What is the difference in number of births between Russian Federation and Yemen?

89,700 births, with Yemen ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Russian Federation and Yemen?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of births. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Russian Federation vs Yemen: Number of births

Russian Federation

1.30 million births

in 2023

Yemen

1.39 million births

in 2023

Russian Federation rank

22nd

Yemen rank

20th

Number of births over time

Russian Federation
Yemen

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 1.39 million births against 1.30 million births in Russian Federation, a difference of 89,700 births.

That makes Yemen's figure about 1.1 times Russian Federation's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Russian Federation ahead.

Russian Federation ranks 22nd and Yemen ranks 20th of 236 countries.

Russian Federation has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Russian Federation	Yemen	Difference	Ahead
1950s	2.91 million births	271,715 births	2.63 million births	Russian Federation
1960s	2.22 million births	347,841 births	1.87 million births	Russian Federation
1970s	2.12 million births	443,236 births	1.67 million births	Russian Federation
1980s	2.42 million births	604,394 births	1.81 million births	Russian Federation
1990s	1.49 million births	753,328 births	735,338 births	Russian Federation
2000s	1.51 million births	870,407 births	641,647 births	Russian Federation
2010s	1.81 million births	1.10 million births	706,500 births	Russian Federation
2020s	1.38 million births	1.34 million births	37,472 births	Russian Federation

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of births, Russian Federation or Yemen?: Yemen, at 1.39 million births against 1.30 million births in Russian Federation as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of births between Russian Federation and Yemen?: 89,700 births, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Russian Federation and Yemen?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Russian Federation and Yemen rank globally for number of births?: Russian Federation ranks 22nd and Yemen ranks 20th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of births. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of births
Unit: births
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Number of live births in a calendar year.