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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Portugal	Yemen	Portugal	Yemen
1960	8,857,716	5,532,301	-	-
1961	8,929,316	5,655,232	0.81%	2.22%
1962	8,993,985	5,782,221	0.72%	2.25%
1963	9,030,355	5,911,135	0.4%	2.23%
1964	9,035,365	6,048,006	0.06%	2.32%
1965	8,998,595	6,195,593	-0.41%	2.44%
1966	8,930,990	6,351,494	-0.75%	2.52%
1967	8,874,520	6,516,444	-0.63%	2.6%
1968	8,836,650	6,690,524	-0.43%	2.67%
1969	8,757,705	6,875,859	-0.89%	2.77%
1970	8,680,431	7,065,279	-0.88%	2.75%
1971	8,643,756	7,257,462	-0.42%	2.72%
1972	8,630,430	7,460,068	-0.15%	2.79%
1973	8,633,100	7,672,796	0.03%	2.85%
1974	8,754,365	7,896,783	1.4%	2.92%
1975	9,093,470	8,133,598	3.87%	3%
1976	9,355,810	8,384,113	2.88%	3.08%
1977	9,455,675	8,648,222	1.07%	3.15%
1978	9,558,250	8,926,586	1.08%	3.22%
1979	9,661,265	9,224,194	1.08%	3.33%
1980	9,766,312	9,543,358	1.09%	3.46%
1981	9,851,362	9,882,362	0.87%	3.55%
1982	9,911,771	10,241,006	0.61%	3.63%
1983	9,957,865	10,621,499	0.47%	3.72%
1984	9,996,232	11,025,597	0.39%	3.8%
1985	10,023,613	11,453,825	0.27%	3.88%
1986	10,032,734	11,901,040	0.09%	3.9%
1987	10,030,031	12,369,912	-0.03%	3.94%
1988	10,019,610	12,859,708	-0.1%	3.96%
1989	10,005,000	13,364,174	-0.15%	3.92%
1990	9,983,218	13,887,862	-0.22%	3.92%
1991	9,960,235	14,430,201	-0.23%	3.91%
1992	9,952,494	14,989,494	-0.08%	3.88%
1993	9,964,675	15,563,914	0.12%	3.83%
1994	9,991,525	16,149,147	0.27%	3.76%
1995	10,026,176	16,740,058	0.35%	3.66%
1996	10,063,945	17,313,177	0.38%	3.42%
1997	10,108,977	17,873,936	0.45%	3.24%
1998	10,160,196	18,446,013	0.51%	3.2%
1999	10,217,828	19,029,420	0.57%	3.16%
2000	10,289,898	19,624,141	0.71%	3.13%
2001	10,362,722	20,226,147	0.71%	3.07%
2002	10,419,631	20,835,086	0.55%	3.01%
2003	10,458,821	21,456,379	0.38%	2.98%
2004	10,483,861	22,095,167	0.24%	2.98%
2005	10,503,330	22,790,085	0.19%	3.15%
2006	10,522,288	23,543,083	0.18%	3.3%
2007	10,542,964	24,318,082	0.2%	3.29%
2008	10,558,177	25,111,941	0.14%	3.26%
2009	10,568,247	25,927,724	0.1%	3.25%
2010	10,573,100	26,754,387	0.05%	3.19%
2011	10,557,560	27,582,897	-0.15%	3.1%
2012	10,514,844	28,433,647	-0.4%	3.08%
2013	10,457,295	29,312,952	-0.55%	3.09%
2014	10,401,062	30,226,309	-0.54%	3.12%
2015	10,358,076	31,159,379	-0.41%	3.09%
2016	10,325,452	32,109,010	-0.31%	3.05%
2017	10,300,300	33,090,921	-0.24%	3.06%
2018	10,283,822	34,085,182	-0.16%	3%
2019	10,286,263	35,111,408	0.02%	3.01%
2020	10,297,081	36,134,863	0.11%	2.91%
2021	10,361,831	37,140,230	0.63%	2.78%
2022	10,434,332	38,222,876	0.7%	2.92%
2023	10,578,174	39,390,799	1.38%	3.06%
2024	10,694,681	40,583,164	1.1%	3.03%
2025	10,680,873	41,773,871	-0.13%	2.93%
2026	10,663,982	42,961,650	-0.16%	2.84%
2027	10,646,150	44,145,620	-0.17%	2.76%
2028	10,625,957	45,323,685	-0.19%	2.67%
2029	10,604,587	46,497,573	-0.2%	2.59%
2030	10,584,552	47,667,649	-0.19%	2.52%
2031	10,564,548	48,827,503	-0.19%	2.43%
2032	10,542,600	49,979,089	-0.21%	2.36%
2033	10,519,640	51,129,867	-0.22%	2.3%
2034	10,496,056	52,279,989	-0.22%	2.25%
2035	10,472,033	53,429,308	-0.23%	2.2%
2036	10,447,836	54,578,046	-0.23%	2.15%
2037	10,423,350	55,724,259	-0.23%	2.1%
2038	10,398,185	56,872,152	-0.24%	2.06%
2039	10,371,223	58,024,713	-0.26%	2.03%
2040	10,342,789	59,181,514	-0.27%	1.99%
2041	10,314,869	60,345,667	-0.27%	1.97%
2042	10,287,416	61,517,965	-0.27%	1.94%
2043	10,257,925	62,696,517	-0.29%	1.92%
2044	10,226,892	63,880,172	-0.3%	1.89%
2045	10,195,202	65,066,344	-0.31%	1.86%
2046	10,162,323	66,253,578	-0.32%	1.82%
2047	10,128,572	67,438,796	-0.33%	1.79%
2048	10,094,854	68,620,844	-0.33%	1.75%
2049	10,059,522	69,799,794	-0.35%	1.72%
2050	10,022,734	70,976,389	-0.37%	1.69%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Portugal decreased by 196,836 people (a 1.87% decline), while Yemen gained 8,565,927 people (a 36.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Portugal gained 338,530 (a 3.28% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 10,865,579 (a 33.8% growth).

Portugal was ranked 78th most populous country in 2006 and is 92nd 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) Portugal's population will shrink by 6.01% to 10,022,734 people with a rank change from 92nd to 97th. The population of Yemen will increase by 65.2% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.