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Yemen: cities by population

Yemen has a population of 28,498,687, with Sanaa as its capital. The 50 largest of its 54 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Sanaa	Amanat Alasimah	1,937,451
2	Aden	Aden	1,079,670
3	Taiz	Ta‘izz	940,600
4	Ibb	Ibb Governorate	771,514
5	Al Ḩudaydah	Al Hudaydah	734,699
6	Mukalla	Muhafazat Hadramaout	594,951
7	Dhamār	Dhamār	160,114
8	‘Amrān	Omran	90,792
9	Sayyān	Sanaa Governorate	69,404
10	Zabīd	Al Hudaydah	52,590
11	Sa'dah	Şa‘dah	51,870
12	Bājil	Al Hudaydah	48,218
13	Ḩajjah	Ḩajjah	43,549
14	Dhī as Sufāl	Ibb Governorate	37,997
15	Al Bayda	Al Bayda	37,821
16	Ataq	Shabwah	37,315
17	Bayt al Faqīh	Al Hudaydah	34,204
18	Yarīm	Ibb Governorate	33,050
19	Saḩar	Sanaa Governorate	31,859
20	Laḩij	Laḩij	23,375
21	Ghayl Bā Wazīr	Muhafazat Hadramaout	21,259
22	Zinjibār	Abyan Governorate	19,879
23	Al Ḩazm	Al Jawf	18,241
24	Ma'rib	Ma’rib	16,794
25	Mocha	Ta‘izz	16,794
26	Aḑ Ḑāli‘	Aḑ Ḑāli‘	14,760
27	Jawf al Maqbābah	Abyan Governorate	14,175
28	Al Ghayz̧ah	Al Mahrah Governorate	10,948
29	Al Maḩwīt	Al Mahwit Governorate	10,593
30	Jadder Cemetery	Amanat Alasimah	10,000
31	Hadibu	Soqatra	8,545
32	Shibām	Muhafazat Hadramaout	7,000
33	CPF	Muhafazat Hadramaout	6,000
34	Al Madakisha	Laḩij	5,000
35	Village of ALAMRAH	Ta‘izz	4,500
36	Qalansīyah	Soqatra	3,500
37	Khimār	Shabwah	3,000
38	Kilmia	Muhafazat Hadramaout	2,013
39	Al-Medy Village, قرية المدي	Dhamār	2,000
40	Al Qabyal	Laḩij	2,000
41	Al Madu	Aḑ Ḑāli‘	1,986
42	Ahl Mohammed bin Ahmed	Abyan Governorate	1,800
43	AL-khashā upper	Shabwah	1,100
44	Salābah	Shabwah	1,000
45	Najd Al Tha'ub	Laḩij	1,000
46	AL-khashā Lower	Shabwah	800
47	Qaryat Al kudshi al Ra'inah	Ta‘izz	750
48	Suḩayl Shibām	Muhafazat Hadramaout	645
49	Al ‘Inān	Al Jawf	100
50	Sāqayn	Şa‘dah	41

Twenty years earlier: Yemen in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 19,600,009.