What is the population of Al Ḩudaydah?
Al Ḩudaydah has a city population of 734,699. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Yemen · Asia
Al Ḩudaydah
Al Hudaydah · Yemen
City population
734,699
#5
in Yemen
#1
in Al Hudaydah
#753
worldwide
14.798, 42.955 · 148 km from Sanaa
About Al Ḩudaydah
The fifth-largest city in Yemen, Al Ḩudaydah holds 734,699 people and accounts for 1.8% of the national population. It sits 148 km from Sanaa and sits at 10 m elevation. Three cities lie within 80 km: Bājil (48,218 people, 46 km away), Bayt al Faqīh (34,204 people, 51 km away), and Zabīd (52,590 people, 77 km away).
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Al Hudaydah
Rank in region
#1of 4
Elevation
10 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Aden
Coordinates
14.798, 42.955
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 25 in YemenClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Al Ḩudaydah | 735K |
Al Ḩudaydah Population FAQ
Where is Al Ḩudaydah?
Al Ḩudaydah is in Al Hudaydah, Yemen, 148 km from the capital, Sanaa. Its coordinates are 14.798, 42.955.
How big is Al Ḩudaydah compared with other cities in Yemen?
It is the 5th largest of the 25 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Yemen, holding 1.8% of the national population.