| Population: |
22,230,531 (July 2007 est.) |
| Age structure: |
0-14 years: 46.3% (male 5,239,003/female 5,047,301)
15-64 years: 51.1% (male 5,781,491/female 5,585,152)
65 years and over: 2.6% (male 281,121/female 296,463) (2007 est.) |
| Population growth rate: |
3.461% (2007 est.) |
| Birth rate: |
42.67 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Death rate: |
8.05 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Net migration rate: |
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Sex ratio: |
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.038 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.035 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.948 male(s)/female
total population: 1.034 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate: |
total: 57.88 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 62.48 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 53.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth: |
total population: 62.52 years
male: 60.61 years
female: 64.54 years (2007 est.) |
| Total fertility rate: |
6.49 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
0.1% (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
12,000 (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
NA |
| Nationality: |
noun: Yemeni(s)
adjective: Yemeni |
| Ethnic groups: |
predominantly Arab; but also Afro-Arab, South Asians, Europeans |
| Religions: |
Muslim including Shaf'i (Sunni) and Zaydi (Shi'a), small numbers of Jewish, Christian, and Hindu |
| Languages: |
Arabic |
| Literacy: |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 50.2%
male: 70.5%
female: 30% (2003 est.) |
