Country or area · Western Asia · Asia · UN WPP 2024

Yemen population

Yemen population now

43,252,450

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 42.2–44.6 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 39,390,799

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 42.9616 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 42.2–44.6 million
Median age: 19.5
Aged 65+: 2.6%

Move through time, 1950–2100

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male female projection · one cell = 20,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

YEM · 1950–2100 · in brief

Yemen in numbers

The UN counts 39,390,799 people in Yemen in mid-2023, which makes it the 37th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and 0.49% of the world's people. That is 8.5 times its 1950 population of 4.6 million.

In the UN's medium projection it is still growing in 2100, when it reaches 110 million. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 55.9 million to 235 million.

Births outnumber deaths in every year from 1950 to 2100, estimates and projection alike.

The median age was 19.2 in 1950 and 19.2 in 2023; the projection has 38.2 in 2100. 2.5% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 16.4% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is still growing in 2100 in the medium projection.

By size it is the 37th country in 2023; the projection puts it 29th in 2050 and 20th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Argentina in 2029, Spain in 2030 and South Korea in 2033. It is overtaken by Angola in 2041.

Population, mid-2023: 39,390,799
Rank by population, 2023: 37 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 0.49%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +3.06% · +1,167,924 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 75
Land area, 2023: 527,970 km²
Births, 2023: 1,386,914
Deaths, 2023: 188,764
Net migration, 2023: −5,233
Children per woman, 2023: 4.59
Median age, 2023: 19.2 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 69.3 years
In a city, 2025: 47 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 4,616,780
Projected, mid-2050: 70,976,403
Projected, mid-2100: 110,035,634

YEM · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. Each column is the population on 1 January of one year; the paper rules cut it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: Yemen, 1950–2100

Yemen: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	4,585,080		243,594	177,396	7.97	28.9
1951	estimate	4,648,480		249,433	175,235	7.97	29.3
1952	estimate	4,719,815		255,349	175,726	7.97	29.6
1953	estimate	4,796,529		261,349	176,839	7.96	30.0
1954	estimate	4,878,057		267,674	178,479	7.96	30.4
1955	estimate	4,964,212		274,346	180,321	7.97	30.8
1956	estimate	5,055,132		280,810	181,721	7.96	31.3
1957	estimate	5,151,067		287,497	183,191	7.96	31.8
1958	estimate	5,252,144		294,695	184,225	7.97	32.4
1959	estimate	5,359,323		302,403	185,841	7.98	32.9
1960	estimate	5,472,517		309,900	186,904	7.99	33.5
1961	estimate	5,592,084		317,798	188,005	8.00	34.1
1962	estimate	5,718,380		325,755	194,491	8.01	33.7
1963	estimate	5,846,062		334,052	200,272	8.03	33.4
1964	estimate	5,976,207		343,301	196,003	8.07	34.9
1965	estimate	6,119,804		351,930	196,532	8.10	35.6
1966	estimate	6,271,383		361,092	197,006	8.14	36.3
1967	estimate	6,431,606		370,281	196,645	8.17	37.1
1968	estimate	6,601,282		377,961	195,443	8.19	38.0
1969	estimate	6,779,765		386,337	190,029	8.22	39.6
1970	estimate	6,971,954		396,181	188,565	8.23	40.6
1971	estimate	7,158,604		404,778	185,679	8.26	41.8
1972	estimate	7,356,320		413,096	183,772	8.27	42.7
1973	estimate	7,563,815		422,149	181,912	8.29	43.6
1974	estimate	7,781,776		432,722	179,980	8.33	44.5
1975	estimate	8,011,789		445,071	178,253	8.37	45.5
1976	estimate	8,255,407		457,437	176,359	8.42	46.4
1977	estimate	8,512,819		470,321	174,208	8.47	47.4
1978	estimate	8,783,625		484,214	171,775	8.50	48.5
1979	estimate	9,069,547		506,388	170,007	8.67	49.5
1980	estimate	9,378,841		523,724	167,953	8.71	50.6
1981	estimate	9,707,874		540,037	165,556	8.75	51.7
1982	estimate	10,056,849		557,639	165,346	8.79	52.4
1983	estimate	10,425,164		576,272	161,450	8.83	53.6
1984	estimate	10,817,834		594,010	159,337	8.85	54.6
1985	estimate	11,233,361		613,553	157,968	8.86	55.4
1986	estimate	11,674,288		632,074	167,417	8.86	54.0
1987	estimate	12,127,793		649,880	156,547	8.83	56.8
1988	estimate	12,612,031		669,857	156,562	8.79	57.4
1989	estimate	13,107,385		686,899	156,442	8.71	58.0
1990	estimate	13,620,963		706,640	156,985	8.61	58.5
1991	estimate	14,154,760		724,716	158,878	8.46	58.8
1992	estimate	14,705,641		741,686	159,609	8.27	59.3
1993	estimate	15,273,347		755,961	160,499	8.05	59.7
1994	estimate	15,854,481		764,541	162,168	7.79	59.8
1995	estimate	16,443,813		768,275	160,295	7.53	60.5
1996	estimate	17,036,303		747,746	158,950	7.00	60.9
1997	estimate	17,590,051		762,114	157,659	6.82	61.3
1998	estimate	18,157,822		772,368	156,891	6.64	61.8
1999	estimate	18,734,203		789,234	156,067	6.49	62.3
2000	estimate	19,324,637		801,831	155,124	6.32	62.8
2001	estimate	19,923,644		812,359	153,649	6.14	63.3
2002	estimate	20,528,651		824,642	152,128	5.97	63.8
2003	estimate	21,141,521		844,736	150,272	5.84	64.4
2004	estimate	21,771,237		859,750	149,257	5.71	64.9
2005	estimate	22,419,098		874,900	148,204	5.56	65.4
2006	estimate	23,161,072		898,205	148,127	5.41	65.8
2007	estimate	23,925,093		912,630	147,863	5.26	66.2
2008	estimate	24,711,070		927,082	147,964	5.11	66.6
2009	estimate	25,512,811		947,938	149,027	5.00	66.9
2010	estimate	26,342,636		952,693	149,462	4.81	67.2
2011	estimate	27,166,138		957,334	150,998	4.63	67.4
2012	estimate	27,999,657		999,885	154,257	4.63	67.6
2013	estimate	28,867,638		1,040,104	155,170	4.62	68.0
2014	estimate	29,758,266		1,080,215	159,891	4.62	68.0
2015	estimate	30,694,352		1,119,805	179,872	4.62	66.8
2016	estimate	31,624,406		1,157,021	181,309	4.61	67.1
2017	estimate	32,593,614		1,193,475	186,781	4.61	67.1
2018	estimate	33,588,229		1,228,646	208,411	4.61	65.9
2019	estimate	34,582,135		1,262,154	205,725	4.60	66.6
2020	estimate	35,640,680		1,297,064	210,725	4.60	66.4
2021	estimate	36,629,047		1,324,728	221,113	4.60	66.0
2022	estimate	37,651,414		1,353,356	199,986	4.59	68.0
2023	estimate	38,794,337		1,386,914	188,764	4.59	69.3
2024	estimate	39,987,261		1,394,397	192,109	4.50	69.4
2025	projection	41,179,068	40.8–41.5 million	1,401,358	195,449	4.41	69.6
2026	projection	42,368,687	41.5–43.0 million	1,406,796	198,677	4.33	69.7
2027	projection	43,554,619	42.2–44.6 million	1,408,736	201,993	4.24	69.9
2028	projection	44,736,634	43.0–46.2 million	1,407,676	205,626	4.14	70.0
2029	projection	45,910,750	43.6–47.8 million	1,410,939	209,256	4.06	70.2
2030	projection	47,084,412	44.3–49.3 million	1,410,964	213,281	3.97	70.3
2031	projection	48,250,911	44.9–50.9 million	1,406,736	217,405	3.87	70.4
2032	projection	49,404,116	45.5–52.5 million	1,412,807	222,083	3.81	70.5
2033	projection	50,554,096	46.2–54.2 million	1,417,698	227,211	3.73	70.7
2034	projection	51,705,661	46.7–55.9 million	1,423,406	232,375	3.66	70.8
2035	projection	52,854,342	47.2–57.5 million	1,429,785	238,139	3.59	70.9
2036	projection	54,004,309	47.8–59.1 million	1,435,870	244,089	3.51	71.0
2037	projection	55,151,800	48.4–60.8 million	1,442,140	250,412	3.44	71.2
2038	projection	56,296,738	48.9–62.6 million	1,456,215	257,146	3.38	71.3
2039	projection	57,447,592	49.5–64.4 million	1,467,019	264,390	3.32	71.4
2040	projection	58,601,869	50.0–66.2 million	1,481,367	271,779	3.27	71.5
2041	projection	59,761,183	50.5–68.0 million	1,496,980	279,701	3.21	71.6
2042	projection	60,930,176	51.1–69.8 million	1,512,726	288,010	3.16	71.8
2043	projection	62,105,776	51.7–71.7 million	1,528,406	296,491	3.12	71.9
2044	projection	63,287,296	52.2–73.7 million	1,542,293	305,086	3.07	72.0
2045	projection	64,473,076	52.7–75.6 million	1,554,833	314,082	3.02	72.1
2046	projection	65,659,636	53.3–77.6 million	1,564,652	323,244	2.97	72.3
2047	projection	66,847,558	53.8–79.7 million	1,572,512	332,761	2.93	72.4
2048	projection	68,030,071	54.3–81.7 million	1,581,523	342,723	2.89	72.5
2049	projection	69,211,660	54.9–84.0 million	1,587,529	352,623	2.85	72.6
2050	projection	70,387,948	55.3–86.1 million	1,593,483	362,585	2.81	72.8
2051	projection	71,564,858	55.8–88.4 million	1,597,556	373,202	2.77	72.9
2052	projection	72,729,548	56.2–90.7 million	1,599,468	383,498	2.74	73.0
2053	projection	73,884,141	56.7–93.2 million	1,601,213	394,440	2.70	73.1
2054	projection	75,025,533	57.2–95.8 million	1,602,146	405,757	2.67	73.2
2055	projection	76,161,410	57.4–98.2 million	1,602,994	417,044	2.64	73.4
2056	projection	77,284,429	57.7–100.7 million	1,601,462	429,257	2.61	73.5
2057	projection	78,395,560	58.1–103.5 million	1,601,250	441,166	2.58	73.6
2058	projection	79,493,396	58.5–106.1 million	1,597,846	453,754	2.55	73.7
2059	projection	80,581,043	58.8–108.6 million	1,595,408	466,146	2.52	73.8
2060	projection	81,650,326	58.9–111.0 million	1,591,946	479,069	2.50	73.9
2061	projection	82,701,674	59.1–113.5 million	1,590,347	491,602	2.48	74.0
2062	projection	83,737,575	59.3–116.1 million	1,586,745	504,272	2.45	74.2
2063	projection	84,757,780	59.5–118.7 million	1,580,293	517,348	2.42	74.3
2064	projection	85,755,467	59.7–121.9 million	1,577,572	530,379	2.40	74.4
2065	projection	86,729,736	59.6–124.2 million	1,574,300	543,431	2.38	74.5
2066	projection	87,692,030	59.8–126.3 million	1,572,407	556,483	2.36	74.7
2067	projection	88,640,824	59.9–128.6 million	1,571,117	569,546	2.34	74.8
2068	projection	89,571,632	60.0–131.1 million	1,567,403	582,274	2.32	74.9
2069	projection	90,488,235	60.0–133.9 million	1,564,674	595,556	2.30	75.0
2070	projection	91,388,984	60.1–136.9 million	1,562,443	608,435	2.28	75.1
2071	projection	92,271,042	60.2–140.2 million	1,558,533	620,624	2.26	75.3
2072	projection	93,140,509	60.1–143.0 million	1,554,542	633,060	2.24	75.4
2073	projection	93,989,093	60.1–145.9 million	1,550,388	645,270	2.22	75.5
2074	projection	94,817,613	60.2–148.9 million	1,545,504	657,362	2.20	75.7
2075	projection	95,631,967	60.1–152.1 million	1,539,368	669,573	2.18	75.8
2076	projection	96,425,844	60.1–155.1 million	1,535,700	681,830	2.17	75.9
2077	projection	97,205,888	60.0–158.0 million	1,530,509	694,247	2.15	76.0
2078	projection	97,963,085	60.1–161.1 million	1,524,569	706,012	2.13	76.1
2079	projection	98,708,263	60.0–164.2 million	1,520,793	718,297	2.12	76.3
2080	projection	99,438,859	59.9–168.3 million	1,516,626	730,792	2.11	76.4
2081	projection	100,149,552	59.9–171.1 million	1,512,126	743,031	2.09	76.5
2082	projection	100,845,956	60.0–174.2 million	1,506,972	755,080	2.08	76.6
2083	projection	101,520,225	59.9–177.7 million	1,500,691	768,002	2.07	76.7
2084	projection	102,181,329	59.6–181.2 million	1,494,882	780,520	2.06	76.9
2085	projection	102,823,999	59.5–184.2 million	1,489,801	793,061	2.05	77.0
2086	projection	103,453,002	59.4–188.3 million	1,482,509	805,635	2.04	77.1
2087	projection	104,055,579	59.3–191.5 million	1,473,452	818,490	2.02	77.3
2088	projection	104,639,115	59.2–195.4 million	1,464,255	831,743	2.01	77.4
2089	projection	105,202,147	58.7–198.8 million	1,457,757	844,967	2.00	77.5
2090	projection	105,743,412	58.3–202.2 million	1,450,404	857,963	1.99	77.7
2091	projection	106,261,595	58.3–205.8 million	1,443,458	871,780	1.98	77.8
2092	projection	106,759,865	58.0–209.8 million	1,436,089	886,915	1.98	77.9
2093	projection	107,236,188	57.7–212.7 million	1,428,567	901,832	1.97	78.0
2094	projection	107,683,021	57.5–215.8 million	1,420,040	916,952	1.96	78.1
2095	projection	108,107,930	57.3–219.6 million	1,410,813	931,413	1.95	78.3
2096	projection	108,508,332	57.0–223.1 million	1,403,010	946,982	1.94	78.4
2097	projection	108,890,527	56.7–226.3 million	1,395,879	963,682	1.94	78.5
2098	projection	109,245,879	56.4–230.9 million	1,386,931	978,738	1.93	78.6
2099	projection	109,583,490	56.1–233.1 million	1,377,975	994,530	1.92	78.7
2100	projection	109,893,928	55.9–235.3 million	1,370,272	1,009,600	1.91	78.9

Show the numbers: Yemen, mid-2026, by single year of age

Yemen: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	701,054	665,791
1	693,145	658,932
2	687,353	653,289
3	675,370	641,845
4	658,014	625,695
5	642,046	610,802
6	625,055	594,712
7	606,880	577,772
8	588,828	560,948
9	570,352	543,635
10	551,429	525,842
11	531,931	507,504
12	511,883	488,629
13	491,666	469,482
14	470,894	449,623
15	458,554	437,800
16	455,014	434,506
17	447,095	427,262
18	436,274	417,434
19	426,528	408,666
20	414,403	397,648
21	401,879	386,057
22	391,280	376,082
23	379,738	365,251
24	368,843	355,408
25	360,202	348,025
26	351,706	340,793
27	341,967	332,390
28	333,018	324,650
29	325,048	317,609
30	324,247	317,424
31	326,179	319,759
32	322,049	315,951
33	315,748	309,911
34	307,692	302,004
35	298,742	293,162
36	289,037	283,594
37	279,216	274,060
38	268,954	264,230
39	258,446	253,740
40	248,074	243,142
41	237,002	231,813
42	225,841	220,442
43	214,632	209,279
44	203,341	198,051
45	192,476	187,352
46	181,663	176,902
47	169,834	165,698
48	158,748	155,416
49	149,568	146,994
50	140,914	139,055
51	132,611	131,438
52	124,872	124,342
53	117,845	118,015
54	111,318	112,223
55	105,035	106,627
56	98,733	101,020
57	92,588	95,580
58	86,816	90,471
59	81,082	85,363
60	75,342	80,220
61	69,890	75,292
62	64,632	70,442
63	59,632	65,807
64	55,076	61,591
65	50,827	57,586
66	46,774	53,710
67	42,838	49,912
68	39,050	46,206
69	35,500	42,684
70	32,152	39,325
71	28,974	36,092
72	25,991	33,018
73	23,238	30,133
74	20,682	27,398
75	18,288	24,786
76	16,940	23,168
77	16,061	22,185
78	14,879	21,032
79	13,398	19,319
80	11,529	16,920
81	9,754	14,576
82	8,198	12,491
83	6,806	10,588
84	5,587	8,881
85	4,515	7,348
86	3,567	5,960
87	2,758	4,753
88	2,076	3,710
89	1,504	2,807
90	1,050	2,064
91	710	1,484
92	466	1,042
93	294	709
94	178	464
95	104	292
96	57	176
97	30	103
98	14	56
99	6	30
100+	2	24

YEM · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Yemen, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

YEM · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Yemen

In Yemen the number of people aged 15–64 is still growing in 2100, the last year the UN projects. In 2023 there were 22,163,800 of them.

100 aged 15–64

73 children

4 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: the orange squares are 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023, and the rows below are how many children (teal) and how many people aged 65 or older (violet) lived alongside them.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 5 years: 2077–2081.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: one stripe a year from 1950 to 2100. A stripe takes colour in a year when fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people of working age, and stays grey otherwise; hatching means the year is projected.

How every country compares

YEM · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Yemen, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Yemen loses 32,909 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 7,549 a year more leaving than arriving.

one square = 1,000 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: left to right is age, from babies to 100. Blue squares above the line are ages at which more people arrive than leave; orange squares below it, ages at which more leave than arrive. These are the UN's projection for 2020–2025. There is no record of migration by age before 2020.

Across the counted years, 1950 to 2023, its biggest single-year gain was 30,919 (2009); its biggest loss, 97,982 (2020).

In 2024, 392,997 people living in Yemen had been born in another country, 1 of every 100 people there, against fewer than 1 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

YEM · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Yemen

Of every 100 babies born in Yemen in 2023, 11 had a mother under 20, 70 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 19 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 14 under 20 and 26 aged 35 or older.

1950
14 · 60 · 26

2023
11 · 70 · 19

2050 · projected
9 · 73 · 18

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: each block is 100 babies born in that year, one square each, coloured by how old the mother was. The numbers under a block are the three groups, youngest mothers first.

Babies born, 2023: 1,386,914
Average age when women have a baby: 29.7 years; 31.4 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 75; 137 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Yemen by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	3,523	6,955	8,943	1,936	374	92
15–19	31,417	64,824	126,297	150,536	142,782	59,061
20–24	47,043	91,609	219,286	363,543	443,249	261,071
25–29	51,641	95,551	187,505	341,990	414,747	368,910
30–34	47,639	82,480	134,970	272,216	310,061	362,240
35–39	34,778	60,724	77,385	168,752	186,842	229,633
40–44	20,699	31,141	33,620	70,901	81,718	81,091
45–49	6,484	11,157	13,021	16,237	13,133	7,974
50–54	370	630	804	803	577	200
All babies	243,594	445,071	801,831	1,386,914	1,593,483	1,370,272

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

YEM · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Yemen

A baby born in Yemen in 2021 could expect 65.8 years of life, 56.5 of them in full health (95% range 55.7–57.5). That leaves 9.3 years in less than full health, close to the world's 9.5.

Women

57.2 in full health, 11.4 not: 68.6 years

Men

55.7 in full health, 7.4 not: 63.1 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 57.2 healthy years of 68.6. Men: 55.7 of 63.1. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 57.4.

YEM · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Yemen

At the end of 2025, 4,795,983 people were displaced inside Yemen, about 115 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad63,749
displaced inside it4,795,983
Yemen nationals abroad83,187

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: one square stands for 100,000 people, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Yemen living in another country, wherever they are.

In 2025, 176 people asked for asylum in Yemen for the first time; 5,759 people from Yemen asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Yemen whose claims were decided that year, 75 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

YEM · of every 100 people

How people live in Yemen

Of every 100 people in Yemen in 2025, 47 lived in a city, 38 in a town or suburb and 15 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

13.7 of every 100 have no electricity at home (2024). 82.5 of every 100 do not use the internet (2019).

How to read this: 100 squares, one for every 100th person, coloured by where they live, as the key says. The same rule is used in every country.

How the world's people live

YEM · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Yemen went in school

Of every 100 adults in Yemen in 2020, 75 never went to school and 25 finished upper secondary or went further.

75 never went to school 23 finished upper secondary 2 studied after school

Compare two generations. Aged 60–64, 99.2 of every 100 women and 95.7 of every 100 men never went to school; aged 25–29, 74 and 32.4.

The middle projection has its working-age people most numerous in 2080; those among them who finished upper secondary are most numerous later, in 2085.

How to read this: every adult here as one of 100 squares. The stronger the colour, the further that person went in school (the Wittgenstein Centre, 2020).

How far the world's people went in school

YEM · cities · 2025

Cities in Yemen

Yemen had 111 cities in 2025, home to 19.6 million people. The largest, Sana'a, holds 10 of every 100 people in Yemen.

Sana'a4,018,856
Ta'izz1,586,739
Hodeidah827,012
Ibb826,974
Bi'r Rubak712,438
'Adan530,573
Dhamar406,929
Hawrah389,641
Yarim304,301
Al Majidi282,395

All 23 cities in Yemen that reach 300,000 people

Sana'a 4,018,856
Ta'izz 1,586,739
Hodeidah 827,012
Ibb 826,974
Bi'r Rubak 712,438
'Adan 530,573
Dhamar 406,929
Hawrah 389,641
Yarim 304,301
Al Majidi 282,395
Bajil 202,715
Bayt Sa`dan 196,086
Al `Udayn 190,661
Ar Rijad 188,715
Hayfan 176,151
Zalmat Hubaysh 166,653
Ash Shajarah 159,506
Mawza` 150,293
Manazil Baradan 140,682
Khayran 138,244
`Adan Barakah 134,066
Rihab 126,332
Dawran AlJadeedah 80,686

How to read this: one bar for each of the 10 largest cities, 2025, all on the same scale. "City" here means the built-up area the UN measures, not the boundary the city draws itself.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Yemen are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.