Aden: population, health, schools, living standards and local finances
Aden is a governorate of Yemen, number 12 of 21 by population. The Central Statistical Organization estimates Aden governorate had 1,083,000 residents in 2022, 3.4% of Yemen's 31,888,000 people. That makes it the 10th least populous of 21 governorates.
In depth
- Economy, jobs and prices in Aden: 89.1% of households in Aden governorate owned a mobile phone in 2022-23 (Yemen: 88.4%), 9th highest of 21.
- Health in Aden: 82.8% of women in Aden governorate who gave birth in the two years before the survey saw skilled health personnel (doctor, nurse or midwife) at least once during pregnancy, against 69.5% across Yemen (3rd highest of 19).
- Education in Aden: 85.8% of children of primary-school age in Aden governorate were attending school in 2022-23 (net attendance rate), against 76.2% across Yemen (3rd highest of 21).
- Poverty and living standards in Aden: 0.3% of people in Aden governorate lived in households in the poorest national wealth quintile in 2022-23 (20% in each quintile would mean an equal spread; 2nd lowest of 21).
What is the ratio of men to women in Aden governorate?
There were about 117 men for every 100 women in Aden governorate in 2022 (Yemen overall: 104), according to the Central Statistical Organization's 2022 population estimates.
Source: Central Statistical Organization, Yemen · saved copyHow urban is Aden governorate?
100% of residents lived in urban areas in Aden governorate in 2022, against 32% for Yemen as a whole (the most urban of 21), as estimated by the Central Statistical Organization.
Source: Central Statistical Organization, Yemen · saved copyHow many households are there in Aden governorate?
The Central Statistical Organization counted about 168,000 households in Aden governorate in 2022, on its population estimates.
Source: Central Statistical Organization, Yemen · saved copyHow governorates are governed in Yemen
Governorates (21 plus the Capital Secretariat). Governor appointed by presidential decree (in practice, by whichever authority controls the area); governorate council elected in 2006. Security, services and budgets; councils are meant to plan and supervise.
Every tier of government in Yemen
Other governorates of Yemen
- Sana'a City (Amanat Al Asimah) 3,981,000
- Al Hudaydah 3,654,000
- Taizz 3,487,000
- Ibb 3,118,000
- Hajjah 2,415,000
- Dhamar 2,170,000
- Hadramaut 1,618,000
- Sa'ada 1,258,000
- Sana'a 1,232,000
- Amran 1,102,000
- Lahj 1,091,000
- Al Dhale'e 835,000
- Al Bayda 830,000
- Al Mahwit 781,000
- Shabwah 698,000
- Al Jawf 645,000
- Raymah 642,000
- Abyan 619,000
- Marib 376,000
- Al Maharah 181,000
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Sources
- Central Statistical Organization, Yemen, with UNICEF: Yemen Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) 2022-2023, Survey Findings Report (tables by governorate), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 03bf052dd0d2…)
- Central Statistical Organization, Yemen: Statistical Yearbook at governorate level 2021-2022 (Tables: population projections by governorate, local revenues and expenditures, exchange rates, food basket cost), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 b20d7cc9383a…)
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