| People | Yemen |
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Population:
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24,133,492 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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46 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 32% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 4.6% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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SANAA (capital) 2.229 million (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 43% (male 5,285,218/female 5,094,736)
15-64 years: 54.4% (male 6,666,600/female 6,459,414)
65 years and over: 2.6% (male 298,175/female 329,349) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 18.1 years
male: 18 years
female: 18.2 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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2.647% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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33.49 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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7.02 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.91 male(s)/female
total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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210 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 55.11 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 59.7 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 50.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 63.74 years
male: 61.7 years
female: 65.87 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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4.63 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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5.6% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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0.3 physicians/1,000 population (2009) |
Hospital bed density:
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0.7 beds/1,000 population (2009) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 72% of population
rural: 57% of population
total: 62% of population
unimproved:
urban: 28% of population
rural: 43% of population
total: 38% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 94% of population
rural: 33% of population
total: 52% of population
unimproved:
urban: 6% of population
rural: 67% of population
total: 48% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria
water contact disease: schistosomiasis (2009) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.1% (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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12,000 (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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NA |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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43.1% (2003) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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void |
Nationality:
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noun: Yemeni(s)
adjective: Yemeni |
Ethnic groups:
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predominantly Arab; but also Afro-Arab, South Asians, Europeans |
Religions:
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Muslim including Shaf'i (Sunni) and Zaydi (Shia), small numbers of Jewish, Christian, and Hindu |
Languages:
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Arabic (official) |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 50.2%
male: 70.5%
female: 30% (2003 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 9 years
male: 11 years
female: 7 years (2005) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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5.2% of GDP (2008) |
People - note:
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void |
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