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
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
Muhafazat Aden Aden 7,099 404,257 589,419
Muhafazat Al Bayda al Bayda' 10,711 454,608 577,369
Muhafazat Al Dhale'e   note 330,062 470,564
Muhafazat Al Hudaydah al Hudaydah 16,646 1,558,513 2,157,552
Muhafazat Al Jawf al Jawf 13,175 347,639 443,797
Muhafazat Al Maharah al Ghaydah 98,249 56,425 88,594
Muhafazat Al Mahwit Al Mahwit 2,501 371,595 494,557
Amanat Al Asimah San'a' 247 1,003,627 1,747,834
Muhafazat Amran   note 731,873 877,786
Muhafazat Dhamar Dhamar 8,745 981,674 1,330,108
Muhafazat Hadramaut al Mukalla 148,178 755,631 1,028,556
Muhafazat Hajjah Hajjah 10,677 1,091,788 1,479,568
Muhafazat Ibb Ibb 7,632 1,665,054 2,131,861
Muhafazat Lahj Lahij 14,836 555,742 722,692
Muhafazat Marib Ma'rib 13,466 181,740 238,522
Muhafazat Raymah     291,533 394,448
Muhafazat Sa'adah Sa'dah 29,617 481,617 695,033
Muhafazat Sana'a San'a' 28,977 746,812 919,215
Muhafazat Shabwah 'Ataq 78,995 364,932 470,635
Muhafazat Taizz Ta'izz 14,194 1,870,057 2,393,425
total   528,076 14,587,807 19,684,603

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.