Yemen is on the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, home to the ancient city of Shibam and the unique Socotra island. A civil war since 2015 has caused one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.
Arabic
These figures are calculated from the data on this page and compared with the other 195 countries Beelad covers.
| Population density | 75 people per km² rank 111 of 196 (highest first); the average across all 196 countries is 60 per km² |
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| Share of world population | 0.487 % world total: 8,091,734,930 (UN, 1 July 2023) |
| Share of Asia | 0.827% of its people, 1.6% of its land area |
| Area in square miles | 203,850 1 km² = 0.386 sq mi |
| Closest in size | Thailand (513,120 km²) |
| Closest in population | Canada (39,299,105 people) |
Yemen is the only country in our list that uses YER.