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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Venezuela was 28,405,543 in 2024 vs 40,583,164 people in Yemen in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Venezuela's population is 28,610,737 people compared to 42,727,988 in Yemen.

Population statistics:

  • Yemen's population is 1.49 times bigger than Venezuela's.
  • Venezuela is ranked the 54th most populous country in the world, while Yemen is the 37th.
  • The countries together account for 0.86% of the world: 0.35% for Venezuela vs 0.52% for Yemen.
  • For the last 10 years, Venezuela has had an average growth rate of -0.46% per year vs +3% in Yemen.
  • Since 2005, the population of Venezuela has increased from 26.8M people to 28.6M (6.81% growth), while Yemen has grown from 22.8M to 42.7M (87.5% growth).
  • Venezuela is projected to reach its peak in 2057 at 31.2M people compared to the peak of 110M people in 2100 for Yemen.

Venezuela vs Yemen: live population counter

Venezuela Yemen
Current population
28610737
42727988
Population rank 54/197 37/197
Percent of world population 0.35% 0.52%
One net population change
5.02 minutes
26.4 seconds
One birth every
1.23 minutes
22.7 seconds
One death every
2.46 minutes
2.78 minutes
One migration net change every
4.99 minutes
50.1 minutes
Annual migration change -105,297 -10,482
Daily growth/decline +287 +3,267
Annual growth/decline +104,689 +1,192,365
Annual growth/decline rate +0.37% +3.03%
Population growth rate rank 142/197 14/197

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

Venezuela
Population

Growth rate
Yemen
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Venezuela Yemen Venezuela Yemen
1960 8,160,090 5,532,301 - -
1961 8,455,915 5,655,232 3.63% 2.22%
1962 8,756,870 5,782,221 3.56% 2.25%
1963 9,064,021 5,911,135 3.51% 2.23%
1964 9,377,712 6,048,006 3.46% 2.32%
1965 9,697,790 6,195,593 3.41% 2.44%
1966 10,024,854 6,351,494 3.37% 2.52%
1967 10,358,513 6,516,444 3.33% 2.6%
1968 10,697,530 6,690,524 3.27% 2.67%
1969 11,040,280 6,875,859 3.2% 2.77%
1970 11,387,790 7,065,279 3.15% 2.75%
1971 11,741,008 7,257,462 3.1% 2.72%
1972 12,099,180 7,460,068 3.05% 2.79%
1973 12,463,537 7,672,796 3.01% 2.85%
1974 12,835,351 7,896,783 2.98% 2.92%
1975 13,215,892 8,133,598 2.96% 3%
1976 13,606,284 8,384,113 2.95% 3.08%
1977 14,006,812 8,648,222 2.94% 3.15%
1978 14,416,684 8,926,586 2.93% 3.22%
1979 14,834,552 9,224,194 2.9% 3.33%
1980 15,258,218 9,543,358 2.86% 3.46%
1981 15,687,297 9,882,362 2.81% 3.55%
1982 16,121,874 10,241,006 2.77% 3.63%
1983 16,562,205 10,621,499 2.73% 3.72%
1984 17,008,841 11,025,597 2.7% 3.8%
1985 17,461,434 11,453,825 2.66% 3.88%
1986 17,923,536 11,901,040 2.65% 3.9%
1987 18,394,963 12,369,912 2.63% 3.94%
1988 18,871,020 12,859,708 2.59% 3.96%
1989 19,348,921 13,364,174 2.53% 3.92%
1990 19,827,010 13,887,862 2.47% 3.92%
1991 20,304,896 14,430,201 2.41% 3.91%
1992 20,780,948 14,989,494 2.34% 3.88%
1993 21,254,520 15,563,914 2.28% 3.83%
1994 21,725,188 16,149,147 2.21% 3.76%
1995 22,193,821 16,740,058 2.16% 3.66%
1996 22,662,113 17,313,177 2.11% 3.42%
1997 23,131,685 17,873,936 2.07% 3.24%
1998 23,601,337 18,446,013 2.03% 3.2%
1999 24,066,593 19,029,420 1.97% 3.16%
2000 24,526,708 19,624,141 1.91% 3.13%
2001 24,979,922 20,226,147 1.85% 3.07%
2002 25,435,671 20,835,086 1.82% 3.01%
2003 25,892,703 21,456,379 1.8% 2.98%
2004 26,340,838 22,095,167 1.73% 2.98%
2005 26,785,804 22,790,085 1.69% 3.15%
2006 27,224,686 23,543,083 1.64% 3.3%
2007 27,649,363 24,318,082 1.56% 3.29%
2008 28,053,696 25,111,941 1.46% 3.26%
2009 28,438,298 25,927,724 1.37% 3.25%
2010 28,813,101 26,754,387 1.32% 3.19%
2011 29,185,212 27,582,897 1.29% 3.1%
2012 29,553,826 28,433,647 1.26% 3.08%
2013 29,912,198 29,312,952 1.21% 3.09%
2014 30,254,079 30,226,309 1.14% 3.12%
2015 30,573,972 31,159,379 1.06% 3.09%
2016 30,765,720 32,109,010 0.63% 3.05%
2017 30,565,323 33,090,921 -0.65% 3.06%
2018 29,807,592 34,085,182 -2.48% 3%
2019 28,938,098 35,111,408 -2.92% 3.01%
2020 28,444,077 36,134,863 -1.71% 2.91%
2021 28,237,826 37,140,230 -0.73% 2.78%
2022 28,213,017 38,222,876 -0.09% 2.92%
2023 28,300,854 39,390,799 0.31% 3.06%
2024 28,405,543 40,583,164 0.37% 3.03%
2025 28,516,898 41,773,871 0.39% 2.93%
2026 28,633,718 42,961,650 0.41% 2.84%
2027 28,758,565 44,145,620 0.44% 2.76%
2028 28,885,166 45,323,685 0.44% 2.67%
2029 29,014,444 46,497,573 0.45% 2.59%
2030 29,151,809 47,667,649 0.47% 2.52%
2031 29,295,744 48,827,503 0.49% 2.43%
2032 29,442,534 49,979,089 0.5% 2.36%
2033 29,587,099 51,129,867 0.49% 2.3%
2034 29,735,159 52,279,989 0.5% 2.25%
2035 29,883,329 53,429,308 0.5% 2.2%
2036 30,020,167 54,578,046 0.46% 2.15%
2037 30,146,546 55,724,259 0.42% 2.1%
2038 30,268,328 56,872,152 0.4% 2.06%
2039 30,386,284 58,024,713 0.39% 2.03%
2040 30,495,445 59,181,514 0.36% 1.99%
2041 30,590,207 60,345,667 0.31% 1.97%
2042 30,674,532 61,517,965 0.28% 1.94%
2043 30,749,671 62,696,517 0.24% 1.92%
2044 30,813,805 63,880,172 0.21% 1.89%
2045 30,871,490 65,066,344 0.19% 1.86%
2046 30,923,463 66,253,578 0.17% 1.82%
2047 30,974,366 67,438,796 0.16% 1.79%
2048 31,021,600 68,620,844 0.15% 1.75%
2049 31,059,954 69,799,794 0.12% 1.72%
2050 31,094,884 70,976,389 0.11% 1.69%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Venezuela increased by 3,788,168 people (a 14.1% growth), while Yemen gained 8,369,294 people (a 36.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Venezuela lost -1,963,235 (a 6.42% decline), while Yemen's population increased by 11,568,609 (a 37.1% growth).

Venezuela was ranked 41st most populous country in 2005 and is 54th 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) Venezuela's population will grow by 8.68% to 31,094,884 people with a rank change from 54th to 62nd. 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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