Distillers Country guides / Yemen
Yemen
A one-page guide to Yemen for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Area
- 527,968 km²
People
- Population
- 41.8 million (2025)
- Population growth
- 2.9% a year
- Living in towns and cities
- 37.0%
- Aged under 15
- 41.0%
- Aged 65 and over
- 2.5%
- Life expectancy
- 69.4 years
Alcohol
- Alcohol per adult a year
- 0.028 litres of pure alcohol (2019)
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); World Bank API; Our World in Data / WHO GISAH alcohol per capita; UN Comtrade API; Entrybrief - Yemen customs rules (unverified); UN ESCWA - Yemen Customs Law No. 14 of 1990 (index page). Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.