Demographics of Yemen

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	12 May 2024

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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.

Yemen population
Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	4,712,810	1.45
1955	5,091,603	1.61
1960	5,542,459	1.83
1965	6,097,298	2.08
1970	6,843,607	2.56
1975	7,855,657	2.96
1980	9,204,938	3.42
1985	11,036,918	3.84
1990	13,375,121	3.83
1995	16,103,339	3.31
2000	18,628,700	2.77
2005	21,320,671	2.91
2010	24,743,946	2.92
2015	28,516,545	2.65
2020	32,284,046	2.21
2021	32,981,641	2.07
2022	33,696,614	2.22
2023	34,449,825	2.20
2024	35,219,853	2.22

Population
Growth

Yemen death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	165,855	248,178	35.147	52.592
1955	174,542	272,259	34.223	53.383
1960	183,430	302,077	33.038	54.408
1965	192,675	338,524	31.544	55.422
1970	181,941	378,016	26.538	55.138
1975	174,116	429,968	22.125	54.637
1980	162,364	503,796	17.608	54.635
1985	150,161	588,213	13.592	53.244
1990	149,896	677,836	11.198	50.636
1995	155,545	743,222	9.642	46.071
2000	148,282	751,467	7.940	40.240
2005	136,925	809,578	6.413	37.917
2010	138,724	886,256	5.602	35.791
2015	175,134	968,416	6.137	33.933
2020	210,426	1,010,361	6.509	31.252
2021	226,104	1,008,936	6.845	30.544
2022	230,064	1,008,643	6.824	29.919
2023	223,914	1,011,668	6.497	29.352
2024	204,982	1,016,549	5.817	28.849

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Yemen
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	255,335	4,146,985	5.800
1955	347,047	4,420,540	7.279
1960	470,664	4,701,471	9.100
1965	622,252	5,021,391	11.026
1970	823,777	5,370,033	13.300
1975	1,013,953	5,816,739	14.844
1980	1,342,619	6,777,878	16.534
1985	1,809,366	8,038,533	18.373
1990	2,523,689	9,533,350	20.931
1995	3,640,249	11,680,404	23.760
2000	4,695,121	13,179,604	26.267
2005	5,955,824	14,627,103	28.936
2010	7,501,186	16,105,593	31.776
2015	9,360,571	17,555,636	34.777
2020	11,465,414	18,779,891	37.908
2021	11,914,982	18,995,833	38.546
2022	12,373,691	19,201,842	39.188
2023	12,841,267	19,397,776	39.831
2024	13,317,380	19,583,506	40.477

Population
Urbanization

Yemen population by Age Group (2024)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
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

Population pyramid
Gender ratio