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Capital city · Yemen · Asia

Sanaa

Amanat Alasimah · Yemen
City population
1,937,451
#1
in Yemen
#214
worldwide
Sanaa
15.355, 44.206
City population
1,937,451
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Yemen
#1
of 25 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#214
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Yemen
4.6%
of the national population

About Sanaa

Yemen's largest city by far, Sanaa holds 1,937,451 residents—nearly 4.6% of the national population. The capital sits at 2,253 m elevation. Saḩar, the nearest listed city, lies 12 km away with a population of 31,859; Sayyān is 24 km distant with 69,404 residents.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in Yemen
#1of 25
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Yemen
Region
Amanat Alasimah
Capital
National capital
Elevation
2,253 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Aden
Coordinates
15.355, 44.206
Record updated
2025-06-14
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 Yemen

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

24KMSayyān69K people44KM‘Amrān91K people75KMḨajjah44K people93KMDhamār160K people104KMBājil48K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Sanaa1.94M
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Sanaa compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Sanaa1.94M

Sanaa Population FAQ

What is the population of Sanaa?

Sanaa has a city population of 1,937,451. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Sanaa?

Sanaa is in Amanat Alasimah, Yemen. Its coordinates are 15.355, 44.206.

How big is Sanaa compared with other cities in Yemen?

It is the 1st largest of the 25 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Yemen, holding 4.6% of the national population.

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