Egypt vs Yemen: Population density
Egypt
202.82 people per km²
in 2100
Yemen
208.41 people per km²
in 2100
Egypt rank
76th
Yemen rank
74th
Population density over time
- Egypt
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 208.41 people per km² against 202.82 people per km² in Egypt, a difference of 5.59 people per km².
The two have swapped places 5 times across 318 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 76th and Yemen ranks 74th of 235 countries.
Across the 48 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 32 and Yemen in 16.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 5.02 people per km² | 4.26 people per km² | 0.7612 people per km² | Egypt |
| 1100s | 4.37 people per km² | 3.79 people per km² | 0.5818 people per km² | Egypt |
| 1200s | 4.02 people per km² | 3.98 people per km² | 0.0408 people per km² | Egypt |
| 1300s | 4.72 people per km² | 4.17 people per km² | 0.5546 people per km² | Egypt |
| 1400s | 4.07 people per km² | 3.88 people per km² | 0.1857 people per km² | Egypt |
| 1500s | 4.02 people per km² | 4.26 people per km² | 0.2433 people per km² | Yemen |
| 1600s | 5.02 people per km² | 4.74 people per km² | 0.2877 people per km² | Egypt |
| 1700s | 4.52 people per km² | 4.26 people per km² | 0.259 people per km² | Egypt |
| 1710s | 4.42 people per km² | 4.28 people per km² | 0.1435 people per km² | Egypt |
| 1720s | 4.32 people per km² | 4.33 people per km² | 0.0111 people per km² | Yemen |
| 1730s | 4.22 people per km² | 4.39 people per km² | 0.1664 people per km² | Yemen |
| 1740s | 4.12 people per km² | 4.44 people per km² | 0.3224 people per km² | Yemen |
| 1750s | 4.02 people per km² | 4.5 people per km² | 0.479 people per km² | Yemen |
| 1760s | 3.92 people per km² | 4.55 people per km² | 0.6364 people per km² | Yemen |
| 1770s | 3.82 people per km² | 4.61 people per km² | 0.7945 people per km² | Yemen |
| 1780s | 3.72 people per km² | 4.67 people per km² | 0.9534 people per km² | Yemen |
| 1790s | 3.62 people per km² | 4.73 people per km² | 1.11 people per km² | Yemen |
| 1800s | 3.66 people per km² | 4.91 people per km² | 1.25 people per km² | Yemen |
| 1810s | 4.01 people per km² | 4.91 people per km² | 0.9015 people per km² | Yemen |
| 1820s | 4.27 people per km² | 4.95 people per km² | 0.6788 people per km² | Yemen |
| 1830s | 4.42 people per km² | 5.04 people per km² | 0.6238 people per km² | Yemen |
| 1840s | 5.03 people per km² | 5.14 people per km² | 0.1082 people per km² | Yemen |
| 1850s | 5.96 people per km² | 5.22 people per km² | 0.7359 people per km² | Egypt |
| 1860s | 6.56 people per km² | 5.3 people per km² | 1.26 people per km² | Egypt |
| 1870s | 7.23 people per km² | 5.38 people per km² | 1.84 people per km² | Egypt |
| 1880s | 8.08 people per km² | 5.47 people per km² | 2.62 people per km² | Egypt |
| 1890s | 9.25 people per km² | 5.55 people per km² | 3.7 people per km² | Egypt |
| 1900s | 10.62 people per km² | 5.83 people per km² | 4.79 people per km² | Egypt |
| 1910s | 12.02 people per km² | 6.36 people per km² | 5.66 people per km² | Egypt |
| 1920s | 13.45 people per km² | 6.98 people per km² | 6.47 people per km² | Egypt |
| 1930s | 15.21 people per km² | 7.67 people per km² | 7.54 people per km² | Egypt |
| 1940s | 18.49 people per km² | 8.42 people per km² | 10.07 people per km² | Egypt |
| 1950s | 23.68 people per km² | 9.44 people per km² | 14.24 people per km² | Egypt |
| 1960s | 30.42 people per km² | 11.66 people per km² | 18.76 people per km² | Egypt |
| 1970s | 38.71 people per km² | 15.28 people per km² | 23.44 people per km² | Egypt |
| 1980s | 50.33 people per km² | 21.45 people per km² | 28.88 people per km² | Egypt |
| 1990s | 65.27 people per km² | 31.14 people per km² | 34.12 people per km² | Egypt |
| 2000s | 80.64 people per km² | 42.79 people per km² | 37.85 people per km² | Egypt |
| 2010s | 98.9 people per km² | 58.31 people per km² | 40.59 people per km² | Egypt |
| 2020s | 117.86 people per km² | 78.07 people per km² | 39.79 people per km² | Egypt |
| 2030s | 135.84 people per km² | 100.1 people per km² | 35.74 people per km² | Egypt |
| 2040s | 153.62 people per km² | 122.13 people per km² | 31.49 people per km² | Egypt |
| 2050s | 168.54 people per km² | 144.16 people per km² | 24.37 people per km² | Egypt |
| 2060s | 180.85 people per km² | 164.14 people per km² | 16.71 people per km² | Egypt |
| 2070s | 190.82 people per km² | 180.99 people per km² | 9.84 people per km² | Egypt |
| 2080s | 197.78 people per km² | 194.61 people per km² | 3.17 people per km² | Egypt |
| 2090s | 201.74 people per km² | 204.58 people per km² | 2.83 people per km² | Yemen |
| 2100s | 202.82 people per km² | 208.41 people per km² | 5.59 people per km² | Yemen |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population density, Egypt or Yemen?
- Yemen, at 208.41 people per km² against 202.82 people per km² in Egypt as of 2100.
- What is the difference in population density between Egypt and Yemen?
- 5.59 people per km², with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Yemen?
- 318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.
- How do Egypt and Yemen rank globally for population density?
- Egypt ranks 76th and Yemen ranks 74th of 235 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024); UN FAO (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population density. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Population per square kilometer by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.