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Yemen

Country

Member state of the United Nations.[1]

Capitals
Population
41,773,878 in 2025[4]
Other published figures
  • 28,250,420in 2017[5]
Land area
527,968 km²[6]
Official language
Currency
Land borders
Oman, Saudi Arabia[10]
Coast
Yes[10]
Continent
Official name
  • الجمهورية اليمنية[11]

Parts of Yemen

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Through time

Population over time[4]
1960202541.8M

5,532,301 in 1960, 41,773,878 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
19605,532,301
19615,655,232
19625,782,221
19635,911,135
19646,048,006
19656,195,593
19666,351,494
19676,516,444
19686,690,524
19696,875,859
19707,065,279
19717,257,462
19727,460,068
19737,672,796
19747,896,783
19758,133,598
19768,384,113
19778,648,222
19788,926,586
19799,224,194
19809,543,358
19819,882,362
198210,241,006
198310,621,499
198411,025,597
198511,453,825
198611,901,040
198712,369,912
198812,859,708
198913,364,174
199013,887,862
199114,430,201
199214,989,494
199315,563,914
199416,149,147
199516,740,058
199617,313,177
199717,873,936
199818,446,013
199919,029,420
200019,624,141
200120,226,147
200220,835,086
200321,456,379
200422,095,167
200522,790,085
200623,543,083
200724,318,082
200825,111,941
200925,927,724
201026,754,387
201127,582,897
201228,433,647
201329,312,952
201430,226,309
201531,159,379
201632,109,010
201733,090,921
201834,085,182
201935,111,408
202036,134,863
202137,140,230
202238,222,876
202339,390,799
202440,583,164
202541,773,878

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
YE[12]
ISO alpha-3
YEM[13]
ISO numeric
887[14]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Yemen (Q805), capital: Sanaa (revision 2562960170) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. Wikidata: Yemen (Q805), capital: Aden (revision 2562960170) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  4. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  5. Wikidata: Yemen (Q805), population (revision 2562960170) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  6. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  7. Wikidata: Yemen (Q805), official language: Arabic (revision 2562960170) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Constitution of Yemen
  8. Wikidata: Yemen (Q805), currency: Yemeni rial (revision 2562960170) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  9. Wikidata: Yemen (Q805), continent: Asia (revision 2562960170) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  10. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  11. Wikidata: Yemen (Q805), official name (revision 2562960170) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  12. Wikidata: Yemen (Q805), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2562960170) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  13. Wikidata: Yemen (Q805), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2562960170) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  14. Wikidata: Yemen (Q805), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2562960170) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

Flag image: Flag of Yemen.svg, Public domain, Nightstallion et al., see File history below for details., via Wikimedia Commons.