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🇾🇪 Yemen

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3YEM
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2YE
UN M49 numeric887
IOC codeYEM
Official nameRepublic of Yemen
Native name(s)ara: official: الجمهورية اليمنية; common: اليمن
Alt spellingsYE, Yemeni Republic, al-Jumhūriyyah al-Yamaniyyah
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAsia
SubregionWestern Asia
UN regional groupAsia and the Pacific Group
CapitalSana'a
Area (km²)527,968
Lat / Lng15.0000, 48.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)OMN, SAU
Top-level domain.ye
Calling coderoot: +9; suffixes: 67

Demographics

Population (World Bank)41,773,878 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)69.439 (2024)
Languagesara: Arabic
Demonymseng: f: Yemeni; m: Yemeni; fra: f: Yéménite; m: Yéménite
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)21,606,160,663.032 (2018)
GDP per capita (current USD)633.887 (2018)
Unemployment rate (%)17.322 (2025)
CurrenciesYER: name: Yemeni rial; symbol: ﷼

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19504,616,780
19514,684,148
19524,758,172
19534,837,293
19544,921,135
19555,009,672
19565,103,100
19575,201,605
19585,305,734
19595,415,920
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

Full raw record (JSON)

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