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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Yemen	Zimbabwe	Yemen	Zimbabwe
1960	5,532,301	3,809,389	-	-
1961	5,655,232	3,930,401	2.22%	3.18%
1962	5,782,221	4,055,959	2.25%	3.19%
1963	5,911,135	4,185,877	2.23%	3.2%
1964	6,048,006	4,320,006	2.32%	3.2%
1965	6,195,593	4,458,462	2.44%	3.2%
1966	6,351,494	4,601,217	2.52%	3.2%
1967	6,516,444	4,748,307	2.6%	3.2%
1968	6,690,524	4,900,440	2.67%	3.2%
1969	6,875,859	5,058,181	2.77%	3.22%
1970	7,065,279	5,215,918	2.75%	3.12%
1971	7,257,462	5,374,712	2.72%	3.04%
1972	7,460,068	5,542,445	2.79%	3.12%
1973	7,672,796	5,720,404	2.85%	3.21%
1974	7,896,783	5,908,328	2.92%	3.29%
1975	8,133,598	6,098,658	3%	3.22%
1976	8,384,113	6,287,105	3.08%	3.09%
1977	8,648,222	6,449,512	3.15%	2.58%
1978	8,926,586	6,543,575	3.22%	1.46%
1979	9,224,194	6,647,556	3.33%	1.59%
1980	9,543,358	7,041,303	3.46%	5.92%
1981	9,882,362	7,498,635	3.55%	6.49%
1982	10,241,006	7,796,496	3.63%	3.97%
1983	10,621,499	8,098,404	3.72%	3.87%
1984	11,025,597	8,391,488	3.8%	3.62%
1985	11,453,825	8,686,813	3.88%	3.52%
1986	11,901,040	8,982,578	3.9%	3.4%
1987	12,369,912	9,284,644	3.94%	3.36%
1988	12,859,708	9,583,094	3.96%	3.21%
1989	13,364,174	9,864,798	3.92%	2.94%
1990	13,887,862	10,137,281	3.92%	2.76%
1991	14,430,201	10,404,816	3.91%	2.64%
1992	14,989,494	10,702,700	3.88%	2.86%
1993	15,563,914	10,860,288	3.83%	1.47%
1994	16,149,147	10,873,148	3.76%	0.12%
1995	16,740,058	10,974,599	3.66%	0.93%
1996	17,313,177	11,158,360	3.42%	1.67%
1997	17,873,936	11,369,827	3.24%	1.9%
1998	18,446,013	11,594,297	3.2%	1.97%
1999	19,029,420	11,783,458	3.16%	1.63%
2000	19,624,141	11,892,055	3.13%	0.92%
2001	20,226,147	11,971,901	3.07%	0.67%
2002	20,835,086	12,087,653	3.01%	0.97%
2003	21,456,379	12,232,323	2.98%	1.2%
2004	22,095,167	12,365,896	2.98%	1.09%
2005	22,790,085	12,483,432	3.15%	0.95%
2006	23,543,083	12,636,445	3.3%	1.23%
2007	24,318,082	12,804,058	3.29%	1.33%
2008	25,111,941	12,959,149	3.26%	1.21%
2009	25,927,724	13,142,790	3.25%	1.42%
2010	26,754,387	13,356,548	3.19%	1.63%
2011	27,582,897	13,595,424	3.1%	1.79%
2012	28,433,647	13,817,887	3.08%	1.64%
2013	29,312,952	14,013,808	3.09%	1.42%
2014	30,226,309	14,207,359	3.12%	1.38%
2015	31,159,379	14,399,013	3.09%	1.35%
2016	32,109,010	14,600,294	3.05%	1.4%
2017	33,090,921	14,812,482	3.06%	1.45%
2018	34,085,182	15,034,452	3%	1.5%
2019	35,111,408	15,271,368	3.01%	1.58%
2020	36,134,863	15,526,888	2.91%	1.67%
2021	37,140,230	15,797,210	2.78%	1.74%
2022	38,222,876	16,069,056	2.92%	1.72%
2023	39,390,799	16,340,822	3.06%	1.69%
2024	40,583,164	16,634,373	3.03%	1.8%
2025	41,773,871	16,950,805	2.93%	1.9%
2026	42,961,650	17,273,591	2.84%	1.9%
2027	44,145,620	17,600,621	2.76%	1.89%
2028	45,323,685	17,932,015	2.67%	1.88%
2029	46,497,573	18,268,967	2.59%	1.88%
2030	47,667,649	18,610,356	2.52%	1.87%
2031	48,827,503	18,956,207	2.43%	1.86%
2032	49,979,089	19,311,368	2.36%	1.87%
2033	51,129,867	19,675,929	2.3%	1.89%
2034	52,279,989	20,041,125	2.25%	1.86%
2035	53,429,308	20,409,159	2.2%	1.84%
2036	54,578,046	20,778,662	2.15%	1.81%
2037	55,724,259	21,144,748	2.1%	1.76%
2038	56,872,152	21,512,919	2.06%	1.74%
2039	58,024,713	21,881,123	2.03%	1.71%
2040	59,181,514	22,250,123	1.99%	1.69%
2041	60,345,667	22,627,428	1.97%	1.7%
2042	61,517,965	23,000,906	1.94%	1.65%
2043	62,696,517	23,371,301	1.92%	1.61%
2044	63,880,172	23,740,630	1.89%	1.58%
2045	65,066,344	24,102,391	1.86%	1.52%
2046	66,253,578	24,462,491	1.82%	1.49%
2047	67,438,796	24,816,449	1.79%	1.45%
2048	68,620,844	25,168,419	1.75%	1.42%
2049	69,799,794	25,518,513	1.72%	1.39%
2050	70,976,389	25,866,397	1.69%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Yemen increased by 8,369,294 people (a 36.7% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,915,581 people (a 15.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Yemen gained 11,568,609 (a 37.1% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,811,079 (a 19.5% growth).

Yemen was ranked 47th most populous country in 2005 and is 37th in 2025. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2005 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 50.3% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.