Yemen — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition

Name: Yemen — World Gazetteer 2005 edition
Creator: Stefan Helders

Yemen had an estimated population of 19,600,009 in 2005, with 30 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.

About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.

For current figures: Yemen today — population now 28,498,687, against 19,600,009 in 2005.

Cities and towns, 2005

#	Place	Region	Population (2005)
1	Sanʿā	Amānah al-ʿĀşmah	1,937,050
2	al-H̨udaydah	al-H̨udaydah	617,871
3	Taʿizz	Taʿizz	615,222
4	Aden	Aden	550,602
5	al-Mukallā	Hadramaut	258,132
6	Ibb	Ibb	234,837
7	Đamār	Đamār	158,892
8	Sayyān	Sanʿā	69,404
9	Jaʿar	Abyan	59,850
10	aš-Šah̨ir	Hadramaut	57,747
11	Zabīd	al-H̨udaydah	52,590
12	Bājil	al-H̨udaydah	48,218
13	Raydaʿ	al-Bayda	46,632
14	H̨ajjah	Hajjah	43,549
15	Đī Sufāl	Ibb	37,997
16	al-Bayd̨ā	al-Bayda	37,821
17	al-Marawiʿah	al-H̨udaydah	36,262
18	Bayt-al-Faqīh	al-H̨udaydah	34,204
19	ʿAmrān	Sanʿā	33,538
20	Yarim	Ibb	33,050
21	Sah̨ār	Sanʿā	31,859
22	Lahij	Lahij	23,375
23	H̨abbān	Šabwah	19,000
24	al-H̨azm	al-Jawf	14,175
25	Maʿrib	Maʿrib	13,377
26	al-Muẖa	Taʿizz	8,380
27	al-Mah̨wīt	al-Mahwit	8,028
28	Ah̨war	Abyan	5,352
29	al-Ġayd̨ah	al-Mahrah	2,676
30	ʿAtaq	Šabwah	2,568

Administrative divisions, 2005

#	Name	Population (2005)
1	Taʿizz	2,613,947
2	Ibb	2,334,711
3	Sanʿā	2,268,131
4	al-H̨udaydah	2,085,685
5	Amānah al-ʿĀşmah	1,937,050
6	Hajjah	1,504,796
7	Đamār	1,247,160
8	Hadramaut	1,035,657
9	Lahij	752,102
10	Aden	670,863
11	al-Bayda	601,220
12	Şaʿdah	575,438
13	Abyan	494,849
14	al-Mahwit	479,064
15	Šabwah	446,431
16	Maʿrib	217,607
17	al-Jawf	201,425
18	al-Mahrah	133,873

The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.