General info

Entity:
Yemen
Capital:
Sanaa
Population (2008-07-01):
23,013,376 (CIA)
Area:
527,970 sq.km.
Country code:
ye
Region:
Western Asia

Yemen

Administrative units

muhazafat capital area (sq.km.) population
1994-12-16
census		 population
2004-12-16
census		 population
2006-12
estimate
source: Ministry of Public Health & Population, Yemen.
note: Muhafazat means governorate.
note: The area of Ad Dali' and 'Amran is included in other governorates.
Muhafazat Abyan Zinjibar 24,131 342,628 433,819 454,535
Muhafazat Aden Aden 7,099 404,257 589,419 634,710
Muhafazat Al-Baida al Bayda' 10,711 454,608 577,369 605,303
Muhafazat Al-Daleh   note 330,062 470,564 504,533
Muhafazat Al-Hodeidah al Hudaydah 16,646 1,558,513 2,157,552 2,300,179
Muhafazat Al-Jawf al Jawf 13,175 347,639 443,797 465,737
Muhafazat Al-Maharah al Ghaydah 98,249 56,425 88,594 96,768
Muhafazat Al-Mahweet Al Mahwit 2,501 371,595 494,557 523,236
Sana'a City San'a' 247 1,003,627 1,747,834 1,947,139
Muhafazat Amran   note 731,873 877,786 909,992
Muhafazat Dhamar Dhamar 8,745 981,674 1,330,108 1,412,142
Muhafazat Hadramout al Mukalla 148,178 755,631 1,028,556 1,092,967
Muhafazat Hajjah Hajjah 10,677 1,091,788 1,479,568 1,570,872
Muhafazat Ibb Ibb 7,632 1,665,054 2,131,861 2,238,537
Muhafazat Laheg Lahij 14,836 555,742 722,692 761,160
Muhafazat Mareb Ma'rib 13,466 181,740 238,522 251,668
Muhafazat Reymah     291,533 394,448 418,659
Muhafazat Sa'adah Sa'dah 29,617 481,617 695,033 746,957
Muhafazat Sana'a San'a' 28,977 746,812 919,215 957,798
Muhafazat Shabwah 'Ataq 78,995 364,932 470,635 494,638
Muhafazat Taiz Ta'izz 14,194 1,870,057 2,393,425 2,513,003
total   528,076 14,587,807 19,684,603 20,900,532

Main cities

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