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Yemen, Rep. — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Yemen, Rep., 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
2.89%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · +31.6% since 1961
Population growth for Yemen, Rep. was 2.89% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 3.88% in 1988. The lowest was 2.20% in 1961 (about 1.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.43% per year.
Yemen, Rep. ranks 15 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 7%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 1.56%, so Yemen, Rep. sits above it. It peaked in 1988 and has fallen 26% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 5%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
2.89%
First (1961)
2.20%
Change
+31.6%
Highest
3.88%
in 1988
Lowest
2.20%
in 1961
Average
3.11%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.43%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.89% |
| 2024 | 2.98% |
| 2023 | 3.01% |
| 2022 | 2.87% |
| 2021 | 2.74% |
| 2020 | 2.87% |
| 2019 | 2.97% |
| 2018 | 2.96% |
| 2017 | 3.01% |
| 2016 | 3% |
| 2015 | 3.04% |
| 2014 | 3.07% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.