MigrantoMigration trends in Yemen
Middle East
Yemen loses more people than it takes in: 2.5M emigrants against 357.4K immigrants. Net balance −2.1M — 5% of the country's population
40.6M
Population
357.4K
Immigrants
2.5M
Emigrants
−2.1M
Outflow
1 in 114 residents of Yemen was born abroad — and 1 in 17 people born in Yemen lives abroad
#31 in the world by net migration loss
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in Yemen
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
90.3K immigrants · 388.3K emigrants
1995
- The foreign-born population passed 100K residents
2000
- The diaspora passed 500K people
2010
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 82%
- Surge of immigrants from Somalia — 102.3K new arrivals
- The diaspora passed 1M people
2015
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora grew by 81%
Today
- Since 1990: 267.2K more foreign-born residents and 2.1M more emigrants
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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