356 | 18,446,013 | 2.8% | 3.2% |
| 1999 | 150,565,377 | 19,029,420 | 2.76% | 3.16% |
| 2000 | 154,879,127 | 19,624,141 | 2.87% | 3.13% |
| 2001 | 159,270,907 | 20,226,147 | 2.84% | 3.07% |
| 2002 | 163,222,549 | 20,835,086 | 2.48% | 3.01% |
| 2003 | 167,110,248 | 21,456,379 | 2.38% | 2.98% |
| 2004 | 171,286,000 | 22,095,167 | 2.5% | 2.98% |
| 2005 | 175,453,212 | 22,790,085 | 2.43% | 3.15% |
| 2006 | 179,682,690 | 23,543,083 | 2.41% | 3.3% |
| 2007 | 184,493,231 | 24,318,082 | 2.68% | 3.29% |
| 2008 | 189,499,113 | 25,111,941 | 2.71% | 3.26% |
| 2009 | 194,376,534 | 25,927,724 | 2.57% | 3.25% |
| 2010 | 199,239,047 | 26,754,387 | 2.5% | 3.19% |
| 2011 | 203,746,065 | 27,582,897 | 2.26% | 3.1% |
| 2012 | 207,667,125 | 28,433,647 | 1.92% | 3.08% |
| 2013 | 211,073,978 | 29,312,952 | 1.64% | 3.09% |
| 2014 | 214,264,647 | 30,226,309 | 1.51% | 3.12% |
| 2015 | 217,290,883 | 31,159,379 | 1.41% | 3.09% |
| 2016 | 220,138,869 | 32,109,010 | 1.31% | 3.05% |
| 2017 | 223,273,967 | 33,090,921 | 1.42% | 3.06% |
| 2018 | 226,928,892 | 34,085,182 | 1.64% | 3% |
| 2019 | 230,800,899 | 35,111,408 | 1.71% | 3.01% |
| 2020 | 235,001,746 | 36,134,863 | 1.82% | 2.91% |
| 2021 | 239,477,801 | 37,140,230 | 1.9% | 2.78% |
| 2022 | 243,700,667 | 38,222,876 | 1.76% | 2.92% |
| 2023 | 247,504,495 | 39,390,799 | 1.56% | 3.06% |
| 2024 | 251,269,164 | 40,583,164 | 1.52% | 3.03% |
| 2025 | 255,219,564 | 41,773,871 | 1.57% | 2.93% |
| 2026 | 259,299,796 | 42,961,650 | 1.6% | 2.84% |
| 2027 | 263,515,827 | 44,145,620 | 1.63% | 2.76% |
| 2028 | 267,881,923 | 45,323,685 | 1.66% | 2.67% |
| 2029 | 272,337,520 | 46,497,573 | 1.66% | 2.59% |
| 2030 | 276,883,261 | 47,667,649 | 1.67% | 2.52% |
| 2031 | 281,528,070 | 48,827,503 | 1.68% | 2.43% |
| 2032 | 286,241,141 | 49,979,089 | 1.67% | 2.36% |
| 2033 | 291,012,268 | 51,129,867 | 1.67% | 2.3% |
| 2034 | 295,820,153 | 52,279,989 | 1.65% | 2.25% |
| 2035 | 300,643,518 | 53,429,308 | 1.63% | 2.2% |
| 2036 | 305,491,504 | 54,578,046 | 1.61% | 2.15% |
| 2037 | 310,353,293 | 55,724,259 | 1.59% | 2.1% |
| 2038 | 315,227,709 | 56,872,152 | 1.57% | 2.06% |
| 2039 | 320,105,882 | 58,024,713 | 1.55% | 2.03% |
| 2040 | 324,937,703 | 59,181,514 | 1.51% | 1.99% |
| 2041 | 329,746,478 | 60,345,667 | 1.48% | 1.97% |
| 2042 | 334,551,874 | 61,517,965 | 1.46% | 1.94% |
| 2043 | 339,334,851 | 62,696,517 | 1.43% | 1.92% |
| 2044 | 344,095,467 | 63,880,172 | 1.4% | 1.89% |
| 2045 | 348,837,732 | 65,066,344 | 1.38% | 1.86% |
| 2046 | 353,552,859 | 66,253,578 | 1.35% | 1.82% |
| 2047 | 358,207,159 | 67,438,796 | 1.32% | 1.79% |
| 2048 | 362,796,532 | 68,620,844 | 1.28% | 1.75% |
| 2049 | 367,344,429 | 69,799,794 | 1.25% | 1.72% |
| 2050 | 371,863,804 | 70,976,389 | 1.23% | 1.69% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Pakistan increased by 40,456,179 people (a 22.5% growth), while Yemen gained 8,565,927 people (a 36.4% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Pakistan gained 39,207,003 (a 17.8% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 10,865,579 (a 33.8% growth).
Pakistan was ranked 6th most populous country in 2006 and is 5th in 2026. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2006 and ranked 37th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Pakistan's population will grow by 43.4% to 371,863,804 people with a rank change from 5th to 4th. The population of Yemen will increase by 65.2% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Karachi | 14.9M |
| Lahore | 11.1M |
| Faisalabad | 3.2M |
| Rawalpindi | 2.1M |
| Gujranwala | 2.03M |
| Peshawar | 1.97M |
| Multan | 1.87M |
| Hyderabad | 1.73M |
| Islamabad | 1.01M |
| Quetta | 1M |
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Population differences between Pakistan and Yemen
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| Life expectancy | 68.1 years | 69.7 years |
| Average age | 25.6 years | 23.1 years |
| Median age | 21.5 years | 19.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.7:49.3 | 50.7:49.3 |
| Fertility rate | 3.61 births per woman | 4.59 births per woman |
| Population density | 844 ppl/mi² | 199.1 ppl/mi² |
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