Population aged 0 to 14 in Yemen

41.0% of the population of Yemen was aged 14 or under in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 1964.

Measure: Share of population aged 0 to 14 Unit: % of total population Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Yemen, 2025 41.0% % of total population
Change from 2024 −0.1percentage points 2024: 41.1%
World, 2025 24.4% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 17th of 217 See the full ranking

Population aged 0 to 14 in Yemen over time

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% of total population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Share of population aged 0 to 14 (% of total population), 2001 to 2025
Period YemenWorld
2025 41.0% 24.4%
2024 41.1% 24.7%
2023 41.2% 25.0%
2022 41.3% 25.3%
2021 41.4% 25.6%
2020 41.4% 25.8%
2019 41.4% 26.0%
2018 41.5% 26.2%
2017 41.6% 26.4%
2016 41.7% 26.5%
2015 41.8% 26.6%
2014 42.1% 26.8%
2013 42.3% 26.9%
2012 42.7% 27.0%
2011 43.0% 27.1%
2010 43.5% 27.3%
2009 44.1% 27.5%
2008 44.7% 27.6%
2007 45.3% 27.9%
2006 45.9% 28.1%
2005 46.5% 28.5%
2004 47.1% 28.8%
2003 47.6% 29.2%
2002 48.1% 29.6%
2001 48.6% 30.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 41.1% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 41.8%, the figure has changed by −0.8 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Yemen has the 17th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 24.4%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.0014.TO.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Yemen
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects