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Demographics ofYemen
Population pyramidof Yemen in 2020
Population40,583,113 (2024 est.)
Growth rate2.17% (2022 est.)
Birth rate24.64 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate5.62 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Life expectancy67.51 years
• male65.19 years
• female69.94 years
Fertility rate3.01 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Infant mortality rate46.54 deaths/1,000 live births
Net migration rate-0.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Age structure
0–14 years39.16%
65 and over2.8%
Sex ratio
Total1.02 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
At birth1.05 male(s)/female
Under 151.04 male(s)/female
65 and over0.69 male(s)/female
Nationality
NationalityYemeni
Major ethnicArabs
Minor ethnic
Language
OfficialArabic
Yemen'stribal areasand Shia/Sunni regions.Shia Muslimspredominant in the green area of Yemen's West, with the rest of Yemen beingSunni Muslims.

Demographicfeatures of thepopulationofYemen(Arabic:سكان اليمن) includepopulation density,ethnicity,education level, health of the populace, economic status,religious affiliationsand other aspects of the population.

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±%
01,001,000—
5002,150,000+114.8%
10002,250,000+4.7%
15002,250,000+0.0%
17002,250,000+0.0%
19002,490,000+10.7%
19504,316,000+73.3%
19605,116,000+18.5%
19706,145,000+20.1%
19807,945,000+29.3%
199011,948,000+50.4%
200017,723,000+48.3%
201024,053,000+35.7%
202030,932,546+28.6%
Source:[1][2]
2020[3]

The population of Yemen was about 33 million according to 2021 estimates,[4][5]with 46% of the population being under 15 years old and 2.7% above 65 years. In 1950, it was 4.3 million.[6][7]By 2050, the population is estimated to increase to about 60 million.[8]

Yemenis are mainly ofArabethnicity.[9]When the former states of North and South Yemen were established, most resident minority groups departed.[10]Yemen is still a largelytribalsociety.[11]In the northern, mountainous parts of the country, there are some 400Zaiditribes.[12]There are also hereditary caste groups in urban areas such asAl-Akhdam.[13]

According to theUSCRI,Yemen hosted a population of refugees and asylum seekers numbering approximately 69 in 2017. Refugees and asylum seekers living in Yemen were predominantly fromIraq,Somalia,Ethiopia,[14]andSyria.[15]

Ethnic groups

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The ethnic makeup of Yemen consists predominantly of Arabs; but also includes minorities from theHorn of Africa,South Asia,andEurope.Yemen was formerly also home to a Jewish diaspora community.[16]

Languages

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Arabic is the official language; English is also used in official and business circles.[17]In the Mahra area (the extreme east), several others Arabic languages (includingMehri) are spoken.[18]When the former states ofNorthandSouth Yemenwere established, most resident minority groups departed.[18]

Religions

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Main article:Religion in Yemen
Religions of Yemen (2010 )[19]
Religions percent
Islam
 
 99.1%
Other (includesJewish,Baháʼí,andChristian)
 
 0.9%

Religion in Yemen (2022 estimate)[20]

Sunni Islam(65%)
Zaydi Islam(34%)
Ismaili Shia,Twelver Shi'ism,Baha'i,Hindu,Christianor irreligious (1%)

Religion in Yemen consists primarily of two principalIslamicreligious groups: by various sources, 53-65% of the Muslim population isSunniand 30-44.5% is Shia.[21][22][17][23][24][25]Sunnis primarily adhere to theShafi'ischool, and there are also significant followers of theMalikiandHanbalischools. Shias are primarily Zaidi and also have significant minorities ofTwelver[21][26]andIsmailiShias.[21]

Zaidis are generally found in the north and northwest and Shafi'is in the south and southeast.[18]There is also a small minority ofChristiansandJews.[17]

Literacy

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See also:Education in Yemen

According to composite data compiled by the World Bank, the adult literacy rate for Yemen in 2005 was 35 percent for females and 73 percent for males. The overall literacy rate for the population age 15 and older was 54 percent. By comparison, low-income countries in the aggregate average an adult literacy rate of almost 62 percent.[17]

In 2006 only 75 percent of Yemen's school-age population was enrolled in primary school; enrollment was even lower for the female population—only 65 percent. In that same year, only 37 percent of the school-age population was enrolled in secondary school, including only 26 percent of eligible females.[17]

Diaspora

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Main article:Yemeni diaspora

The Yemenidiasporais largely concentrated in the United Kingdom, where between70,000 and 80,000Yemenis live. Over20,000Yemenis reside in the United States, and an additional 2,812 live in Italy. Other Yemenis also reside inSaudi Arabia,theUnited Arab Emirates,QatarandBahrain,as well asIndonesia,Malaysia,Brunei,and the formerUSSR.A smaller number of modern-day Pakistanis are of Yemeni descent, their original ancestors having left Yemen for the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia over four centuries ago.[27]350,000Yemenite Jewslive in Israel. In 2015, due to the conflict in Yemen, many have migrated to the northern coasts of Djibouti and Somalia.

Demographic statistics from the CIA World Factbook

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Yemen's historical population

The following demographic statistics are from theCIA World Factbook,unless otherwise indicated.[16]

Population

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Year Population
(July est.) 		Growth rate
(est.)
2004 20,024,867
2005 20,727,063
2006 21,456,188
2007 22,230,531
2008 23,013,376
2009 23,822,783
2010 23,495,361
2011 24,133,492

Source: CIA Factbooks 2000–2010.

Year Birth rate (est.):
births/1000 pop. 		Death rate (est.):
deaths/1000 pop. 		Net migration rate (est.):
migrants/1000 pop.
2004 43.16 8.78 0
2005 43.07 8.53 0
2006 42.89 8.30 0
2007 42.67 8.05 0
2008 42.42 7.83
2009 42.14 7.61 N/A
2010 34.37 7.24 N/A

Age structure

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Population pyramid 2016

estimates for 2010:

0–14 years:43.5% (male 5,199,954/female 5,013,165)
15–64 years:53.9% (male 6,438,569/female 6,233,708)
65 years and over:2.6% (male 291,319/female 318,646)

Population growth rate

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3.213% (2010 est.)

Sex ratio

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(2010 est.)

at birth:1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:1.04 male(s)/female
15–64 years:1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over:0.91 male(s)/female
total population:1.03 male(s)/female
Population density of Yemen (2022)

Urbanization

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See also:Yemen § Urban areas
Urban population:31% of total population (2008)
Rate ofurbanization:4.9% annual rate of change (2005–2010 est.)

AIDS adult prevalence rate

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0.1% (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS – people living with HIV/AIDS

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12,000 (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS – deaths

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N/A

Life expectancy at birth

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(2010 est.)

total population:63.36 years
male:61.35 years
female:65.47 years

Major infectious diseases

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degree of risk:high
food or waterborne diseases:bacterialdiarrhea,hepatitis A,andtyphoid fever
vectorbornediseases:dengue feverandmalaria
water contact disease:schistosomiasis(2009)

Nationality

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  • noun:Yemeni(s)
  • adjective:Yemeni

Vital statistics

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In 2007 the birthrate and death rate were estimated to be 42.7 per 1,000 and 8.1 per 1,000, respectively (CIA est.). The infant mortality rate was almost 58 deaths per 1,000 live births. The rate was estimated to be higher for males than for females—more than 62 male deaths per 1,000 live births, as compared with about 53 female deaths per 1,000 live births. Despite an increase of 14 years in the last decade, life expectancy at birth in Yemen has remained low compared with other developing countries—60.6 years for males and 64.5 years for females, or 62.5 years overall. The country's fertility rate was almost 6.5 children per woman in 2007 free.[17]

UN estimates

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Year[28] Population Live births per year Deaths per year Natural change per year CBR1 CDR1 NC1 TFR1 IMR1 Life expectancy (years)
1950 4 713 000 248 000 166 000 82 000 52.6 35.1 17.4 7.92 318.3 31.66
1951 4 783 000 252 000 166 000 86 000 52.7 34.7 17.9 7.90 317.6 31.68
1952 4 856 000 257 000 168 000 89 000 52.8 34.5 18.3 7.88 316.2 31.80
1953 4 932 000 262 000 170 000 92 000 53.1 34.3 18.7 7.90 314.8 31.93
1954 5 011 000 267 000 172 000 95 000 53.2 34.3 18.9 7.90 313.4 32.04
1955 5 092 000 272 000 175 000 98 000 53.4 34.2 19.2 7.89 312.0 32.17
1956 5 175 000 278 000 177 000 101 000 53.6 34.2 19.4 7.90 310.6 32.27
1957 5 261 000 283 000 180 000 103 000 53.7 34.2 19.5 7.89 309.2 32.36
1958 5 350 000 289 000 181 000 108 000 53.9 33.8 20.1 7.90 303.4 32.79
1959 5 444 000 295 000 182 000 113 000 54.1 33.4 20.7 7.92 298.1 33.19
1960 5 542 000 302 000 183 000 119 000 54.4 33.0 21.4 7.94 293.0 33.68
1961 5 647 000 309 000 185 000 124 000 54.7 32.7 22.0 7.96 287.8 34.10
1962 5 753 000 316 000 191 000 124 000 54.8 33.2 21.6 7.96 283.8 33.62
1963 5 860 000 323 000 197 000 125 000 54.9 33.6 21.4 7.98 280.0 33.25
1964 5 974 000 331 000 192 000 139 000 55.3 32.1 23.2 8.04 272.0 34.74
1965 6 097 000 339 000 193 000 146 000 55.4 31.5 23.9 8.07 265.0 35.37
1966 6 228 000 347 000 192 000 155 000 55.6 30.8 24.8 8.13 257.1 36.10
1967 6 368 000 355 000 192 000 164 000 55.7 30.1 25.6 8.17 248.9 36.87
1968 6 516 000 362 000 190 000 172 000 55.5 29.2 26.4 8.20 240.3 37.80
1969 6 674 000 369 000 184 000 185 000 55.2 27.5 27.6 8.22 230.3 39.47
1970 6 844 000 378 000 182 000 196 000 55.1 26.5 28.6 8.24 221.3 40.50
1971 7 024 000 387 000 180 000 207 000 55.1 25.6 29.5 8.26 212.9 41.54
1972 7 216 000 398 000 179 000 219 000 55.0 24.7 30.3 8.30 204.8 42.46
1973 7 418 000 406 000 177 000 229 000 54.7 23.9 30.8 8.30 197.1 43.35
1974 7 630 000 416 000 175 000 241 000 54.5 23.0 31.5 8.34 189.5 44.33
1975 7 856 000 430 000 174 000 256 000 54.6 22.1 32.5 8.40 181.5 45.25
1976 8 095 000 442 000 172 000 270 000 54.5 21.2 33.3 8.44 173.2 46.24
1977 8 348 000 456 000 170 000 286 000 54.5 20.3 34.2 8.50 164.8 47.29
1978 8 615 000 468 000 167 000 300 000 54.2 19.4 34.8 8.52 156.4 48.39
1979 8 900 000 488 000 166 000 322 000 54.7 18.6 36.2 8.67 147.9 49.39
1980 9 205 000 504 000 162 000 341 000 54.6 17.6 37.0 8.71 139.8 50.65
1981 9 529 000 519 000 160 000 359 000 54.4 16.7 37.6 8.75 132.0 51.71
1982 9 872 000 536 000 159 000 377 000 54.2 16.1 38.1 8.79 125.5 52.41
1983 10 237 000 554 000 154 000 400 000 54.0 15.0 39.0 8.83 118.1 53.92
1984 10 626 000 570 000 151 000 418 000 53.5 14.2 39.3 8.85 112.0 54.93
1985 11 037 000 588 000 150 000 438 000 53.2 13.6 39.7 8.86 106.5 55.69
1986 11 465 000 606 000 161 000 445 000 52.8 14.1 38.8 8.86 102.0 53.82
1987 11 916 000 625 000 149 000 476 000 52.4 12.5 39.9 8.83 97.9 57.10
1988 12 387 000 643 000 149 000 495 000 51.9 12.0 39.9 8.79 94.3 57.76
1989 12 872 000 660 000 149 000 510 000 51.2 11.6 39.6 8.71 91.4 58.22
1990 13 375 000 678 000 150 000 528 000 50.6 11.2 39.4 8.61 88.8 58.70
1991 13 896 000 696 000 151 000 544 000 50.0 10.9 39.1 8.46 86.4 59.05
1992 14 434 000 713 000 153 000 561 000 49.4 10.6 38.8 8.27 84.3 59.43
1993 14 988 000 730 000 154 000 576 000 48.7 10.2 38.4 8.05 82.5 59.86
1994 15 553 000 738 000 157 000 581 000 47.5 10.1 37.3 7.80 80.9 59.71
1995 16 103 000 743 000 156 000 588 000 46.1 9.6 36.4 7.53 79.5 60.45
1996 16 614 000 720 000 156 000 565 000 43.3 9.3 33.9 7.02 78.2 60.57
1997 17 109 000 729 000 153 000 576 000 42.5 8.9 33.6 6.83 76.4 61.12
1998 17 608 000 732 000 153 000 579 000 41.5 8.7 32.8 6.64 74.1 61.38
1999 18 115 000 746 000 151 000 596 000 41.1 8.3 32.8 6.51 71.5 61.98
2000 18 629 000 751 000 148 000 603 000 40.2 7.9 32.3 6.32 68.7 62.59
2001 19 143 000 753 000 145 000 608 000 39.2 7.6 31.7 6.11 65.9 63.22
2002 19 661 000 762 000 142 000 620 000 38.7 7.2 31.5 5.94 62.8 63.91
2003 20 189 000 780 000 140 000 641 000 38.5 6.9 31.6 5.82 59.9 64.54
2004 20 733 000 794 000 139 000 656 000 38.2 6.7 31.6 5.71 57.2 65.01
2005 21 321 000 810 000 137 000 673 000 37.9 6.4 31.5 5.58 54.8 65.54
2006 21 966 000 831 000 136 000 694 000 37.8 6.2 31.6 5.43 52.3 65.99
2007 22 642 000 842 000 135 000 707 000 37.2 6.0 31.2 5.27 50.0 66.57
2008 23 329 000 857 000 135 000 723 000 36.7 5.8 31.0 5.13 47.9 66.96
2009 24 030 000 871 000 136 000 735 000 36.2 5.7 30.5 4.99 46.4 67.20
2010 24 744 000 886 000 139 000 748 000 35.8 5.6 30.2 4.86 45.7 67.28
2011 25 476 000 905 000 142 000 763 000 35.5 5.6 29.9 4.74 45.4 67.42
2012 26 223 000 922 000 146 000 775 000 35.1 5.6 29.5 4.63 45.5 67.34
2013 26 984 000 939 000 149 000 791 000 34.8 5.5 29.3 4.53 45.4 67.55
2014 27 753 000 956 000 155 000 802 000 34.4 5.6 28.9 4.43 45.5 67.38
2015 28 517 000 968 000 175 000 793 000 33.9 6.1 27.8 4.32 46.3 65.87
2016 29 274 000 977 000 177 000 800 000 33.3 6.1 27.3 4.21 46.2 66.06
2017 30 034 000 983 000 183 000 800 000 32.7 6.1 26.6 4.11 46.1 65.96
2018 30 791 000 995 000 204 000 791 000 32.3 6.6 25.7 4.04 46.6 64.58
2019 31 547 000 1 003 000 203 000 801 000 31.8 6.4 25.4 3.96 46.5 65.09
2020 32 284 000 1 010 000 210 000 800 000 31.3 6.5 24.7 3.89 45.9 64.65
2021 32 982 000 1 009 000 226 000 783 000 30.5 6.8 23.7 3.80 46.8 63.75
1CBR = crude birth rate (per 1000); CDR = crude death rate (per 1000); NC = natural change (per 1000); TFR = total fertility rate (number of children per woman); IMR = infant mortality rate per 1000 births


Fertility and births

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Total Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and Crude Birth Rate (CBR):[29]

Year Total Urban Rural
CBR TFR CBR TFR CBR TFR
1997 39.2 6.48 35.2 5.01 40.6 7.03
2013 33.4 4.4 (3,1) 27.4 3.2 (2,4) 36.2 5.1 (3,5)

Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2013) (Data refer to national projections.):[30]

Age Group Male Female Total %
Total 12 844 169 12 390 910 25 235 079 100
0–4 2 069 855 1 981 763 4 051 618 16.06
5–9 1 723 755 1 653 391 3 377 146 13.38
10–14 1 539 447 1 467 798 3 007 245 11.92
15–19 1 530 854 1 423 803 2 954 657 11.71
20–24 1 426 490 1 312 083 2 738 574 10.85
25–29 1 146 775 1 080 140 2 226 915 8.82
30–34 851 154 837 094 1 688 248 6.69
35–39 635 492 641 256 1 276 748 5.06
40–44 448 186 468 200 916 385 3.63
45–49 366 733 392 010 758 743 3.01
50–54 310 025 334 665 644 689 2.55
55–59 238 877 249 982 488 859 1.94
60–64 178 041 174 631 352 671 1.40
65-69 135 090 131 812 266 902 1.06
70-74 98 257 97 029 195 287 0.77
75-79 66 656 66 691 133 347 0.53
80+ 78 482 78 565 157 047 0.62
Age group Male Female Total Percent
0–14 5 333 057 5 102 952 10 436 009 41.36
15–64 7 132 627 6 913 861 14 046 488 55.66
65+ 378 485 374 097 752 582 2.98

Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2017) (Data refer to national projections.):[31]

Age Group Male Female Total %
Total 14 334 126 13 836 282 28 170 408 100
0–4 2 213 674 2 118 177 4 331 851 15.38
5–9 1 992 122 1 901 034 3 893 155 13.82
10–14 1 639 285 1 573 936 3 213 221 11.41
15–19 1 529 732 1 451 328 2 981 060 10.58
20–24 1 509 363 1 398 464 2 907 826 10.32
25–29 1 367 680 1 260 306 2 627 986 9.33
30–34 1 063 494 1 010 846 2 074 340 7.36
35–39 799 595 789 413 1 589 008 5.64
40–44 577 738 587 770 1 165 508 4.14
45–49 415 599 438 461 854 059 3.03
50–54 343 155 371 721 714 875 2.54
55–59 279 808 307 024 586 832 2.08
60–64 206 651 218 537 425 188 1.51
65-69 148 672 150 710 299 382 1.06
70-74 105 257 108 159 213 416 0.76
75-79 69 010 72 586 141 596 0.50
80+ 73 292 77 812 151 104 0.54
Age group Male Female Total Percent
0–14 5 845 081 5 593 147 11 438 228 40.60
15–64 8 092 814 7 833 868 15 926 682 56.54
65+ 396 231 409 267 805 498 2.86

Life expectancy

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Period Life expectancy in
Years 		Period Life expectancy in
Years
1950–1955 34.7 1985–1990 56.8
1955–1960 34.7 1990–1995 58.5
1960–1965 34.7 1995–2000 59.8
1965–1970 39.1 2000–2005 61.0
1970–1975 43.3 2005–2010 62.8
1975–1980 48.1 2010–2015 64.2
1980–1985 53.0

Source:UN World Population Prospects[32]

See also

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