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Yemen
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Population:
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Labor force:
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14,728,474 (July 1995 est.)
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0-14 years:
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50% (female 3,551,953; male 3,776,358)
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15-64 years:
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48% (female 3,505,735; male 3,508,229)
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65 years and over:
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2% (female 216,210; male 169,989) (July 1995 est.)
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4.02% (1995 est.)
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44.85 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)
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8.01 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)
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3.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)
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58.2 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)
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total population:
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62.51 years
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male:
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61.57 years
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female:
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63.5 years (1995 est.)
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7.15 children born/woman (1995 est.)
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noun:
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Yemeni(s)
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adjective:
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Yemeni
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predominantly Arab; Afro-Arab concentrations in western coastal locations;
South Asians in southern regions; small European communities in major
metropolitan areas
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Muslim including Sha'fi (Sunni) and Zaydi (Shi'a), small numbers of Jewish,
Christian, and Hindu
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Arabic
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age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
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total population:
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38%
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male:
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53%
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female:
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26%
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no reliable estimates exist, most people are employed in agriculture and
herding or as expatriate laborers; services, construction, industry, and
commerce account for less than half of the labor force