Yemen — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition
Yemen had an estimated population of 19,600,009 in 2005, with 30 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.
For current figures: Yemen today — population now 42,961,653, against 19,600,009 in 2005.
| Source | 2005 | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Gazetteer (the work cited) | 19,600,009 | — | — |
| UN World Population Prospects | 22,790,085 | 42,961,653 | +89% |
The two sources differ by 14% for 2005. The Gazetteer figure is the one the citation you followed refers to; the UN pair is the like-for-like comparison.
Cities and towns, 2005
| # | Place | Region | Population (2005) | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanʿā | Amānah al-ʿĀşmah | 1,937,050 | — |
| 2 | al-H̨udaydah | al-H̨udaydah | 617,871 | 734,699 now |
| 3 | Taʿizz | Taʿizz | 615,222 | — |
| 4 | Aden | Aden | 550,602 | 1,079,670 now |
| 5 | al-Mukallā | Hadramaut | 258,132 | — |
| 6 | Ibb | Ibb | 234,837 | — |
| 7 | Đamār | Đamār | 158,892 | — |
| 8 | Sayyān | Sanʿā | 69,404 | 69,404 now |
| 9 | Jaʿar | Abyan | 59,850 | — |
| 10 | aš-Šah̨ir | Hadramaut | 57,747 | — |
| 11 | Zabīd | al-H̨udaydah | 52,590 | 52,590 now |
| 12 | Bājil | al-H̨udaydah | 48,218 | 48,218 now |
| 13 | Raydaʿ | al-Bayda | 46,632 | — |
| 14 | H̨ajjah | Hajjah | 43,549 | 43,549 now |
| 15 | Đī Sufāl | Ibb | 37,997 | — |
| 16 | al-Bayd̨ā | al-Bayda | 37,821 | 37,821 now |
| 17 | al-Marawiʿah | al-H̨udaydah | 36,262 | — |
| 18 | Bayt-al-Faqīh | al-H̨udaydah | 34,204 | 34,204 now |
| 19 | ʿAmrān | Sanʿā | 33,538 | 90,792 now |
| 20 | Yarim | Ibb | 33,050 | 33,050 now |
| 21 | Sah̨ār | Sanʿā | 31,859 | 31,859 now |
| 22 | Lahij | Lahij | 23,375 | 23,375 now |
| 23 | H̨abbān | Šabwah | 19,000 | — |
| 24 | al-H̨azm | al-Jawf | 14,175 | 18,241 now |
| 25 | Maʿrib | Maʿrib | 13,377 | 16,794 now |
| 26 | al-Muẖa | Taʿizz | 8,380 | — |
| 27 | al-Mah̨wīt | al-Mahwit | 8,028 | 10,593 now |
| 28 | Ah̨war | Abyan | 5,352 | — |
| 29 | al-Ġayd̨ah | al-Mahrah | 2,676 | — |
| 30 | ʿAtaq | Šabwah | 2,568 | — |
The Today column links to our current page for the same place, where one matches by name and plausible size; the figure shown there is today's, never 2005's. A dash means no confident match, which is more honest than a guessed link.
Administrative divisions, 2005
| # | Name | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taʿizz | 2,613,947 |
| 2 | Ibb | 2,334,711 |
| 3 | Sanʿā | 2,268,131 |
| 4 | al-H̨udaydah | 2,085,685 |
| 5 | Amānah al-ʿĀşmah | 1,937,050 |
| 6 | Hajjah | 1,504,796 |
| 7 | Đamār | 1,247,160 |
| 8 | Hadramaut | 1,035,657 |
| 9 | Lahij | 752,102 |
| 10 | Aden | 670,863 |
| 11 | al-Bayda | 601,220 |
| 12 | Şaʿdah | 575,438 |
| 13 | Abyan | 494,849 |
| 14 | al-Mahwit | 479,064 |
| 15 | Šabwah | 446,431 |
| 16 | Maʿrib | 217,607 |
| 17 | al-Jawf | 201,425 |
| 18 | al-Mahrah | 133,873 |
The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.