Afghanistan vs Yemen: Population

Afghanistan

41.45 million people

in 2023

Yemen

39.39 million people

in 2023

Afghanistan rank

36th

Yemen rank

37th

Population over time

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

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

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

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

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.