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Yemen

Decennial Population

year	population est.
1950	4,402,320
1960	5,166,311
1970	6,156,234
1980	8,059,381
1990	11,961,099
2000	17,795,219
2010	23,591,972
2020	30,029,558
2025	33,181,104
2050	47,170,018
2075	52,794,732
2100	50,825,618
source: UN - WPP 2015 Revision (medium).

General Information

Official name	the Republic of Yemen
Capital	Sana'a
Region	Western Asia
ISO code	YE
Statistical agency	Central Statistical Organisation

Yemen: extended divisioning

Yemen: cities

Administrative units

code	muhazafat	native name	administrative center [native name]	area in sq.km.	population 1994-12-16 census	population 2004-12-16 census	population 2012 estimate
11	Muhafazat Ibb	إب	Ibb	7,632	1,665,054	2,131,861	2,634,988
12	Muhafazat Abyan	أبين	Zinjibar	24,131	342,628	433,819	543,144
13	Amanat Al Asimah (Sana'a)	أمانة العاصمة	San'a'	247	1,003,627	1,747,834	2,215,719
14	Muhafazat Al Bayda	البيضاء	al Bayda'	10,711	454,608	577,369	715,040
15	Muhafazat Taizz	تعز	Ta'izz	14,194	1,870,057	2,393,425	2,968,719
16	Muhafazat Al Jawf	الجوف	al Jawf	13,175	347,639	443,797	547,349
17	Muhafazat Hajjah	حجه	Hajjah	10,677	1,091,788	1,479,568	1,834,263
18	Muhafazat Al Hudaydah	الحديده	al Hudaydah	16,646	1,558,513	2,157,552	2,697,055
19	Muhafazat Hadramaut	حضرموت	al Mukalla	148,178	755,631	1,028,556	1,291,793
20	Muhafazat Dhamar	ذمار	Dhamar	8,745	981,674	1,330,108	1,649,444
21	Muhafazat Shabwah	شبوة	'Ataq	78,995	364,932	470,635	584,632
22	Muhafazat Sa'adah	صعدة	Sa'dah	29,617	481,617	695,033	862,758
23	Muhafazat Sana'a	صنعاء	San'a'	28,977	746,812	919,215	1,141,804
24	Muhafazat Aden	عدن	Aden	7,099	404,257	589,419	751,806
25	Muhafazat Lahj	لحج	Lahij	14,836	555,742	722,692	900,298
26	Muhafazat Marib	مأرب	Ma'rib	13,466	181,740	238,522	296,148
27	Muhafazat Al Mahwit	المحويت	Al Mahwit	2,501	371,595	494,557	614,616
28	Muhafazat Al Maharah	المهره	al Ghaydah	98,249	56,425	88,594	111,197
29	Muhafazat Amran	عمران	Amran	note	731,873	877,786	1,092,123
30	Muhafazat Al Dhale'e	الضالع	Al Dhale'e	note	330,062	470,564	585,705
31	Muhafazat Raymah	ريمة	Raymah	note	291,533	394,448	488,403
	total			528,076	14,587,807	19,684,603	24,527,000
source: Ministry of Public Health & Population, Yemen. note: Muhafazat means governorate. note: The area of Ad Dali' and 'Amran is included in other governorates.

Main cities

name	native name	population 1994-12-16 census	population 2004-12-16 census
Sana'a	صنعاء	1,003,627	1,527,861
Aden	عدن	398,399	570,551
Ta'izz	تعز	317,753	458,933
al Hudaydah	الحديده	298,452	402,560
al Mukalla	مدينة المكلا	94,051	176,942
Dhamar	ذمار	82,920	144,273
source: Ministry of Public Health & Population, Yemen.