Population 18,701,257 (July 2002 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 47% (male 4,468,928; female 4,317,648)
15-64 years: 50.1% (male 4,783,769; female 4,587,309)
65 years and over: 2.9% (male 273,282; female 270,321) (2002 est.)

Population growth rate 3.4% (2002 est.)

Birth rate 43.3 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Death rate 9.31 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Net migration rate 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 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: 1.01 male(s)/female
total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2002 est.)

Infant mortality rate 66.78 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 60.59 years
female: 62.46 years (2002 est.)
male: 58.81 years

Total fertility rate 6.9 children born/woman (2002 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate 0.01% (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS NA

HIV/AIDS - deaths NA

Nationality
noun: Yemeni(s)
adjective: Yemeni

Ethnic groups predominantly Arab; but also Afro-Arab, South Asians, Europeans

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 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Yemen People 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Yemen People 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.