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How many babies are born in Yemen?

1.41 million babies born in Yemen in 2026. That is 1.06% of all births worldwide, and the 20th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Yemen: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Yemen’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~42K ~1,000K 41.6 Modelled estimate
1000 ~88K ~2.3M 39.0 Modelled estimate
1500 ~92K ~2.3M 41.0 Modelled estimate
1800 ~123K ~2.59M 47.4 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~141K ~2.97M 47.4 Historical reconstruction
1950 244K 4.62M 52.8 UN estimate
2000 802K 19.6M 40.9 UN estimate
2023 1.39M 39.4M 35.2 UN estimate
2026 1.41M 43M 32.7 UN projection
2050 1.59M 71M 22.5 UN projection
2075 1.54M 96M 16.0 UN projection
2100 1.37M 110M 12.5 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Yemen among estimates through 2023 were in 2023, at about 1.39M. That is roughly 33 times the estimated ~41.8K births a year in 1 CE.

At 4.33 children per woman, fertility in Yemen is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Yemen each year?

An estimated 1.41 million babies are born in Yemen in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 3,850 a day and 1.06% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Yemen?

Yemen has an estimated 32.7 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 4.33 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.