Population of Yemen

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

The current population of Yemen is 31,763,577 as of May 31, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Yemen is projected at 30,490,640 or 30.491 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Yemen is projected at 29,825,964 or 29.826 million people for the year 2020. Yemen ranks number 48th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Yemen is ranked 19th among 51 countries in Asia.

Yemen's population peak will be 2081 with 55.08 mn people after Yemen's population will be decreased year by year. The Yemen population is projected to reach 36.41 million in 2030, increase further to 48.08 million in 2050, and later decrease by 53.17 million by 2100. Yemen accounts for 0.39 percent of the world population. However, its global share will decline by 0.51% in 2082 and is projected to decline at 0.49% by 2100.

Yemen was at 69th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline at 47th in 2100.

Yemen population projections

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	29,825,964	664,042	2.28	0.38
2021	30,490,640	664,676	2.23	0.39
2022	31,154,867	664,227	2.18	0.39
2023	31,818,237	663,370	2.13	0.40
2024	32,480,193	661,956	2.08	0.40
2025	33,140,296	660,103	2.03	0.40
2026	33,798,205	657,909	1.99	0.41
2027	34,453,804	655,599	1.94	0.41
2028	35,107,082	653,278	1.90	0.42
2029	35,758,123	651,041	1.85	0.42
2030	36,406,888	648,765	1.81	0.43
2031	37,053,076	646,188	1.77	0.43
2032	37,696,213	643,137	1.74	0.43
2033	38,335,861	639,648	1.70	0.44
2034	38,971,531	635,670	1.66	0.44
2035	39,602,684	631,153	1.62	0.45
2036	40,228,871	626,187	1.58	0.45
2037	40,849,513	620,642	1.54	0.45
2038	41,463,838	614,325	1.50	0.46
2039	42,070,946	607,108	1.46	0.46
2040	42,670,011	599,065	1.42	0.46
2041	43,260,438	590,427	1.38	0.47
2042	43,841,642	581,204	1.34	0.47
2043	44,412,918	571,276	1.30	0.47
2044	44,973,504	560,586	1.26	0.48
2045	45,522,739	549,235	1.22	0.48
2046	46,059,955	537,216	1.18	0.48
2047	46,584,647	524,692	1.14	0.49
2048	47,096,431	511,784	1.10	0.49
2049	47,595,005	498,574	1.06	0.49
2050	48,080,021	485,016	1.02	0.49
2051	48,551,141	471,120	0.98	0.50
2052	49,007,818	456,677	0.94	0.50
2053	49,449,235	441,417	0.90	0.50
2054	49,874,414	425,179	0.86	0.50
2055	50,282,609	408,195	0.82	0.50
2056	50,673,363	390,754	0.78	0.51
2057	51,046,599	373,236	0.74	0.51
2058	51,402,440	355,841	0.70	0.51
2059	51,741,236	338,796	0.66	0.51
2060	52,063,220	321,984	0.62	0.51
2061	52,368,448	305,228	0.59	0.51
2062	52,656,741	288,293	0.55	0.52
2063	52,927,854	271,113	0.51	0.52
2064	53,181,488	253,634	0.48	0.52
2065	53,417,475	235,987	0.44	0.52
2066	53,635,875	218,400	0.41	0.52
2067	53,836,989	201,114	0.37	0.52
2068	54,021,178	184,189	0.34	0.52
2069	54,188,954	167,776	0.31	0.52
2070	54,340,798	151,844	0.28	0.52
2071	54,476,961	136,163	0.25	0.52
2072	54,597,763	120,802	0.22	0.52
2073	54,703,817	106,054	0.19	0.52
2074	54,795,818	92,001	0.17	0.52
2075	54,874,389	78,571	0.14	0.52
2076	54,939,917	65,528	0.12	0.52
2077	54,992,652	52,735	0.10	0.52
2078	55,032,878	40,226	0.07	0.52
2079	55,060,811	27,933	0.05	0.52
2080	55,076,685	15,874	0.03	0.52
2081	55,080,799	4,114	0.01	0.52
2082	55,073,396	-7,403	-0.01	0.51
2083	55,054,571	-18,825	-0.03	0.51
2084	55,024,352	-30,219	-0.05	0.51
2085	54,982,833	-41,519	-0.08	0.51
2086	54,930,229	-52,604	-0.10	0.51
2087	54,866,788	-63,441	-0.12	0.51
2088	54,792,706	-74,082	-0.14	0.51
2089	54,708,180	-84,526	-0.15	0.51
2090	54,613,438	-94,742	-0.17	0.51
2091	54,508,720	-104,718	-0.19	0.50
2092	54,394,333	-114,387	-0.21	0.50
2093	54,270,579	-123,754	-0.23	0.50
2094	54,137,799	-132,780	-0.24	0.50
2095	53,996,338	-141,461	-0.26	0.50
2096	53,846,537	-149,801	-0.28	0.50
2097	53,688,764	-157,773	-0.29	0.49
2098	53,523,395	-165,369	-0.31	0.49
2099	53,350,779	-172,616	-0.32	0.49
2100	53,171,323	-179,456	-0.34	0.49

Yemen population estimates

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	4,661,282	-	-	0.18
1951	4,717,152	55,870	1.20	0.18
1952	4,776,179	59,027	1.25	0.18
1953	4,837,601	61,422	1.29	0.18
1954	4,900,848	63,247	1.31	0.18
1955	4,965,574	64,726	1.32	0.18
1956	5,031,698	66,124	1.33	0.18
1957	5,099,349	67,651	1.34	0.18
1958	5,168,870	69,521	1.36	0.18
1959	5,240,719	71,849	1.39	0.18
1960	5,315,355	74,636	1.42	0.18
1961	5,393,036	77,681	1.46	0.17
1962	5,473,671	80,635	1.50	0.17
1963	5,556,766	83,095	1.52	0.17
1964	5,641,597	84,831	1.53	0.17
1965	5,727,751	86,154	1.53	0.17
1966	5,816,247	88,496	1.55	0.17
1967	5,907,874	91,627	1.58	0.17
1968	6,001,852	93,978	1.59	0.17
1969	6,097,035	95,183	1.59	0.17
1970	6,193,384	96,349	1.58	0.17
1971	6,290,365	96,981	1.57	0.17
1972	6,390,574	100,209	1.59	0.17
1973	6,500,816	110,242	1.73	0.17
1974	6,629,999	129,183	1.99	0.17
1975	6,784,695	154,696	2.33	0.17
1976	6,967,941	183,246	2.70	0.17
1977	7,178,675	210,734	3.02	0.17
1978	7,414,158	235,483	3.28	0.17
1979	7,669,694	255,536	3.45	0.18
1980	7,941,898	272,204	3.55	0.18
1981	8,231,910	290,012	3.65	0.18
1982	8,541,605	309,695	3.76	0.18
1983	8,869,370	327,765	3.84	0.19
1984	9,213,084	343,714	3.88	0.19
1985	9,572,175	359,091	3.90	0.20
1986	9,941,109	368,934	3.85	0.20
1987	10,322,043	380,934	3.83	0.20
1988	10,730,862	408,819	3.96	0.21
1989	11,189,177	458,315	4.27	0.21
1990	11,709,993	520,816	4.65	0.22
1991	12,302,124	592,131	5.06	0.23
1992	12,954,155	652,031	5.30	0.24
1993	13,634,076	679,921	5.25	0.24
1994	14,297,613	663,537	4.87	0.25
1995	14,913,315	615,702	4.31	0.26
1996	15,469,274	555,959	3.73	0.27
1997	15,975,668	506,394	3.27	0.27
1998	16,450,310	474,642	2.97	0.27
1999	16,921,149	470,839	2.86	0.28
2000	17,409,072	487,923	2.88	0.28
2001	17,918,373	509,301	2.93	0.29
2002	18,443,691	525,318	2.93	0.29
2003	18,985,000	541,309	2.93	0.30
2004	19,540,098	555,098	2.92	0.30
2005	20,107,409	567,311	2.90	0.31
2006	20,687,646	580,237	2.89	0.31
2007	21,282,515	594,869	2.88	0.32
2008	21,892,146	609,631	2.86	0.32
2009	22,516,460	624,314	2.85	0.33
2010	23,154,855	638,395	2.84	0.33
2011	23,807,588	652,733	2.82	0.34
2012	24,473,178	665,590	2.80	0.34
2013	25,147,109	673,931	2.75	0.35
2014	25,823,485	676,376	2.69	0.35
2015	26,497,889	674,404	2.61	0.36
2016	27,168,208	670,319	2.53	0.36
2017	27,834,819	666,611	2.45	0.37
2018	28,498,683	663,864	2.39	0.37
2019	29,161,922	663,239	2.33	0.38