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Governorates

The population of the governorates of Yemen according to census results and official projections.

Name	Abbr.	Status	Native	Capital	Area A (km²)	Population Census (Cf) 1994-12-16	Population Census (Cf) 2004-12-16	Population Projection (P) 2022-07-01
Yemen	YEM	Rep	اليَمَن	Ṣan'ā'	455,000	14,587,807	19,685,161	31,890,000
Abyān	ABY	Gov	أبين	Zinjibār	16,500	342,628	433,819	...	1650000
'Adan [Aden]	ADA	Gov	عدن	'Adan	750	404,257	589,419	...	75000
Aḍ-Ḍāli' [Dhale]	DAL	Gov	الضالع	Aḍ-Ḍāli'	4,000	330,062	470,564	...	400000
Al-Bayḍā'	BAY	Gov	البيضاء	Al-Bayḍā'	9,300	454,608	577,369	...	930000
Al-Ḥudaydah	HUD	Gov	الحديدة	Al-Ḥudaydah	13,300	1,558,513	2,157,552	...	1330000
Al-Jawf	JAW	Gov	الجوف	Al-Ḥazm	39,500	347,639	443,797	...	3950000
Al-Mahrah	MAR	Gov	المهرة	Al-Ghayḍah	67,000	56,425	88,594	...	6700000
Al-Maḥwīt [Mahweet]	MAH	Gov	المحويت	Al-Maḥwīt	2,300	371,595	494,557	...	230000
Amānah al-'Āṣmah [Sana'a City]	AAA	Cap	أمانة العاصمة	Ṣan'ā'	400	1,003,627	1,747,834	...	40000
'Amrān	AMR	Gov	عمران	'Amrān	7,900	731,873	877,786	...	790000
Dhamār	DHA	Gov	ذمار	Dhamār	7,600	981,674	1,330,108	...	760000
Ḥaḍramaūt [Hadhramaut]	HAD	Gov	حضرموت	Al-Mukallā	167,000	755,631	1,028,556	...	16700000
Ḥajjah	HAJ	Gov	حجة	Ḥajjah	8,300	1,091,788	1,479,568	...	830000
Ibb	IBB	Gov	إب	Ibb	5,400	1,665,054	2,131,861	...	540000
Laḥij [Laheg]	LAH	Gov	لحج	Laḥij	12,700	555,742	722,694	...	1270000
Ma'rib [Mareb]	MAR	Gov	مأرب	Ma'rib	17,500	181,740	238,522	...	1750000
Raymah	RAY	Gov	ريمه		1,900	291,533	394,448	...	190000
Ṣa'dah	SAD	Gov	صعده	Ṣa'dah	12,400	481,617	695,033	...	1240000
Ṣan'ā'	SAN	Gov	صنعاء	Ṣan'ā'	11,900	746,812	919,215	...	1190000
Shabwah	SHA	Gov	شبوة	'Atāq	39,000	364,932	470,440	...	3900000
Ta'izz [Taiz]	TAI	Gov	تعز	Ta'izz	10,000	1,870,057	2,393,425	...	1000000

The areas of governorates are computed by using a map provided by the Yemen Ministry of Public Health. The 1994 population does not contain an estimated underenumeration of 493,231.
The 2022 population projection does not consider the impact of the military conflicts since 2015. All available official projections assume a uniform population growth of all governorates.
Central Statistical Organisation, Republic of Yemen (web).

Major Cities

	Name	Adm.	Population Census (C) 2004-12-16
1	Ṣan'ā'	SAN	1,707,531
2	'Adan	ADA	588,938
3	Ta'izz	TAI	466,968
4	Al-Ḥudaydah	HUD	409,994
5	Ibb	IBB	212,992
6	Al-Mukallā	HAD	182,478
7	Dhamār	DHA	146,346
8	'Amrān	AMR	77,825
9	Bājil	HUD	55,760
10	Ṣa'dah	SAD	51,870

Contents: Cities & Villages

The population of all Yemeni cities and villages with more than 10,000 inhabitants according to census results.

Name	Native	Adm.	Population Census (C) 1975-02-01	Population Census (C) 2004-12-16
'Abs	عبس	HAJ	...	15,568
'Adan [Aden]	عدن	ADA	240,400	588,938
Aḍ-Ḍaḥi	الضحي	HUD	...	13,517
Aḍ-Ḍāli' [Dhale]	الضالع	DAL	...	18,352
Ad-Dīs	الديس	HAD	...	13,594
Al-Bayḍā'	البيضاء	BAY	6,500	29,853
Al-Ghayḍah	الغيظه	MAR	...	13,987
Al-Ḥabīlayn	الحبيلين	LAH	...	10,248
Al-Ḥazm	الحزم	JAW	...	13,658
Al-Ḥudaydah	الحديده	HUD	88,700	409,994
Al-Jarrāḥī	الجراحي	HUD	...	18,872
Al-Khawkhah	الخوخه	HUD	...	12,434
Al-Maḥābishah	المحابشة	HAJ	...	14,225
Al-Maḥwīt	المحويت	MAH	2,600	13,008
Al-Manṣūrīyah	المنصورة	HUD	...	12,420
Al-Marāwi'ah	المراوعة	HUD	6,800	23,147
Al-Marhinah	المرهنة	JAW	...	20,925
Al-Milāḥah	الملاحة	JAW	...	15,190
Al-Misrākh	المسراخ	TAI	...	10,141
Al-Mukallā	المكلا	HAD	45,000	182,478
Al-Qā'idah	القاعدة	IBB	...	39,254
Al-Qaṭn	القطن	HAD	...	13,012
Al-Quţay'	القطيع	HUD	...	14,990
'Amrān	عمران	AMR	5,400	77,825
Ar-Rāhidah	الراهدة	TAI	...	12,177
Ash-Shihr	الشحر	HAD	...	47,663
'Atāq	عتق	SHA	...	21,505
At-Tuḥaytā	التحيتا	HUD	...	11,808
At-Turbah	التربة	TAI	...	10,505
Az-Zaydīyah	الزيدية	HUD	5,300	18,504
Bājil	باجل	HUD	7,300	55,760
Bayḥān (al-Qiṣāb) [Beihan]	بيحان	SHA	...	13,234
Bayt al-Faqīh	بيت الفقيه	HUD	13,300	39,445
Ḍaiḥān	ضحيان	SAD	...	10,827
Damt	دمت	DAL	...	14,877
Dhamār	ذمار	DHA	21,000	146,346
Ghayl Bā Wazīr	غيل باوزير	HAD	...	21,259
Ḥajjah	حجة	HAJ	6,300	35,180
Ḥaraḍ	حرض	HAJ	...	26,763
Ḥays	حيس	HUD	...	15,048
Ibb	إب	IBB	20,600	212,992
Ja'ār	جعار	ABY	...	29,495
Jiblah	جبله	IBB	...	13,325
Khamr	خمر	AMR	...	15,230
Laḥij (Al-Hawtah)	لحج	LAH	...	25,881
Lawdar	لودر	ABY	...	13,578
Ma'bar	معبر	DHA	...	24,707
Maqbanah	مقبنة	TAI	...	10,644
Qa'ṭabah	قعطبه	DAL	...	10,604
Radā'	رداع	BAY	6,900	51,087
Rayḍah	ريده	AMR	...	14,046
Ṣa'dah	صعدة	SAD	4,600	51,870
Saḥḥār	سحار	SAD	...	12,100
Ṣan'ā' (incl. ar-Rawḍah) [Sana'a]	صنعاء	SAN	134,600	1,707,531
Say'ūn	سيئون	HAD	20,000	49,083
Shafar	شفر	HAJ	...	12,894
Shibām	شبام	HAD	...	13,316
Ta'izz [Taiz]	تعز	TAI	86,900	466,968
Tarīm	تريم	HAD	...	48,079
Yarīm	يريم	IBB	8,000	46,964
Zabīd	زبيد	HUD	7,600	21,576
Zinjibār	زنجبار	ABY	...	20,071

(2004) Central Statistical Organisation, Republic of Yemen (web).