What is the difference in population between Afghanistan and Yemen, Rep.?

2.06 million people, with Afghanistan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Yemen, Rep.?

241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Afghanistan vs Yemen, Rep.: Population

Afghanistan

41.45 million people

in 2023

Yemen, Rep.

39.39 million people

in 2023

Afghanistan rank

36th

Yemen, Rep. rank

37th

Population over time

Afghanistan
Yemen, Rep.

How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 41.45 million people against 39.39 million people in Yemen, Rep., a difference of 2.06 million people.

That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.1 times Yemen, Rep.'s.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Yemen, Rep. ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 36th and Yemen, Rep. ranks 37th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 34 and Yemen, Rep. in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Afghanistan	Yemen, Rep.	Difference	Ahead
1000s	2.25 million people	2.25 million people	0 people	—
1100s	2.38 million people	2.00 million people	375,000 people	Afghanistan
1200s	2.50 million people	2.10 million people	400,000 people	Afghanistan
1300s	1.75 million people	2.20 million people	450,000 people	Yemen, Rep.
1400s	1.88 million people	2.05 million people	175,000 people	Yemen, Rep.
1500s	2.00 million people	2.25 million people	250,000 people	Yemen, Rep.
1600s	2.50 million people	2.50 million people	0 people	—
1700s	2.50 million people	2.25 million people	250,000 people	Afghanistan
1710s	2.56 million people	2.26 million people	303,690 people	Afghanistan
1720s	2.62 million people	2.29 million people	333,330 people	Afghanistan
1730s	2.68 million people	2.32 million people	363,930 people	Afghanistan
1740s	2.74 million people	2.34 million people	395,520 people	Afghanistan
1750s	2.80 million people	2.37 million people	428,120 people	Afghanistan
1760s	2.87 million people	2.40 million people	461,760 people	Afghanistan
1770s	2.93 million people	2.43 million people	496,460 people	Afghanistan
1780s	3.00 million people	2.47 million people	532,260 people	Afghanistan
1790s	3.07 million people	2.50 million people	569,190 people	Afghanistan
1800s	3.28 million people	2.59 million people	687,000 people	Afghanistan
1810s	3.28 million people	2.59 million people	687,200 people	Afghanistan
1820s	3.35 million people	2.61 million people	733,318 people	Afghanistan
1830s	3.50 million people	2.66 million people	837,297 people	Afghanistan
1840s	3.66 million people	2.71 million people	948,254 people	Afghanistan
1850s	3.83 million people	2.76 million people	1.07 million people	Afghanistan
1860s	4.00 million people	2.80 million people	1.20 million people	Afghanistan
1870s	4.18 million people	2.84 million people	1.34 million people	Afghanistan
1880s	4.37 million people	2.89 million people	1.49 million people	Afghanistan
1890s	4.57 million people	2.93 million people	1.64 million people	Afghanistan
1900s	4.96 million people	3.08 million people	1.89 million people	Afghanistan
1910s	7.54 million people	3.36 million people	4.18 million people	Afghanistan
1920s	8.65 million people	3.69 million people	4.96 million people	Afghanistan
1930s	6.44 million people	4.05 million people	2.39 million people	Afghanistan
1940s	6.88 million people	4.45 million people	2.43 million people	Afghanistan
1950s	8.29 million people	4.99 million people	3.31 million people	Afghanistan
1960s	9.97 million people	6.16 million people	3.81 million people	Afghanistan
1970s	12.58 million people	8.07 million people	4.51 million people	Afghanistan
1980s	11.58 million people	11.33 million people	257,627 people	Afghanistan
1990s	16.11 million people	16.44 million people	333,660 people	Yemen, Rep.
2000s	23.78 million people	22.59 million people	1.18 million people	Afghanistan
2010s	33.14 million people	30.79 million people	2.36 million people	Afghanistan
2020s	40.28 million people	37.72 million people	2.55 million people	Afghanistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Afghanistan or Yemen, Rep.?: Afghanistan, at 41.45 million people against 39.39 million people in Yemen, Rep. as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Afghanistan and Yemen, Rep.?: 2.06 million people, with Afghanistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Yemen, Rep.?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Afghanistan and Yemen, Rep. rank globally for population?: Afghanistan ranks 36th and Yemen, Rep. ranks 37th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.