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Yemen

Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country at the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is the second-largest Arab sovereign state in the peninsula, occupying 527,970 square kilometres . The coastline stretches for about 2,000 kilometres . Source: Wikipedia

Area of Yemen 453,815.6 km²
Population 26.7 million
Population change from 1975 to 2015 +294.8%
Population change from 2000 to 2015 +50.8%
Timezone Arabian Standard Time

Map of Yemen

Population Over Time

Years 1975 to 2015
Data1975199020002015
Population 6,757,540 11,901,488 17,691,829 26,677,934
Population Density 14.9 / km² 26.2 / km² 39.0 / km² 58.8 / km²
Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Ancient Population until 2100
YearEst. PopulationAvg 10 Year Growth %Avg 10 Year Growth
0 961,868 n/a n/a
100 1,119,525 1.5% 15,765
200 1,303,026 1.5% 18,350
300 1,516,609 1.5% 21,358
400 1,765,205 1.5% 24,859
500 2,054,554 1.5% 28,934
600 2,391,336 1.5% 33,678
700 2,438,978 0.2% 4,764
800 2,486,619 0.2% 4,764
900 2,319,198 -0.7% -16,742
1000 2,151,776 -0.7% -16,742
1100 1,913,281 -1.2% -23,849
1200 2,008,873 0.5% 9,559
1300 2,104,465 0.5% 9,559
1400 1,960,774 -0.7% -14,369
1500 2,151,776 0.9% 19,100
1600 2,390,933 1.1% 23,915
1700 2,151,877 -1% -23,905
1800 2,433,687 1.2% 28,181
1900 3,043,323 2.3% 60,963
1910 3,148,280 3.4% 104,957
1920 3,396,130 7.9% 247,850
1930 3,644,037 7.3% 247,907
1940 3,891,964 6.8% 247,927
1950 4,139,926 6.4% 247,962
1960 5,008,620 21% 868,694
1970 5,893,924 17.7% 885,304
1990 11,901,488 42.1% 3,003,782
2000 17,691,829 48.7% 5,790,341
2020 30,447,682 31.2% 6,377,926
2030 38,260,563 25.7% 7,812,881
2040 46,176,418 20.7% 7,915,855
2050 53,861,823 16.6% 7,685,405
2060 60,275,401 11.9% 6,413,578
2070 65,467,992 8.6% 5,192,591
2080 69,454,207 6.1% 3,986,215
2090 72,075,234 3.8% 2,621,027
2100 73,453,999 1.9% 1,378,765
Sources:
1. JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
2. CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
3. [Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.
Sources: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. & Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Top Districts in Yemen

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