Demographics of Yemen

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	13 Dec 2021

As of 2021, the population of Yemen is projected at 30.49 million, up by 2.23% compared with 29.83 million in 2020. Yemen is ranked 48th in terms of population and 44th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.88 million births in Yemen in 2021. That is 2,403 per day, which is ranked 35th. The crude birth rate is 28.75 per 1000 people. There are 0.18 million deaths in Yemen in 2021. That is 498 per day, which is ranked 56th. The crude death rate is 5.96 per 1000 people.

11.91 million people are living in urban areas, which is 38.55% of Yemen population. Yemen is ranked 186th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Yemen in 2021 is 101.49 males per 100 females. There are 15.36 million males and 15.13 million females in Yemen. The percentage of female population is 49.63% compare to 50.37% male population. Yemen has 0.23 million more males than females. Yemen is at 153rd position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Yemen population

Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	4,661,279	-
1955	4,965,567	1.32
1960	5,315,351	1.42
1965	5,727,745	1.53
1970	6,193,379	1.58
1975	6,784,699	2.33
1980	7,941,903	3.55
1985	9,572,170	3.90
1990	11,709,987	4.65
1995	14,913,313	4.31
2000	17,409,071	2.88
2005	20,107,416	2.90
2010	23,154,854	2.84
2015	26,497,881	2.61
2016	27,168,210	2.53
2017	27,834,811	2.45
2018	28,498,683	2.39
2019	29,161,922	2.33
2020	29,825,968	2.28
2021	30,490,639	2.23

Total
Crude

Yemen death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	173,066	238,466	36.86	50.80
1955	181,791	259,280	36.58	52.19
1960	192,997	284,689	36.23	53.50
1965	195,649	315,626	34.14	55.09
1970	183,142	348,078	29.54	56.23
1975	165,448	380,655	24.07	55.53
1980	148,421	436,214	18.59	54.64
1985	136,396	523,980	14.18	54.48
1990	141,449	627,394	11.83	52.62
1995	155,436	677,537	10.52	46.09
2000	155,437	691,681	8.89	39.52
2005	145,080	736,086	7.20	36.49
2010	143,722	800,563	6.19	34.47
2015	158,355	852,888	5.97	32.20
2020	178,271	874,561	5.98	29.30
2021	181,773	877,079	5.96	28.75

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Yemen

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	255,335	4,146,985	-	5.800
1955	347,047	4,420,540	6.29	7.279
1960	470,664	4,701,471	6.29	9.100
1965	622,252	5,021,391	5.75	11.026
1970	823,777	5,370,033	5.66	13.300
1975	1,013,953	5,816,739	4.80	14.844
1980	1,342,619	6,777,878	6.07	16.534
1985	1,809,366	8,038,533	6.16	18.373
1990	2,523,689	9,533,350	7.44	20.931
1995	3,640,249	11,680,404	6.68	23.760
2000	4,695,121	13,179,604	4.92	26.267
2005	5,955,824	14,627,103	4.80	28.936
2010	7,501,186	16,105,593	4.67	31.776
2015	9,360,571	17,555,636	4.39	34.777
2020	11,465,414	18,779,891	3.99	37.908
2021	11,914,982	18,995,833	3.92	38.546

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Yemen population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	2,103,140	2,018,629	4,121,769	13.52	104.187
05-09	2,025,922	1,946,503	3,972,425	13.03	104.080
10-14	1,844,008	1,775,030	3,619,038	11.87	103.886
15-19	1,655,659	1,601,762	3,257,421	10.68	103.365
20-24	1,496,024	1,457,043	2,953,067	9.69	102.675
25-29	1,437,728	1,406,546	2,844,274	9.33	102.217
30-34	1,224,572	1,204,812	2,429,384	7.97	101.640
35-39	954,377	949,762	1,904,139	6.24	100.486
40-44	730,933	707,669	1,438,602	4.72	103.287
45-49	539,742	515,712	1,055,454	3.46	104.660
50-54	381,607	418,530	800,137	2.62	91.178
55-59	304,115	359,074	663,189	2.18	84.694
60-64	248,967	276,581	525,548	1.72	90.016
65-69	179,479	202,156	381,635	1.25	88.782
70-74	121,217	144,510	265,727	0.87	83.881
75-79	67,194	84,567	151,761	0.50	79.457
80-84	30,078	42,337	72,415	0.24	71.044
85-89	10,300	16,370	26,670	0.09	62.920
90-94	2,570	4,301	6,871	0.02	59.754
95-99	387	647	1,034	0.00	59.815
100+	27	52	79	0.00	51.923
Total	15,358,046	15,132,593	30,490,639		101.490