Yemen: flag, capital & map
Get to know Yemen, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Sana'a
- Region
- Asia
- Subregion
- Western Asia
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 41,773,878
- Area
- 527,968 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- Arabic
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Yemeni Rial (YER)
- Land neighbours
- Oman, Saudi Arabia
Sana’a is the constitutional capital; Aden has served as the internationally recognised government’s temporary seat. This case is excluded from capital quizzes.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Yemen
The flag of Yemen is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, white and black.
Where it is
Yemen is grouped in Western Asia, within Roam’s Asia region. Its land-border list includes 2 countries in this atlas: Oman, Saudi Arabia. The source classifies it as not landlocked.
Yemen has a recorded area of 527,968 square kilometres. Among the 17 countries assigned to Western Asia in this dataset, it ranks 3 by area, from largest to smallest. Türkiye is immediately above it in that ordering, at 783,562 km². Iraq is immediately below it, at 438,317 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 41,773,878 people for Yemen in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 79 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are Arabic. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Yemeni Rial (YER). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
Cover the facts above and work through these five questions. Open each answer when you are ready to check it. You can use this section without JavaScript.
What is the capital of Yemen?
Reveal answer
Sana'a. Sana’a is the constitutional capital; Aden has served as the internationally recognised government’s temporary seat. This case is excluded from capital quizzes.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Yemen?
Reveal answer
The flag of Yemen is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, white and black.
Which land neighbours of Yemen are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
Oman and Saudi Arabia. The source classifies Yemen as not landlocked.
Which languages does the source list for Yemen?
Reveal answer
Arabic. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Yemen.
Which currency codes are listed for Yemen?
Reveal answer
Yemeni Rial (YER). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
Try it from memory
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