Yemen People - 2023
SOURCE: 2023 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
Population
31,565,602 (2023 est.)
Nationality
noun: Yemeni(s)
adjective: Yemeni
Ethnic groups
predominantly Arab; but also Afro-Arab, South Asian, European
Languages
Arabic (official); note - a distinct Socotri language is widely used on Socotra Island and Archipelago; Mahri is still fairly widely spoken in eastern Yemen
major-language sample(s):
كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)
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Religions
Muslim 99.1% (official; virtually all are citizens, an estimated 65% are Sunni and 35% are Shia), other 0.9% (includes Jewish, Baha'i, Hindu, and Christian; many are refugees or temporary foreign residents) (2020 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years: 35.14% (male 5,641,548/female 5,449,491)
15-64 years: 61.52% (male 9,829,725/female 9,590,956)
65 years and over: 3.34% (2023 est.) (male 464,548/female 589,334)
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio: 71.7
youth dependency ratio: 69.4
elderly dependency ratio: 4.7
potential support ratio: 19.9 (2021 est.)
Median age
total: 19.8 years (2018 est.)
male: 19.6 years
female: 19.9 years
Population growth rate
1.83% (2023 est.)
Birth rate
24.05 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Death rate
5.54 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Net migration rate
-0.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Population distribution
the vast majority of the population is found in the Asir Mountains (part of the larger Sarawat Mountain system), located in the far western region of the country
Urbanization
urban population: 39.8% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 3.71% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)
Major urban areas - population
3.292 million SANAA (capital), 1.080 million Aden, 941,000 Taiz, 772,000 Ibb (2023)
Sex ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2023 est.)
Mother's mean age at first birth
20.8 years (2013 est.)
note: data represents median age at first birth among women 25-49
Maternal mortality ratio
183 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)
Infant mortality rate
total: 45.54 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 50.87 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 39.95 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 67.83 years
male: 65.49 years
female: 70.28 years (2023 est.)
Total fertility rate
2.91 children born/woman (2023 est.)
Gross reproduction rate
1.42 (2023 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate
33.5% (2013)
Drinking water source
improved: urban: 98.5% of population
rural: 84.2% of population
total: 99.6% of population
unimproved: urban: 1.5% of population
rural: 15.8% of population
total: 10.4% of population (2020 est.)
Current health expenditure
4.3% of GDP (2015)
Physicians density
0.53 physicians/1,000 population (2014)
Hospital bed density
0.7 beds/1,000 population (2017)
Sanitation facility access
improved: urban: 83.5% of population
rural: 44.2% of population
total: 59.1% of population
unimproved: urban: 16.5% of population
rural: 55.8% of population
total: 40.9% of population (2020 est.)
Major infectious diseases
degree of risk: high (2023)
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria
water contact diseases: schistosomiasis
note: on 21 March 2022, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Travel Alert for polio in Asia; Yemen is currently considered a high risk to travelers for circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPV); vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV) is a strain of the weakened poliovirus that was initially included in oral polio vaccine (OPV) and that has changed over time and behaves more like the wild or naturally occurring virus; this means it can be spread more easily to people who are unvaccinated against polio and who come in contact with the stool or respiratory secretions, such as from a sneeze, of an “infected” person who received oral polio vaccine; the CDC recommends that before any international travel, anyone unvaccinated, incompletely vaccinated, or with an unknown polio vaccination status should complete the routine polio vaccine series; before travel to any high-risk destination, the CDC recommends that adults who previously completed the full, routine polio vaccine series receive a single, lifetime booster dose of polio vaccine
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
17.1% (2016)
Alcohol consumption per capita
total: 0.02 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
beer: 0.02 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Tobacco use
total: 20.3% (2020 est.)
male: 32.5% (2020 est.)
female: 8.1% (2020 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
39.9% (2013)
Currently married women (ages 15-49)
60.4% (2023 est.)
Education expenditures
N/A
Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 70.1%
male: 85.1%
female: 55% (2015)
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
total: 25.5%
male: 24.3%
female: 36.3% (2021 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Yemen on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Yemen 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Yemen 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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