Asia · Western Asia
Capital: Sana'a
Yemen
Explore the facts and rankings that shape Yemen in Country Blitz, from its population and economy to its military, innovation, manufacturing, and neighboring countries.
Country Blitz power profile
Overall rank #117
Yemen's Country Blitz power profile compares population, GDP, military expenditure, research-and-development spending, and manufacturing output across every playable country. A lower numerical rank represents a stronger position in that category.
Population
41.8M
#37 of 196
82nd percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI / UN population sources
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$21.61B
#129 of 196
34th percentile
2018 · World Bank WDI
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$1.71B
#68 of 196
66th percentile
2014 · SIPRI via World Bank WDI
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Manufacturing Output
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Quick facts
- Capital
- Sana'a
- Region
- Asia
- Subregion
- Western Asia
- Country code
- YEM
- Neighbors
- OmanSaudi Arabia
Three interesting facts
Yemen shares land borders with 2 countries: Oman and Saudi Arabia.
Yemen spans roughly 527,968 square kilometers, placing it around 49th by area in this factbook.
Yemen’s position in Western Asia places it within a distinctive network of regional trade routes and migration paths.
Geography
Yemen on the map
Yemen is located in Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, between Oman and Saudi Arabia. Its terrain is narrow coastal plain backed by flat-topped hills and rugged mountains, dissected upland desert plains in center slope into the desert interior of the Arabian Peninsula. The climate is mostly desert, hot and humid along west coast, temperate in western mountains affected by seasonal monsoon, extraordinarily hot, dry, harsh desert in east. In area, the country is almost four times the size of Alabama, slightly larger than twice the size of Wyoming.
Economy
Economic profile
Yemen's economy is characterized by low-income Middle Eastern economy, infrastructure, trade, and economic institutions devastated by civil war, oil/gas-dependent but decreasing reserves, massive poverty, food insecurity, and unemployment, high inflation. Major industries include crude oil production and petroleum refining, small-scale production of cotton textiles, leather goods, food processing, handicrafts, aluminum products, cement, commercial ship repair, natural gas production. Important agricultural products include mangoes/guavas, potatoes, milk, onions, spices, chicken, sorghum, watermelons, tomatoes, grapes (2023). Notable exports include gold, fish, scrap iron, shellfish, industrial acids/oils/alcohols (2023).
Demographics
People and population
Yemen has an estimated population of 32,684,503. Language and cultural traditions vary across Yemen. The population includes predominantly Arab, but also Afro-Arab, South Asian, European. The urban population represents 39.8% of total population (2023).
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