Population: 11,105,202 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate: 3.34% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 50.72 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 14.94 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: -2.44 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 112.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 51.47 years
male: 50.34 years
female: 52.65 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 7.2 children born/woman (1994 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Yemeni(s)
adjective: Yemeni

Ethnic divisions: predominantly Arab; Afro-Arab concentrations in coastal locations; South Asians in southern regions; small European communities in major metropolitan areas; 60,000 (est.) Somali refugees encamped near Aden

Religions: Muslim including Sha'fi (Sunni) and Zaydi (Shi'a), Jewish, Christian, Hindu

Languages: Arabic

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
total population: 38%
male: 53%
female: 26%
Labor force: 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

NOTE: The information regarding Yemen on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Yemen People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Yemen People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.