Editing Demographics of Yemen (section)

==Population==
{{Historical populations
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|0|1001000
|500|2150000
|1000|2250000
|1500|2250000
|1700|2250000
|1900|2490000
|1950|4316000 
|1960|5116000 
|1970|6145000 
|1980|7945000 
|1990|11948000 
|2000|17723000 
|2010|24053000
|2020|30932546
|footnote = Source:<ref>{{cite web |title=Yemen Population - Our World in Data |url=https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/population?time=0..latest&country=~IRQ |website=www.ourworldindata.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>[http://esa.un.org/wpp/Documentation/WPP%202010%20publications.htm World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision]</ref> <br />2020<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/yemen-population/ | title=Yemen Population (2022) - Worldometer }}</ref>
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The population of Yemen was about {{#expr:{{replace|{{UN_Population|Yemen}}|,||}}/1e6 round 0}} million according to {{UN_Population|Year}} estimates,{{UN_Population|ref}} with 46% of the population being under 15 years old and 2.7% above 65 years. In 1950, it was 4.3 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sabanews.net/en/news85385.htm |title=The General Census of Population 2004 |publisher=Sabanews |date=29 December 2004 |orig-year=Updated 13 December 2013 |access-date=13 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article3952775.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615181558/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article3952775.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 15, 2011 |title=The population explosion on Europe's doorstep |work=Times (London) |location=London |date=18 May 2008 |access-date=22 February 2013}} {{subscription required}}</ref> By 2050, the population is estimated to increase to about 60&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79232 |title=Yemen: Government planning to curb population growth |publisher=IRIN Middle East |date=14 July 2008 |access-date=22 February 2013 |archive-date=28 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928034809/http://irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79232 |url-status=dead }} {{link note|note=for Arabic, read it here: [http://arabic.irinnews.org/reportarabic.aspx?sid=866].}}</ref>

[[Yemenis]] are mainly of [[Arabs|Arab]] ethnicity.<ref name="CIA">{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/yemen/ |title=Yemen |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |publisher=CIA World Factbook |work=Central Intelligence Agency |date=6 December 2013}}</ref> When the former states of North and South Yemen were established, most resident minority groups departed.<ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. Relations With Yemen |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35836.htm |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |publisher=U.S. Department of State |date=28 August 2013}}</ref> Yemen is still a largely [[tribal]] society.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Flamand, Annasofie |author2=Macleod, Hugh |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/the-children-of-yemen-s-tribal-war-1.990167 |title=The children of Yemen's tribal war |work=The Herald Scotland |location=Glasgow |date=5 December 2009 |access-date=22 February 2013}}</ref> In the northern, mountainous parts of the country, there are some 400 [[Zaidiyyah|Zaidi]] tribes.<ref>{{cite web |author=Pike, John |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/intro/islam-zaydi.htm |title=Zaydi Islam |publisher=Globalsecurity.org |date=5 July 2011 |access-date=22 February 2013}} {{link note|note=Requires 3rd-party cookies}}</ref> There are also hereditary caste groups in urban areas such as [[Al-Akhdam]].<ref name="Lehmann">{{cite journal |last=Lehmann |first=Hermann |title=Distribution of the sickle cell trait |journal=Eugenics Review |year=1954 |volume=46 |issue=2 |pages=101–121 |pmc=2973326 |pmid=21260667}}</ref>

According to the [[U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants|USCRI]], Yemen hosted a population of refugees and asylum seekers numbering approximately 69 in 2017. Refugees and asylum seekers living in Yemen were predominantly from [[Iraq]], [[Somalia]], [[Ethiopia]],<ref name="World Refugee Survey 2008">{{cite web|url=http://www.refugees.org/resources/refugee-warehousing/archived-world-refugee-surveys/2008-world-refugee-survey.html |title=World Refugee Survey 2008 |publisher=U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants |date=19 June 2008 |access-date=13 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019224639/http://www.refugees.org/resources/refugee-warehousing/archived-world-refugee-surveys/2008-world-refugee-survey.html |archive-date=19 October 2014 }}</ref> and [[Refugees of the Syrian civil war|Syria]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-crisis-yemen-idUSBRE98P0FC20130926 |title=Poor and desperate, Syrian refugees beg on Yemen's streets |work=Reuters |date=26 September 2013 |access-date=13 December 2013}}</ref>

[[Image:Historical population of Yemen.svg|thumb|550px|Yemen's historical population]]

===Age structure===
Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2013) (Data refer to national projections.): <ref>{{cite web|url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2017/ |title=UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics |publisher=Unstats.un.org |date= |accessdate=2022-05-18}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:80pt;"|Age Group
! style="width:80pt;"|Male
! style="width:80pt;"|Female
! style="width:80pt;"|Total
! style="width:80pt;"|%
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| Total
|| 12 844 169
|| 12 390 910
|| 25 235 079
|| 100
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 0–4
|| 2 069 855
|| 1 981 763
|| 4 051 618
|| 16.06
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 5–9
|| 1 723 755
|| 1 653 391
|| 3 377 146
|| 13.38
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 10–14
|| 1 539 447
|| 1 467 798
|| 3 007 245
|| 11.92
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 15–19
|| 1 530 854
|| 1 423 803
|| 2 954 657
|| 11.71
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 20–24
|| 1 426 490
|| 1 312 083
|| 2 738 574
|| 10.85
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 25–29
|| 1 146 775
|| 1 080 140
|| 2 226 915
|| 8.82
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 30–34
|| 851 154
|| 837 094
|| 1 688 248
|| 6.69
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 35–39
|| 635 492
|| 641 256
|| 1 276 748
|| 5.06
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 40–44
|| 448 186
|| 468 200
|| 916 385
|| 3.63
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 45–49
|| 366 733
|| 392 010
|| 758 743
|| 3.01
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 50–54
|| 310 025
|| 334 665
|| 644 689
|| 2.55
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 55–59
|| 238 877
|| 249 982
|| 488 859
|| 1.94
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 60–64
|| 178 041
|| 174 631
|| 352 671
|| 1.40
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 65-69
|| 135 090
|| 131 812
|| 266 902
|| 1.06
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 70-74
|| 98 257
|| 97 029
|| 195 287
|| 0.77
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 75-79
|| 66 656
|| 66 691 
|| 133 347
|| 0.53
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 80+
|| 78 482
|| 78 565
|| 157 047
|| 0.62
|-
! style="width:50px;"|Age group 
! style="width:80pt;"|Male
! style="width:80px;"|Female
! style="width:80px;"|Total
! style="width:50px;"|Percent
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 0–14
|| 5 333 057
|| 5 102 952
|| 10 436 009
|| 41.36
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 15–64
|| 7 132 627
|| 6 913 861
|| 14 046 488
|| 55.66
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 65+
|| 378 485
|| 374 097
|| 752 582
|| 2.98
|}

Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2017) (Data refer to national projections.): <ref>{{cite web |url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2020/ |title=Demographic Yearbook – 2020 |publisher=[[United Nations Statistics Division]] |place=New York |access-date=2022-05-18}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:80pt;"|Age Group
! style="width:80pt;"|Male
! style="width:80pt;"|Female
! style="width:80pt;"|Total
! style="width:80pt;"|%
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| Total
|| 14 334 126
|| 13 836 282 
|| 28 170 408
|| 100
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 0–4
|| 2 213 674
|| 2 118 177
|| 4 331 851
|| 15.38
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 5–9
|| 1 992 122
|| 1 901 034
|| 3 893 155
|| 13.82
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 10–14
|| 1 639 285
|| 1 573 936
|| 3 213 221
|| 11.41
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 15–19
|| 1 529 732
|| 1 451 328
|| 2 981 060
|| 10.58
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 20–24
|| 1 509 363
|| 1 398 464
|| 2 907 826
|| 10.32
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 25–29
|| 1 367 680
|| 1 260 306
|| 2 627 986
|| 9.33
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 30–34
|| 1 063 494
|| 1 010 846
|| 2 074 340
|| 7.36
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 35–39
|| 799 595
|| 789 413
|| 1 589 008
|| 5.64
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 40–44
|| 577 738
|| 587 770
|| 1 165 508
|| 4.14
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 45–49
|| 415 599
|| 438 461
|| 854 059
|| 3.03
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 50–54
|| 343 155
|| 371 721
|| 714 875
|| 2.54
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 55–59
|| 279 808
|| 307 024
|| 586 832
|| 2.08
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 60–64
|| 206 651
|| 218 537
|| 425 188
|| 1.51
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 65-69
|| 148 672
|| 150 710
|| 299 382
|| 1.06
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 70-74
|| 105 257
|| 108 159
|| 213 416
|| 0.76
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 75-79
|| 69 010
|| 72 586
|| 141 596
|| 0.50
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 80+
|| 73 292
|| 77 812
|| 151 104
|| 0.54
|-
! style="width:50px;"|Age group 
! style="width:80pt;"|Male
! style="width:80px;"|Female
! style="width:80px;"|Total
! style="width:50px;"|Percent
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 0–14
|| 5 845 081
|| 5 593 147
|| 11 438 228
|| 40.60
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 15–64
|| 8 092 814
|| 7 833 868
|| 15 926 682
|| 56.54
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 65+
|| 396 231
|| 409 267
|| 805 498
|| 2.86
|}

===Urbanization===
{{see also|Yemen#Urban areas}}
: ''Urban population:'' 31% of total population (2008)
: ''Rate of [[urbanization]]:'' 4.9% annual rate of change (2005–2010 est.)