| People | Yemen |
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Population:
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23,013,376 (July 2008 est.) |
Population density:
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44 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 46.2% (male 5,415,385/female 5,218,237)
15-64 years: 51.2% (male 5,996,202/female 5,795,779)
65 years and over: 2.6% (male 284,195/female 303,578) (2008 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 16.7 years
male: 16.7 years
female: 16.8 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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3.46% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate:
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42.42 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate:
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7.83 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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NA |
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: 0.94 male(s)/female
total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2008 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 56.27 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 60.78 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 51.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 62.9 years
male: 60.96 years
female: 64.94 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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6.41 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
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degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria
water contact disease: schistosomiasis (2008) |
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 |
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 (Shi'a), small numbers of Jewish, Christian, and Hindu |
Languages:
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Arabic |
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.) |
People - note:
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void |
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