Yemenis have been present in the UK since at least the 1860s, with the first Yemenis arriving as sailors and dock workers in the port cities of Northern England and Wales, and despite a smaller population than other British Muslim groups, are likely the longest-established Muslim group in the United Kingdom, with many of these cities retaining a Yemeni population going back several generations.

[1] According to the 2011 UK Census, a total of 18,053 people born in Yemen were residing in the UK: 16,921 were recorded in England, 853 in Wales,[3] 245 in Scotland [4] and 34 in Northern Ireland.

Based on census data, it indicates that they are the seventh largest population of British Arabs by country of birth.

[6] Yemenis are present across the entire UK.

Cities with large and notable Yemeni populations are: