| People | Yemen |
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Population:
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23,822,783 (July 2009 est.) |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 31% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 4.9% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) |
Population density:
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46 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 46.2% (male 5,602,590/female 5,398,103)
15-64 years: 51.3% (male 6,212,378/female 6,009,401)
65 years and over: 2.5% (male 288,501/female 311,810) (2009 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 16.8 years
male: 16.7 years
female: 16.8 years (2009 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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3.453% (2009 est.) |
Birth rate:
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42.14 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Death rate:
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7.83 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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NA (2009 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: 0.92 male(s)/female
total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2009 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 54.7 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 59.12 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 50.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 63.27 years
male: 61.3 years
female: 65.33 years (2009 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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6.32 children born/woman (2009 est.) |
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 |
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 |
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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9.6% of GDP (2001) |
People - note:
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void |
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