Migration trends in Yemen
Middle East
2.5M people from Yemen have built lives abroad. That's 6.1% of the country population, spread across 38 different countries
40.6M
Population
357.4K
Immigrants
2.5M
Emigrants
−2.1M
Outflow
1 in every 17 people born in Yemen now lives abroad
The #31 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Yemen
Where people move to
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 abroad 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 abroad passed 1M people
2015
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora abroad grew by 81%
Today
- Since 1990: 267.2K more foreign-born residents and 2.1M more citizens living abroad