Businesses in Zabīd

Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Zabīd

Industry Description	Number of Establishments
Mosques	132
Grocery stores and supermarkets	51
Education	40
Apartments	34
Shopping	27
Electronics stores	23
Tractors and farm equipment	15
Gas station	13
Religion	11
Cemeteries and crematoriums	11
Clothing stores	8
Hospitals	8

Zabīd Facts

Area	630.0 km²
Population	252,876
Male Population	128,525 (50.8%)
Female Population	124,351 (49.2%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+377.0%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+80.9%
Median Age	17 years (Male: 16.5, Female: 17.5)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$2,001 (2022)
Local Time
Timezone	Arabian Standard Time
Lat & Lng	14.19510, 43.31518

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Zabīd Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	53,014	93,945	139,818	211,472	252,876	279,434	307,000
Population Density	84.1 / km²	149.1 / km²	221.9 / km²	335.7 / km²	401.4 / km²	443.5 / km²	487.3 / km²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Zabīd Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 80.9% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Zabīd	+377%	+169.2%	+80.9%
Al Hudaydah Governorate	—	—	—
Yemen	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Zabīd Median Age

Median Age: 17 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Zabīd	17 yrs	17.5 yrs	16.5 yrs
Al Hudaydah Governorate	17.8 yrs	18 yrs	17.6 yrs
Yemen	17 yrs	17.2 yrs	16.7 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Zabīd Population Density

Population Density: 401 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Zabīd	252,876	630 km²	401 / km²
Al Hudaydah Governorate	2.9 million	13,174 km²	222 / km²
Yemen	26.6 million	453,339 km²	58.7 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Zabīd Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 0 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Zabīd Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$2,067	$2,162	$2,634	$4,214	$4,368	$2,931	$2,238	$2,001
Total GDP	$167.2M	$202.2M	$280.5M	$507.4M	$615.8M	$484.2M	$416M	$385.4M

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Kosonen, M. & Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S. Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022. Sci Data 12, 178 (2025) doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04487-x

Zabīd CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Zabīd	214,010 tn	0.85 tn	339.7 tons/km²
Al Hudaydah Governorate	2,381,487 tn	0.82 tn	180.8 tons/km²
Yemen	37,569,980 tn	1.41 tn	82.9 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Zabīd CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	214,010 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	0.85 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	339.7 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Flood	High (9)
Earthquake	Low (2.3)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Flood Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4668B3D.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
11/1/93	12:27 AM	3.9	42.3 km	24,600 m	near the coast of Yemen	usgs.gov
5/19/92	1:26 AM	4.5	86.5 km	10,000 m	Yemen	usgs.gov
11/22/91	12:40 AM	4.7	88.2 km	10,000 m	Yemen	usgs.gov
4/16/89	6:20 AM	4.1	43.5 km	10,000 m	near the coast of Yemen	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Zabīd

Zabid (Arabic: زبيد‎) (also spelled Zebid) is a town with an urban population of around 52,590 persons on Yemen's western coastal plain. The town, named after Wadi Zabid, the wadi (or valley) to its south, is one of the oldest towns in Yemen. It was ..

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