Population
| Historical population | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1950 | 4,316,000 | — |
| 1960 | 5,116,000 | +18.5% |
| 1970 | 6,145,000 | +20.1% |
| 1980 | 7,945,000 | +29.3% |
| 1990 | 11,948,000 | +50.4% |
| 2000 | 17,723,000 | +48.3% |
| 2010 | 24,053,000 | +35.7% |
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The U.S. government has estimated a population of 23.4 million persons as of July 2010, and the International Monetary Fund estimated almost 21 million persons in 2005. Yemen’s latest census, conducted in December 2004, reported a population of 19.72 million persons, reflecting an average annual population growth rate of more than 3 percent. Yemen’s population has more than doubled since 1975 and has grown approximately 35 percent since the 1994 census, making Yemen the second most populous country on the Arabian Peninsula. Adding to the growth of the native population is the influx of Somali refugees into Yemen—tens of thousands every year. According to the United Nations Refugee Agency, there were almost 96,000 African refugees in Yemen in 2006, including more than 91,000 Somalis. The Yemen government estimated 300,000 Somalis in Yemen in 2007. According to the United Nations, Yemen’s population in 2005 was 27.3 percent urban and 72.7 percent rural; population density was 40 persons per square kilometer.
Yemen’s population is predominantly young. According to U.S. government and United Nations estimates, in 2007 about 46 percent of the population was under age 15; slightly more than half the population, 15–64; and less than 3 percent, 65 and older. The population was almost equally divided between males and females.
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