Yemen Population Pyramid 1990
Yemen in 1990
As of 1990, Yemen counted 13,887,862 inhabitants. A decade earlier, in 1980, the population was 9,543,358; it has grown by 45.5% since.
With a median age of 14.6 years, Yemen had a youth dependency ratio of 110.8 and an old-age dependency ratio of 6.2 per 100 people of working age. The broad-based, expansive shape of the pyramid points to high fertility and strong population growth.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
The fertility rate of Yemen was 4.59 births per woman in 2023, above the 2.1 needed to replace each generation.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
A child born there in 2023 could expect to live 69.3 years on average (71.4 years for girls, 67.2 for boys).
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
357,448 immigrants live in Yemen, 0.9% of the population.
| Somalia | 285,211 |
| Sudan | 27,455 |
| Ethiopia | 16,283 |
| Iraq | 10,139 |
| Egypt | 7,857 |
2,480,734 people born in Yemen live in other countries.
| Saudi Arabia | 1,999,619 |
| United Arab Emirates | 192,423 |
| Kuwait | 75,513 |
| Jordan | 38,858 |
| Qatar | 37,285 |
Source: United Nations International Migrant Stock 2024.
| Country | Population | Median age | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 13,887,862 | 14.6 | |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 12,579,208 | 16.5 | |
| Saudi Arabia | 10,640,691 | 19.0 | |
| Iraq | 17,581,206 | 17.1 | |
| Azerbaijan | 7,231,077 | 23.6 |





