Total fertility rate of Yemen 1925-2020
Following Yemen’s unification in the 1990s, the total fertility rate began to fall significantly. Despite ongoing violence and political turmoil, advancements in healthcare and humanitarian aid helped Yemen's fertility rate drop below seven births per woman at the end of the 20th century, and below four births per woman in the year 2020. The decline has slowed in the past five years, however, due to the Yemen Civil War which began in 2014. Yemen is currently experiencing what is arguably the most severe humanitarian crisis in the world, and its healthcare system has been almost decimated through war, famine and the lack of water or sanitation; it remains to be seen how these estimates may change in the coming years, given the long-term impact of the civil war and the humanitarian crisis.