Population 16,387,963 (July 1998 est.)
note: other estimates range as high as 16.6 million

Age structure
0-14 years: 48% (male 4,016,052; female 3,859,079)
15-64 years: 49% (male 4,066,601; female 3,902,686)
65 years and over: 3% (male 280,152; female 263,393) (July 1998 est.)

Population growth rate 3.31% (1998 est.)

Birth rate 43.36 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Death rate 10.27 deaths/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Net migration rate 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Sex ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 1.06 male(s)/female (1998 est.)

Infant mortality rate 72.2 deaths/1,000 live births (1998 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 59.47 years
male: 57.71 years
female: 61.32 years (1998 est.)

Total fertility rate 7.14 children born/woman (1998 est.)

Nationality
noun: Yemeni(s)
adjective: Yemeni

Ethnic groups predominantly Arab; Afro-Arab concentrations in western coastal locations; South Asians in southern regions; small European communities in major metropolitan areas

Religions Muslim including Shaf'i (Sunni) and Zaydi (Shi'a), small numbers of Jewish, Christian, and Hindu

Languages Arabic

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

NOTE: The information regarding Yemen on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Yemen People 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Yemen People 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.