The current population of Yemen is 42,727,988 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 40,583,164 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Yemen accounts for 0.52% of the world's population.
- For the last 20 years, Yemen has had an average growth rate of 4.37% per year.
- Yemen is ranked 37/197 by population and was ranked 47th in 2005.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 22.8M people to 42.7M (87.5% growth in 20 years).
- Yemen is projected to reach 110M people in 2100.
Yemen population clock
Yemen
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
42727988
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 37/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.52% | N/A |
| One net population change |
26.4 seconds
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
22.7 seconds
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
2.78 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +3,267 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,192,365 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +3.03% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 14/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
50.1 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -10,482 | N/A |
Yemen population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 5,532,301 | - |
| 1961 | 5,655,232 | 2.22% |
| 1962 | 5,782,221 | 2.25% |
| 1963 | 5,911,135 | 2.23% |
| 1964 | 6,048,006 | 2.32% |
| 1965 | 6,195,593 | 2.44% |
| 1966 | 6,351,494 | 2.52% |
| 1967 | 6,516,444 | 2.6% |
| 1968 | 6,690,524 | 2.67% |
| 1969 | 6,875,859 | 2.77% |
| 1970 | 7,065,279 | 2.75% |
| 1971 | 7,257,462 | 2.72% |
| 1972 | 7,460,068 | 2.79% |
| 1973 | 7,672,796 | 2.85% |
| 1974 | 7,896,783 | 2.92% |
| 1975 | 8,133,598 | 3% |
| 1976 | 8,384,113 | 3.08% |
| 1977 | 8,648,222 | 3.15% |
| 1978 | 8,926,586 | 3.22% |
| 1979 | 9,224,194 | 3.33% |
| 1980 | 9,543,358 | 3.46% |
| 1981 | 9,882,362 | 3.55% |
| 1982 | 10,241,006 | 3.63% |
| 1983 | 10,621,499 | 3.72% |
| 1984 | 11,025,597 | 3.8% |
| 1985 | 11,453,825 | 3.88% |
| 1986 | 11,901,040 | 3.9% |
| 1987 | 12,369,912 | 3.94% |
| 1988 | 12,859,708 | 3.96% |
| 1989 | 13,364,174 | 3.92% |
| 1990 | 13,887,862 | 3.92% |
| 1991 | 14,430,201 | 3.91% |
| 1992 | 14,989,494 | 3.88% |
| 1993 | 15,563,914 | 3.83% |
| 1994 | 16,149,147 | 3.76% |
| 1995 | 16,740,058 | 3.66% |
| 1996 | 17,313,177 | 3.42% |
| 1997 | 17,873,936 | 3.24% |
| 1998 | 18,446,013 | 3.2% |
| 1999 | 19,029,420 | 3.16% |
| 2000 | 19,624,141 | 3.13% |
| 2001 | 20,226,147 | 3.07% |
| 2002 | 20,835,086 | 3.01% |
| 2003 | 21,456,379 | 2.98% |
| 2004 | 22,095,167 | 2.98% |
| 2005 | 22,790,085 | 3.15% |
| 2006 | 23,543,083 | 3.3% |
| 2007 | 24,318,082 | 3.29% |
| 2008 | 25,111,941 | 3.26% |
| 2009 | 25,927,724 | 3.25% |
| 2010 | 26,754,387 | 3.19% |
| 2011 | 27,582,897 | 3.1% |
| 2012 | 28,433,647 | 3.08% |
| 2013 | 29,312,952 | 3.09% |
| 2014 | 30,226,309 | 3.12% |
| 2015 | 31,159,379 | 3.09% |
| 2016 | 32,109,010 | 3.05% |
| 2017 | 33,090,921 | 3.06% |
| 2018 | 34,085,182 | 3% |
| 2019 | 35,111,408 | 3.01% |
| 2020 | 36,134,863 | 2.91% |
| 2021 | 37,140,230 | 2.78% |
| 2022 | 38,222,876 | 2.92% |
| 2023 | 39,390,799 | 3.06% |
| 2024 | 40,583,164 | 3.03% |
| 2025 | 41,773,871 | 2.93% |
| 2026 | 42,961,650 | 2.84% |
| 2027 | 44,145,620 | 2.76% |
| 2028 | 45,323,685 | 2.67% |
| 2029 | 46,497,573 | 2.59% |
| 2030 | 47,667,649 | 2.52% |
| 2031 | 48,827,503 | 2.43% |
| 2032 | 49,979,089 | 2.36% |
| 2033 | 51,129,867 | 2.3% |
| 2034 | 52,279,989 | 2.25% |
| 2035 | 53,429,308 | 2.2% |
| 2036 | 54,578,046 | 2.15% |
| 2037 | 55,724,259 | 2.1% |
| 2038 | 56,872,152 | 2.06% |
| 2039 | 58,024,713 | 2.03% |
| 2040 | 59,181,514 | 1.99% |
| 2041 | 60,345,667 | 1.97% |
| 2042 | 61,517,965 | 1.94% |
| 2043 | 62,696,517 | 1.92% |
| 2044 | 63,880,172 | 1.89% |
| 2045 | 65,066,344 | 1.86% |
| 2046 | 66,253,578 | 1.82% |
| 2047 | 67,438,796 | 1.79% |
| 2048 | 68,620,844 | 1.75% |
| 2049 | 69,799,794 | 1.72% |
| 2050 | 70,976,389 | 1.69% |
Yemen has a population of 42.7M as of 2025, compared to 31.2M in 2015, 22.8M in 2005, and 16.7M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 3.71% per year. Yemen is ranked 12th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Yemen will have 65,066,344 people (52.3% growth) with a rank change from 37th to 31st.
By the year 2100, Yemen's population is projected to grow by 157.5% to 110M people.
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Yemen population statistics
|
Yemen
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 69.6 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 23.1 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 19.3 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.7:49.3 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 4.59 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 199.1 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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