The latest officially reported population of Portugal was 10,701,636 in 2024 vs 40,583,164 people in Yemen in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Portugal's population is 10,687,819 people compared to 42,727,988 in Yemen.
Population statistics:
- Yemen's population is 4 times bigger than Portugal's.
- Portugal is ranked the 92nd most populous country in the world, while Yemen is the 37th.
- The countries together account for 0.65% of the world: 0.13% for Portugal vs 0.52% for Yemen.
- For the last 10 years, Portugal has had an average growth rate of +0.21% per year vs +3% in Yemen.
- Since 2005, the population of Portugal has increased from 10.5M people to 10.7M (1.76% growth), 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 Portugal's population already peaked in 2024 at 10.7M people and is projected to decrease to 8.99M people by 2100.
Portugal vs Yemen: live population counter
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| Current population |
10687819
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42727988
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| Population rank | 92/197 | 37/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.13% | 0.52% |
| One net population change |
4.26 minutes
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26.4 seconds
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| One birth every |
6.13 minutes
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22.7 seconds
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| One death every |
4.44 minutes
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2.78 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
25.5 minutes
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50.1 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +20,648 | -10,482 |
| Daily growth/decline | +338 | +3,267 |
| Annual growth/decline | +123,462 | +1,192,365 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.17% | +3.03% |
| Population growth rate rank | 94/197 | 14/197 |
Portugal and Yemen: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 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 | 10,701,636 | 40,583,164 | 1.17% | 3.03% |
| 2025 | 10,687,819 | 41,773,871 | -0.13% | 2.93% |
| 2026 | 10,670,917 | 42,961,650 | -0.16% | 2.84% |
| 2027 | 10,653,073 | 44,145,620 | -0.17% | 2.76% |
| 2028 | 10,632,868 | 45,323,685 | -0.19% | 2.67% |
| 2029 | 10,611,484 | 46,497,573 | -0.2% | 2.59% |
| 2030 | 10,591,436 | 47,667,649 | -0.19% | 2.52% |
| 2031 | 10,571,418 | 48,827,503 | -0.19% | 2.43% |
| 2032 | 10,549,456 | 49,979,089 | -0.21% | 2.36% |
| 2033 | 10,526,482 | 51,129,867 | -0.22% | 2.3% |
| 2034 | 10,502,882 | 52,279,989 | -0.22% | 2.25% |
| 2035 | 10,478,843 | 53,429,308 | -0.23% | 2.2% |
| 2036 | 10,454,630 | 54,578,046 | -0.23% | 2.15% |
| 2037 | 10,430,128 | 55,724,259 | -0.23% | 2.1% |
| 2038 | 10,404,947 | 56,872,152 | -0.24% | 2.06% |
| 2039 | 10,377,968 | 58,024,713 | -0.26% | 2.03% |
| 2040 | 10,349,515 | 59,181,514 | -0.27% | 1.99% |
| 2041 | 10,321,577 | 60,345,667 | -0.27% | 1.97% |
| 2042 | 10,294,106 | 61,517,965 | -0.27% | 1.94% |
| 2043 | 10,264,596 | 62,696,517 | -0.29% | 1.92% |
| 2044 | 10,233,543 | 63,880,172 | -0.3% | 1.89% |
| 2045 | 10,201,832 | 65,066,344 | -0.31% | 1.86% |
| 2046 | 10,168,932 | 66,253,578 | -0.32% | 1.82% |
| 2047 | 10,135,159 | 67,438,796 | -0.33% | 1.79% |
| 2048 | 10,101,419 | 68,620,844 | -0.33% | 1.75% |
| 2049 | 10,066,064 | 69,799,794 | -0.35% | 1.72% |
| 2050 | 10,029,252 | 70,976,389 | -0.37% | 1.69% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Portugal decreased by 145,254 people (a 1.38% decline), while Yemen gained 8,369,294 people (a 36.7% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Portugal gained 329,743 (a 3.18% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 11,568,609 (a 37.1% growth).
Portugal was ranked 76th most populous country in 2005 and is 92nd 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) Portugal's population will shrink by 6.16% to 10,029,252 people with a rank change from 92nd to 97th. 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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Population differences between Portugal and Yemen
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| Life expectancy | 82.7 years | 69.6 years |
| Average age | 45.7 years | 23.1 years |
| Median age | 47.5 years | 19.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.6:52.4 | 50.7:49.3 |
| Fertility rate | 1.44 births per woman | 4.59 births per woman |
| Population density | 303 ppl/mi² | 199.1 ppl/mi² |
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