Demographics of Yemen

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date12 May 2024

There are 17.78 million males and 17.44 million females in Yemen. The percentage of the male population is 50.48%, compared to 49.52% of the female population. Yemen has 337k more males than females. The sex ratio in Yemen in 2024 will be 101.930 males per 100 females. Yemen is in the 191st position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

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  • Population
  • Growth rate

Yemen population

Year Population Growth (%)
19504,712,8101.45
19555,091,6031.61
19605,542,4591.83
19656,097,2982.08
19706,843,6072.56
19757,855,6572.96
19809,204,9383.42
198511,036,9183.84
199013,375,1213.83
199516,103,3393.31
200018,628,7002.77
200521,320,6712.91
201024,743,9462.92
201528,516,5452.65
202032,284,0462.21
202132,981,6412.07
202233,696,6142.22
202334,449,8252.20
202435,219,8532.22
  • Total
  • Crude

Yemen death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
1950165,855248,17835.14752.592
1955174,542272,25934.22353.383
1960183,430302,07733.03854.408
1965192,675338,52431.54455.422
1970181,941378,01626.53855.138
1975174,116429,96822.12554.637
1980162,364503,79617.60854.635
1985150,161588,21313.59253.244
1990149,896677,83611.19850.636
1995155,545743,2229.64246.071
2000148,282751,4677.94040.240
2005136,925809,5786.41337.917
2010138,724886,2565.60235.791
2015175,134968,4166.13733.933
2020210,4261,010,3616.50931.252
2021226,1041,008,9366.84530.544
2022230,0641,008,6436.82429.919
2023223,9141,011,6686.49729.352
2024204,9821,016,5495.81728.849
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  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Yemen

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
1950255,3354,146,9855.800
1955347,0474,420,5407.279
1960470,6644,701,4719.100
1965622,2525,021,39111.026
1970823,7775,370,03313.300
19751,013,9535,816,73914.844
19801,342,6196,777,87816.534
19851,809,3668,038,53318.373
19902,523,6899,533,35020.931
19953,640,24911,680,40423.760
20004,695,12113,179,60426.267
20055,955,82414,627,10328.936
20107,501,18616,105,59331.776
20159,360,57117,555,63634.777
202011,465,41418,779,89137.908
202111,914,98218,995,83338.546
202212,373,69119,201,84239.188
202312,841,26719,397,77639.831
202413,317,38019,583,50640.477
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  • Gender ratio

Yemen population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 2,448,479 2,332,196 4,780,676 13.57 104.986
05-09 2,340,666 2,232,838 4,573,504 12.99 104.829
10-14 2,174,151 2,075,974 4,250,126 12.07 104.729
15-19 1,954,765 1,871,917 3,826,682 10.87 104.426
20-24 1,696,628 1,639,056 3,335,684 9.47 103.513
25-29 1,533,353 1,504,972 3,038,325 8.63 101.886
30-34 1,415,503 1,399,516 2,815,019 7.99 101.142
35-39 1,171,084 1,160,631 2,331,715 6.62 100.901
40-44 903,275 889,532 1,792,807 5.09 101.545
45-49 654,603 648,803 1,303,406 3.70 100.894
50-54 481,800 490,476 972,277 2.76 98.231
55-59 354,154 377,397 731,552 2.08 93.841
60-64 249,172 281,989 531,160 1.51 88.362
65-69 170,220 206,997 377,217 1.07 82.233
70-74 111,731 147,422 259,153 0.74 75.790
75-79 72,621 103,692 176,314 0.50 70.035
80-84 33,568 53,454 87,022 0.25 62.798
85-89 10,516 19,645 30,162 0.09 53.530
90-94 1,839 4,529 6,369 0.02 40.605
95-99 136 534 670 0.00 25.468
100+ 1 15 15 0.00 6.667
Total 17,778,265 17,441,585 35,219,855 101.930