Recognised as Country
Yemen
- YE
- Asia
- YER
- .ye
Yemen (YE/YEM) is a country in Asia with its capital at Sanaa. It covers about 527,968 km² with a population of roughly 34,000,000, uses the YER, dials on +967, owns the .ye internet domain and keeps its capital on Asia/Aden. It borders 2 countries.
Identity
Official short nameYemen
CapitalSanaa
ContinentAsia
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2YE
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3YEM
Internet TLD.ye
Calling code+967
Currency codeYER
Geography
Latitude15.5527° N
Longitude48.5164° E
HemisphereNorthern and Eastern
Area527,968 km²203,850 square miles
Land neighbours2
Distance from London5,859 kmto the approximate centre of Yemen, not to Sanaa. ESE, bearing 114.6°
Time
These values depend on today’s date and change daily.
Time zone of the capitalAsia/Adenthe IANA zone for Sanaa; a large country spans several zones
Standard offsetUTC+03:00
Observes daylight savingNothe offset is the same all year
Offset in JanuaryUTC+03:00
Offset in JulyUTC+03:00
Current offsetUTC+03:00
Local time now23 Sept 2026, 04:19
Hours ahead of UTC3
Population & scale
Population34,000,000≈estimate, 2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Population density64.4 per km²≈
Share of world population0.42%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion
Area rank in this dataset49 of 196
Population rank in this dataset47 of 196
Neighbouring countries
Saudi Arabia994 km centre to centre
About this data
Dataset version2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform
Last updated2026-09-10
StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change
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