Yemen - Population in largest city

Population in largest city

The value for Population in largest city in Yemen was 3,075,257 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,075,257 in 2021 and a minimum value of 121,000 in 1960.

Definition: Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 121,000
1961 127,622
1962 134,616
1963 141,993
1964 149,786
1965 157,983
1966 166,641
1967 175,773
1968 185,420
1969 195,567
1970 206,285
1971 217,590
1972 229,531
1973 240,722
1974 243,183
1975 245,669
1976 249,203
1977 252,778
1978 256,409
1979 260,092
1980 263,834
1981 267,619
1982 293,212
1983 325,693
1984 361,825
1985 401,848
1986 444,742
1987 489,651
1988 539,168
1989 593,534
1990 653,469
1991 719,456
1992 792,212
1993 872,094
1994 960,157
1995 1,032,832
1996 1,089,287
1997 1,148,659
1998 1,211,356
1999 1,277,476
2000 1,347,303
2001 1,420,738
2002 1,498,286
2003 1,580,067
2004 1,666,434
2005 1,741,060
2006 1,804,840
2007 1,870,956
2008 1,939,590
2009 2,010,542
2010 2,084,194
2011 2,160,544
2012 2,239,691
2013 2,321,737
2014 2,406,789
2015 2,494,957
2016 2,586,355
2017 2,681,100
2018 2,779,317
2019 2,874,373
2020 2,972,988
2021 3,075,257

Population in the largest city (% of urban population)

Population in the largest city (% of urban population) in Yemen was 26.17 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 30.04 in 2004, while its lowest value was 19.25 in 1981.

Definition: Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 25.02
1961 25.02
1962 25.02
1963 25.01
1964 25.01
1965 25.02
1966 25.02
1967 25.02
1968 25.02
1969 25.03
1970 25.04
1971 25.44
1972 25.84
1973 26.06
1974 25.25
1975 24.39
1976 23.57
1977 22.71
1978 21.83
1979 20.96
1980 20.09
1981 19.25
1982 19.90
1983 20.84
1984 21.83
1985 22.85
1986 23.79
1987 24.55
1988 25.31
1989 26.02
1990 26.66
1991 27.21
1992 27.72
1993 28.26
1994 28.91
1995 29.15
1996 29.04
1997 29.06
1998 29.17
1999 29.32
2000 29.46
2001 29.60
2002 29.74
2003 29.89
2004 30.04
2005 29.92
2006 29.58
2007 29.25
2008 28.94
2009 28.62
2010 28.33
2011 28.04
2012 27.77
2013 27.51
2014 27.28
2015 27.07
2016 26.90
2017 26.74
2018 26.62
2019 26.44
2020 26.29
2021 26.17

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization