List of cities in Yemen
A city is an administrative division falling under the urban mudiriyah subdivision; it comprises governorate and district centers, as well as any urban population cluster with 5,000 or more inhabitants that possesses one or more basic services.
| Rank | Name | Population | Governorate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transcription | Arabic | Census 1994 | Estimate 2005 | ||
| 1. | Sanaa | صنعاء | 954,448 | 2,431,649 | Sanaa (Capital District) |
| 2. | Taiz | تعز | 317,571 | 596,672 | Taiz |
| 3. | Hodeidah | الحديدة | 298,452 | 548,433 | Al Hudaydah |
| 4. | Aden | عدن | 398,294 | 507,355 | Aden |
| 5. | Ibb | إب | 103,312 | 225,611 | Ibb |
| 6. | Dhamar | ذمار | 82,920 | 160,114 | Dhamar |
| 7. | Mukalla | المكلا | 122,359 | 144,137 | Hadhramaut |
| 8. | Seiyun | سيئون | 111,728 | 120,137 | Hadhramaut |
| 9. | Zinjibar | (زنجبار (أبين | 50,346 | 70,801 | Abyan |
| 10. | Sayyan | سيان | 58,383 | 69,993 | Sanaa |
| 11. | Ash Shihr | الشحر | 48,577 | 68,313 | Hadhramaut |
| 12. | Sahar | سحار | 27,621 | 60,487 | Sanaa |
| 13. | Saada | صعدة | ? | 51,870 | Saada |
| 14. | Zabid | زبيد | 44,239 | 50,781 | Al Hudaydah |
| 15. | Hajjah | حجة | 24,645 | 46,568 | Hajjah |
| 16. | Bajil District | باجل | 40,561 | 46,005 | Al Hudaydah |
| 17. | Dhi as-Sufal | ذي سفال | 31,963 | 44,949 | Ibb |
| 18. | Rada'a | رداع | 39,227 | 44,755 | Al Bayda' |
| 19. | Bait al-Faqih | بيت الفقيه | 28,773 | 41,652 | Al Hudaydah |
| 20. | al-Marawi'a | المراوعة | 30,504 | 39,911 | Al Hudaydah |
| 21. | Yarim | يريم | 27,802 | 34,805 | Ibb |
| 22. | Al Bayda' | البيضاء | 19,294 | 33,175 | Al Bayda' |
| 23. | 'Amran | عمران | 28,212 | 31,497 | Sanaa |
| 24. | Lahij | لحج | 19,006 | 26,728 | Lahij |
| 25. | Abs | عبس | 18,320 | 25,763 | Hajjah |
| 26. | Harad | حرض | 15,710 | 22,093 | Hajjah |
| 27. | Dimnat Chadir | دمنت خدير | 15,651 | 22,010 | Taiz |
| 28. | Ataq | عتق | 13,995 | 19,681 | Shabwah |
| 29. | al-Mahabischa | المحابشة | 12,918 | 18,166 | Hajjah |
| 30. | Baihan | بيحان | 12,685 | 17,839 | Shabwah |
| 31. | Marib | مأرب | 6,996 | 16,794 | Ma'rib |
| 32. | Thula | ثلاء | 11,564 | 16,262 | 'Amran |
| 33. | Az Zaydiyah | الزيدية | 13,912 | 16,246 | Al Hudaydah |
| 34. | Mudiyah | مودية | 11,071 | 15,569 | Abyan |
| 35. | Khamir | خمر | 10,903 | 15,333 | 'Amran |
| 36. | Hais | حيس | 10,678 | 15,016 | Taiz |
| 37. | Ad-Dahi | الضحى | 10,496 | 14,760 | Al Hudaydah |
| 38. | Mocha | المخا | 10,355 | 14,562 | Taiz |
| 39. | Al Ghaydah | الغيضة | 7,785 | 10,948 | Al Mahrah |
| 40. | Al Mahwit | المحويت | 9,060 | 10,593 | Al Mahwit |
