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Yemen People:
Population:
20,727,063 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 46.5% (male:4,905,831; female:4,727,177)
15-64 years: 50.8% (male:5,364,711; female:5,172,811)
65 years and over: 2.7% (male:274,166; female:282,367) (2005)
Median age:
total: 16.54 years
male: 16.53 years
female: 16.56 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
3.45% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
43.07 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
8.53 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.97 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 61.5 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 66.26 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 56.49 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 61.75 years (2005 est.)
male: 59.89 years
female: 63.71 years
Total fertility rate:
6.67 children born/woman (2005 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:
Arab but also Afro-Arab, South Asians, Europeans
Religions:
Muslim including Shaf'i (Sunni) and Zaydi (Shi'a), Jewish small numbers of Jewish, Christian, Hindu
Languages:
Arabic
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 50.2%
male: 70.5%
female: 30% (2003)
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