Demographics of Yemen

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	07 Apr 2026

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As of 2026, the population of Yemen is projected at 42.96 million, compared to 41.77 million in 2025. It ranks 37th in the world by population and 16th in Asia, accounting for 0.52% of the global population and 0.88% of Asia's population. The population growth rate for 2026 is projected at 2.76%, placing Yemen 13th among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 21.77 million males and 21.19 million females in Yemen. The male population accounts for 50.67%, compared to 49.33% for females. Yemen has 579k more males than females. The sex ratio in 2026 is projected at 102.73 males per 100 females. Yemen ranks 198th globally in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Population
Growth
Gender

Yemen population
Year	Population			Growth (%)	M per 100 F
Year	Male	Female	Total	Growth (%)	M per 100 F
1950	2,330,383	2,286,396	4,616,780	1.37	101.924
1955	2,507,198	2,502,474	5,009,672	1.81	100.189
1960	2,753,528	2,778,773	5,532,301	2.16	99.092
1965	3,070,234	3,125,360	6,195,593	2.45	98.236
1970	3,496,039	3,569,240	7,065,279	2.64	97.949
1975	4,033,839	4,099,759	8,133,598	3.00	98.392
1980	4,751,297	4,792,060	9,543,358	3.45	99.149
1985	5,727,458	5,726,366	11,453,825	3.85	100.019
1990	6,965,810	6,922,051	13,887,862	3.84	100.632
1995	8,420,544	8,319,513	16,740,058	3.54	101.214
2000	9,894,593	9,729,548	19,624,141	3.05	101.696
2005	11,516,600	11,273,485	22,790,085	3.26	102.157
2010	13,555,494	13,198,893	26,754,387	3.08	102.702
2015	15,808,915	15,350,464	31,159,379	2.98	102.987
2020	18,304,570	17,830,293	36,134,863	2.73	102.660
2021	18,809,391	18,330,840	37,140,230	2.75	102.611
2022	19,356,445	18,866,431	38,222,876	2.99	102.597
2023	19,950,332	19,440,467	39,390,799	3.03	102.623
2024	20,558,038	20,025,126	40,583,164	2.94	102.661
2025	21,165,096	20,608,781	41,773,878	2.85	102.699
2026	21,770,128	21,191,525	42,961,653	2.76	102.730

Demographics Indicators
Year	Life expectancy	Median age	Fertility rate
1950	28.934	18.210	7.971
1955	30.810	18.556	7.970
1960	33.462	18.636	7.988
1965	35.592	18.328	8.101
1970	40.573	17.323	8.234
1975	45.475	15.901	8.373
1980	50.608	14.782	8.710
1985	55.418	13.986	8.864
1990	58.528	13.546	8.606
1995	60.532	13.632	7.525
2000	62.761	14.368	6.317
2005	65.356	15.332	5.563
2010	67.223	16.597	4.810
2015	66.761	17.665	4.617
2020	66.435	18.062	4.600
2021	66.019	18.078	4.597
2022	67.952	18.118	4.593
2023	69.295	18.184	4.590
2024	69.439	18.262	4.499
2025	69.580	18.355	4.413
2026	69.730	18.460	4.327

Life expectancy
Median age
Fertility rate

Yemen death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	177,396	243,594	38.424	52.763
1955	180,321	274,346	35.995	54.763
1960	186,904	309,900	33.784	56.016
1965	196,532	351,930	31.721	56.803
1970	188,565	396,181	26.689	56.074
1975	178,253	445,071	21.916	54.720
1980	167,953	523,724	17.599	54.878
1985	157,968	613,553	13.792	53.567
1990	156,985	706,640	11.304	50.882
1995	160,295	768,275	9.576	45.894
2000	155,124	801,831	7.905	40.859
2005	148,204	874,900	6.503	38.390
2010	149,462	952,693	5.586	35.609
2015	179,872	1,119,805	5.773	35.938
2020	210,725	1,297,064	5.832	35.895
2021	221,113	1,324,728	5.953	35.668
2022	199,986	1,353,356	5.232	35.407
2023	188,764	1,386,914	4.792	35.209
2024	192,109	1,394,397	4.734	34.359
2025	195,449	1,401,358	4.679	33.546
2026	198,677	1,406,796	4.625	32.745

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Yemen
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	87,719	4,529,061	1.900
1955	126,696	4,882,976	2.529
1960	188,098	5,344,202	3.400
1965	278,156	5,917,438	4.490
1970	425,330	6,639,949	6.020
1975	705,035	7,428,563	8.668
1980	1,180,516	8,362,842	12.370
1985	1,863,318	9,590,506	16.268
1990	2,802,856	11,085,006	20.182
1995	3,983,880	12,756,178	23.798
2000	5,221,098	14,403,043	26.605
2005	6,575,482	16,214,603	28.852
2010	8,193,072	18,561,315	30.623
2015	10,091,999	21,067,380	32.388
2020	12,901,072	23,233,792	35.703
2021	13,396,665	23,743,565	36.070
2022	13,883,554	24,339,322	36.323
2023	14,405,530	24,985,269	36.571
2024	14,937,750	25,645,414	36.808
2025	15,470,399	26,303,479	37.034
2026	16,002,664	26,958,989	37.249

Population
Urbanization

Yemen population by Age Group (2026)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	3,414,936	3,245,552	6,660,488	15.50	105.219
05-09	3,033,162	2,887,869	5,921,032	13.78	105.031
10-14	2,557,803	2,441,080	4,998,883	11.64	104.782
15-19	2,223,465	2,125,667	4,349,132	10.12	104.601
20-24	1,956,143	1,880,447	3,836,590	8.93	104.025
25-29	1,711,941	1,663,467	3,375,408	7.86	102.914
30-34	1,595,917	1,565,049	3,160,965	7.36	101.972
35-39	1,394,397	1,368,786	2,763,182	6.43	101.871
40-44	1,128,889	1,102,727	2,231,617	5.19	102.372
45-49	852,288	832,361	1,684,649	3.92	102.394
50-54	627,559	625,072	1,252,631	2.92	100.398
55-59	464,254	479,062	943,316	2.20	96.909
60-64	324,572	353,351	677,923	1.58	91.855
65-69	214,989	250,097	465,087	1.08	85.962
70-74	131,036	165,966	297,002	0.69	78.954
75-79	79,567	110,489	190,056	0.44	72.014
80-84	41,876	63,457	105,332	0.25	65.991
85-89	14,421	24,579	38,999	0.09	58.672
90-94	2,699	5,763	8,463	0.02	46.833
95-99	212	657	870	0.00	32.268
100+	3	24	26	0.00	12.500
Total	21,770,129	21,191,522	42,961,651		102.730

Population pyramid
Gender ratio