Yemen Population Pyramid 2010
Yemen in 2010
The population of Yemen in 2010 was 26,754,387. A decade earlier, in 2000, the population was 19,624,140; it has grown by 36.3% since.
Half of the population was younger than 17.7 years; 43.5% were children under 15 and 2.8% were 65 or older. This is an expansive pyramid — each cohort of children is larger than the one above it, the signature of high birth rates and rapid 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 | 26,754,387 | 17.7 | |
| Saudi Arabia | 25,157,129 | 24.5 | |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 22,482,421 | 21.7 | |
| Iraq | 31,045,366 | 19.0 | |
| Azerbaijan | 9,146,851 | 29.2 |





