Iraq vs Yemen: Population

Iraq

45.07 million people

in 2023

Yemen

39.39 million people

in 2023

Iraq rank

35th

Yemen rank

37th

Population over time

Iraq currently reports 45.07 million people against 39.39 million people in Yemen, a difference of 5.68 million people.

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

The two have swapped places 3 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Yemen ahead.

Iraq ranks 35th 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.