Yemen's population rose from 17.3M in 1996 to 41.8M in 2025.
Yemen · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Yemen's population growth fell from 3.4 % in 1996 to 2.9 % in 2025.
Yemen's population density rose from 30.6 in 1994 to 74.6 in 2023.
Yemen's population, female (% of total) fell from 49.7 % in 1996 to 49.3 % in 2025.
Yemen's urbanisation rose from 24.4 % in 1996 to 37.0 % in 2025.
Yemen's urban population rose from 4.22M in 1996 to 15.5M in 2025.
Yemen's rural population rose from 13.1M in 1996 to 26.3M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −2.0 %13th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −2.4 %12th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −1.2 %201st of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −1.9 %183rd of 217
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- Median ageup +0.1 yrs191st of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.1 pts17th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.1 pts194th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.0 pts209th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.3 pts24th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.0 pts207th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −55.4 %168th of 217
- Migrant stockdown −0.1 pts172nd of 216
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- Refugees hosteddown −15.7 %64th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.1 yrs156th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs159th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.1 yrs151st of 217