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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Yemen	Zambia	Yemen	Zambia
1960	5,532,301	3,153,729	-	-
1961	5,655,232	3,254,086	2.22%	3.18%
1962	5,782,221	3,358,099	2.25%	3.2%
1963	5,911,135	3,465,907	2.23%	3.21%
1964	6,048,006	3,577,017	2.32%	3.21%
1965	6,195,593	3,692,086	2.44%	3.22%
1966	6,351,494	3,812,003	2.52%	3.25%
1967	6,516,444	3,936,343	2.6%	3.26%
1968	6,690,524	4,065,593	2.67%	3.28%
1969	6,875,859	4,197,116	2.77%	3.24%
1970	7,065,279	4,321,718	2.75%	2.97%
1971	7,257,462	4,442,525	2.72%	2.8%
1972	7,460,068	4,569,309	2.79%	2.85%
1973	7,672,796	4,702,693	2.85%	2.92%
1974	7,896,783	4,842,746	2.92%	2.98%
1975	8,133,598	4,990,086	3%	3.04%
1976	8,384,113	5,143,842	3.08%	3.08%
1977	8,648,222	5,302,480	3.15%	3.08%
1978	8,926,586	5,465,374	3.22%	3.07%
1979	9,224,194	5,631,728	3.33%	3.04%
1980	9,543,358	5,802,833	3.46%	3.04%
1981	9,882,362	5,983,289	3.55%	3.11%
1982	10,241,006	6,178,637	3.63%	3.26%
1983	10,621,499	6,381,038	3.72%	3.28%
1984	11,025,597	6,580,490	3.8%	3.13%
1985	11,453,825	6,780,953	3.88%	3.05%
1986	11,901,040	6,986,471	3.9%	3.03%
1987	12,369,912	7,191,282	3.94%	2.93%
1988	12,859,708	7,391,440	3.96%	2.78%
1989	13,364,174	7,589,216	3.92%	2.68%
1990	13,887,862	7,786,169	3.92%	2.6%
1991	14,430,201	7,981,650	3.91%	2.51%
1992	14,989,494	8,176,680	3.88%	2.44%
1993	15,563,914	8,373,921	3.83%	2.41%
1994	16,149,147	8,576,269	3.76%	2.42%
1995	16,740,058	8,785,763	3.66%	2.44%
1996	17,313,177	9,004,053	3.42%	2.48%
1997	17,873,936	9,237,063	3.24%	2.59%
1998	18,446,013	9,482,408	3.2%	2.66%
1999	19,029,420	9,740,005	3.16%	2.72%
2000	19,624,141	10,017,631	3.13%	2.85%
2001	20,226,147	10,325,185	3.07%	3.07%
2002	20,835,086	10,647,949	3.01%	3.13%
2003	21,456,379	10,983,595	2.98%	3.15%
2004	22,095,167	11,338,198	2.98%	3.23%
2005	22,790,085	11,718,819	3.15%	3.36%
2006	23,543,083	12,129,553	3.3%	3.5%
2007	24,318,082	12,565,085	3.29%	3.59%
2008	25,111,941	13,021,324	3.26%	3.63%
2009	25,927,724	13,490,389	3.25%	3.6%
2010	26,754,387	13,965,594	3.19%	3.52%
2011	27,582,897	14,437,796	3.1%	3.38%
2012	28,433,647	14,913,629	3.08%	3.3%
2013	29,312,952	15,398,997	3.09%	3.25%
2014	30,226,309	15,895,315	3.12%	3.22%
2015	31,159,379	16,399,089	3.09%	3.17%
2016	32,109,010	16,914,423	3.05%	3.14%
2017	33,090,921	17,441,320	3.06%	3.12%
2018	34,085,182	17,973,569	3%	3.05%
2019	35,111,408	18,513,839	3.01%	3.01%
2020	36,134,863	19,059,395	2.91%	2.95%
2021	37,140,230	19,603,607	2.78%	2.86%
2022	38,222,876	20,152,938	2.92%	2.8%
2023	39,390,799	20,723,965	3.06%	2.83%
2024	40,583,164	21,314,956	3.03%	2.85%
2025	41,773,871	21,913,869	2.93%	2.81%
2026	42,961,650	22,521,905	2.84%	2.77%
2027	44,145,620	23,138,716	2.76%	2.74%
2028	45,323,685	23,761,368	2.67%	2.69%
2029	46,497,573	24,389,681	2.59%	2.64%
2030	47,667,649	25,024,887	2.52%	2.6%
2031	48,827,503	25,666,496	2.43%	2.56%
2032	49,979,089	26,311,946	2.36%	2.51%
2033	51,129,867	26,960,073	2.3%	2.46%
2034	52,279,989	27,611,621	2.25%	2.42%
2035	53,429,308	28,266,887	2.2%	2.37%
2036	54,578,046	28,925,103	2.15%	2.33%
2037	55,724,259	29,583,482	2.1%	2.28%
2038	56,872,152	30,240,549	2.06%	2.22%
2039	58,024,713	30,895,586	2.03%	2.17%
2040	59,181,514	31,550,394	1.99%	2.12%
2041	60,345,667	32,204,340	1.97%	2.07%
2042	61,517,965	32,856,596	1.94%	2.03%
2043	62,696,517	33,510,500	1.92%	1.99%
2044	63,880,172	34,165,920	1.89%	1.96%
2045	65,066,344	34,821,101	1.86%	1.92%
2046	66,253,578	35,475,795	1.82%	1.88%
2047	67,438,796	36,129,270	1.79%	1.84%
2048	68,620,844	36,782,260	1.75%	1.81%
2049	69,799,794	37,434,667	1.72%	1.77%
2050	70,976,389	38,083,369	1.69%	1.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Yemen increased by 8,369,294 people (a 36.7% growth), while Zambia gained 4,680,270 people (a 39.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Yemen gained 11,568,609 (a 37.1% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 6,003,202 (a 36.6% growth).

Yemen was ranked 47th most populous country in 2005 and is 37th in 2025. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2005 and ranked 62nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Yemen's population will grow by 66.1% to 70,976,389 people with a rank change from 37th to 29th. The population of Zambia will increase by 70% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.