Yemen
Yemen
Capital Sanaa
527,968 km² · 41,773,878 people (2025) · Yemeni rial
Socotra, 350 km off the mainland, has been isolated long enough that about a third of its plants exist nowhere else, including the dragon's blood tree. Shibam in the Hadhramaut is a walled town of 16th-century mud-brick tower blocks five to eleven storeys high, sometimes called the oldest skyscraper city.
The facts
- Capital
- Sanaa
- Area
- 527,968 km² — 203,850 sq mi
- Population
- 41,773,878 (2025)
- Density
- 79.1 people per km²
- Currency
- Yemeni rial (YER, ﷼)
- Official language
- Arabic
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Calling code
- +967
- Drives on the
- right
- ISO codes
- YE · YEM
- Continent
- Asia
How it compares
- By area
- 51 of 200
- By population
- 37 of 200
Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.
Countries of a similar size
| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 581,730 | 2,562,122 |
| Kenya | 580,367 | 57,532,493 |
| Yemen ← | 527,968 | 41,773,878 |
| Thailand | 513,120 | 71,619,863 |
| Spain | 505,370 | 49,355,143 |
Common questions
- What is the capital of Yemen?
- Sanaa
- What currency does Yemen use?
- The Yemeni rial (YER).
- How big is Yemen?
- 527,968 km², or 203,850 square miles — 51 of 200 by area.
- Which side of the road does Yemen drive on?
- The right.
Related pages
Sources
- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)