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    Yemen People - 2007
    http://www.allcountries.org/wfb2007/yemen/yemen_people.html
    SOURCE: 2007 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Population:
      21,456,188 (July 2006 est.)

      Age structure:
      0-14 years: 46.4% (male 5,067,762/female 4,881,333)
      15-64 years: 51% (male 5,568,078/female 5,375,263)
      65 years and over: 2.6% (male 275,878/female 287,874) (2006 est.)

      Median age:
      total: 16.6 years
      male: 16.6 years
      female: 16.6 years (2006 est.)

      Population growth rate:
      3.46% (2006 est.)

      Birth rate:
      42.89 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

      Death rate:
      8.3 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)

      Net migration rate:
      0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)

      Sex ratio:
      at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
      under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
      15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
      65 years and over: 0.96 male(s)/female
      total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2006 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:
      total: 59.88 deaths/1,000 live births
      male: 64.55 deaths/1,000 live births
      female: 54.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth:
      total population: 62.12 years
      male: 60.23 years
      female: 64.11 years (2006 est.)


      See also: Healthy Life Expectancy


      See also: Health Performance

      Total fertility rate:
      6.58 children born/woman (2006 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.)


      NOTE: The information regarding Yemen on this page is re-published from the 2007 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Yemen People 2007 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Yemen People 2007 should be addressed to the CIA.

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    Revised 12-Mar-07
    Copyright © 2007 Photius Coutsoukis (all rights reserved)


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