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Capitals of Yemen
Yemen has 2 capitals — Sanaa and Aden. The largest, Sanaa, has around 2,957,000 residents in the city proper — a major capital. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-23.
CAPITALSSanaa and Aden
LARGEST (POPULATION)2,957,000
NUMBER OF CAPITALS2
The 2 capitals
Each city, with its recorded population (city proper), largest first.
Sanaa2,957,000 people
Aden1,154,410 people
In context
Where Yemen's largest capitalsits on the world’s scale of capital sizes — from the micro-capitals of a few hundred to the mega-capitals of over ten million.
10M+
5–10M
1–5MSanaa is here
250k–1M
50–250k
<50k
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