Poland vs Yemen: Has the population peaked?

Poland

38.76 million people

in 2023

Yemen

39.39 million people

in 2023

Poland rank

39th

Yemen rank

37th

Has the population peaked? over time

Yemen currently reports 39.39 million people against 38.76 million people in Poland, a difference of 628,000 people.

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

Poland ranks 39th and Yemen ranks 37th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Has the population peaked?
Unit: people
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: 07 August 2026

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown.