Population: 10,062,633 (July 1991), growth rate 3.2% (1991)

Birth rate: 51 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 16 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: - 3 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 121 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 49 years male, 51 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 7.4 children born/woman (1991)

Nationality: noun--Yemeni(s); adjective--Yemeni

Ethnic divisions: North--Arab 90%, Afro-Arab (mixed) 10%; South--almost all Arabs; a few Indians, Somalis, and Europeans

Religion: North--Muslim 100% (Sunni and Shia); South--Sunni Muslim, some Christian and Hindu

Language: Arabic

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

Labor force: North--NA number of workers with agriculture and herding 70%, and expatriate laborers 30% (est.); South--477,000 with agriculture 45.2%, services 21.2%, construction 13.4%, industry 10.6%, commerce and other 9.6% (1983)

Organized labor: North--NA; South--348,200 and the General Confederation of Workers of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen had 35,000 members

NOTE: The information regarding Yemen on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Yemen People 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Yemen People 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.