Yemen
Life expectancy in Yemen
Life expectancy in Yemen: 28.9 years in 1950 and 69.3 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 69.3 years
- Since 1950
- +40.4 years
- Rank, 2023
- 168 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 78.9 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 78.9 years in 2100, between 68.3 years and 87.8 years (95% prediction interval).
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Yemen | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 69.3 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 68 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 66 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 66.4 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 66.6 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 65.9 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 67.1 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 67.1 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 66.8 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 68 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 68 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 67.6 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 67.4 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 67.2 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 66.9 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 66.6 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 66.2 | 69 |
| 2006 | 65.8 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 65.4 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 64.9 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 64.4 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 63.8 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 63.3 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 62.8 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 62.3 | 66 |
| 1998 | 61.8 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 61.3 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 60.9 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 60.5 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 59.8 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 59.7 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 59.3 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 58.8 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 58.5 | 64 |
| 1989 | 58 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 57.4 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 56.8 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 54 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 55.4 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 54.6 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 53.6 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 52.4 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 51.7 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 50.6 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 49.5 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 48.5 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 47.4 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 46.4 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 45.5 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 44.5 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 43.6 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 42.7 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 41.8 | 56 |
| 1970 | 40.6 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 39.6 | 56 |
| 1968 | 38 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 37.1 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 36.3 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 35.6 | 54 |
| 1964 | 34.9 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 33.4 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 33.7 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 34.1 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 33.5 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 32.9 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 32.4 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 31.8 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 31.3 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 30.8 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 30.4 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 30 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 29.6 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 29.3 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 28.9 | 46.4 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Yemen | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 69.468.1–70.8 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 69.667.6–71.5 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 69.767.4–72 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 69.967.2–72.5 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 7066.9–72.9 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 70.266.8–73.4 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 70.366.6–73.6 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 70.466.5–73.9 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 70.566.5–74.4 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 70.766.3–74.6 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 70.866.3–75 | 75 |
| 2035 | 70.966.3–75.1 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 7166.2–75.6 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 71.266.3–75.8 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 71.366.3–76.2 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 71.466.1–76.3 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 71.566.3–76.6 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 71.666.3–76.7 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 71.866.4–77 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 71.966.2–77.3 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 7266.4–77.5 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 72.166.2–77.7 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 72.366.3–78 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 72.466.4–78.1 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 72.566.4–78.3 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 72.666.6–78.4 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 72.866.6–78.6 | 77 |
| 2051 | 72.966.6–79 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 7366.6–79.1 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 73.166.7–79.4 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 73.266.6–79.8 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 73.466.6–79.9 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 73.566.2–80 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 73.666.4–80.4 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 73.766.4–80.4 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 73.866.6–80.6 | 78 |
| 2060 | 73.966.4–80.8 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 7466.5–81.1 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 74.266.8–81.3 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 74.366.9–81.5 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 74.466.7–81.7 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 74.566.8–82 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 74.766.9–82.2 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 74.867.1–82.4 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 74.967.2–82.6 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 7567.3–82.8 | 79 |
| 2070 | 75.167.3–83 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 75.367–82.9 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 75.467.2–83.4 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 75.567.3–83.6 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 75.767.4–83.6 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 75.867.2–83.7 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 75.967.3–84.1 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 7667.5–84.2 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 76.167.4–84.3 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 76.367.6–84.5 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 76.467.5–84.6 | 80 |
| 2081 | 76.567.2–84.9 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 76.667.6–84.9 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 76.767.6–85.2 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 76.967.5–85.4 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 7767.6–85.6 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 77.167.5–85.6 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 77.367.7–85.8 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 77.467.6–86.2 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 77.567.6–86.3 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 77.767.9–86.4 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 77.867.9–86.6 | 81 |
| 2092 | 77.967.9–86.8 | 81 |
| 2093 | 7868.3–87 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 78.168.4–87.2 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 78.368.3–87.2 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 78.468–87.2 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 78.568.1–87.5 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 78.668.2–87.7 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 78.767.9–87.8 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 78.968.3–87.8 | 81.7 |
Good to know
- How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending3.97% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending in US dollars$12.3B in 2014
- Military spending per person$58 in 2014
- Military share of state spending14.3% of government spending in 2014
- Armed forces personnel40,000 people in 2020
- National power0.24% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports1 million TIV in 2022
- Arms exports51 million TIV in 1986