Yemen: People & Society#
Population | 27,392,779 (July 2016 est.) |
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Nationality | noun: Yemeni(s) adjective: Yemeni |
Ethnic groups | predominantly Arab; but also Afro-Arab, South Asians, Europeans |
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 |
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) (2010 est.) |
Age structure | 0-14 years: 40.48% (male 5,639,657/female 5,447,662) 15-24 years: 21.16% (male 2,940,484/female 2,855,538) 25-54 years: 31.79% (male 4,451,305/female 4,257,877) 55-64 years: 3.87% (male 487,986/female 571,676) 65 years and over: 2.7% (male 342,053/female 398,541) (2016 est.) |
Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 75.6% youth dependency ratio: 70.7% elderly dependency ratio: 4.9% potential support ratio: 20.4% (2015 est.) |
Median age | total: 19.2 years male: 19.1 years female: 19.3 years (2016 est.) |
Population growth rate | 2.37% (2016 est.) |
Birth rate | 29.2 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Death rate | 6.1 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Net migration rate | 0.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Population distribution | the vast majority of the population is found in the southern Sarawat Mountains, located in the far western region of the country |
Urbanization | urban population: 34.6% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 4.03% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major urban areas - population | SANAA (capital) 2.962 million; Aden 882,000 (2015) |
Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.85 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.87 male(s)/female total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
Mother's mean age at first birth | 21.4 median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2013) |
Maternal mortality rate | 385 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
Infant mortality rate | total: 47.4 deaths/1,000 live births male: 51.6 deaths/1,000 live births female: 43.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth | total population: 65.5 years male: 63.4 years female: 67.8 years (2016 est.) |
Total fertility rate | 3.77 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
Contraceptive prevalence rate | 27.7% (2006) |
Health expenditures | 5.6% of GDP (2014) |
Physicians density | 0.2 physicians/1,000 population (2010) |
Hospital bed density | 0.7 beds/1,000 population (2012) |
Drinking water source | improved: urban: 72% of population rural: 46.5% of population total: 54.9% of population unimproved: urban: 28% of population rural: 53.5% of population total: 45.1% of population (2012 est.) |
Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 92.5% of population rural: 34.1% of population total: 53.3% of population unimproved: urban: 7.5% of population rural: 65.9% of population total: 46.7% of population (2012 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.06% (2015 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 9,200 (2015 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths | 300 (2015 est.) |
Major infectious diseases | degree of risk: high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria water contact disease: schistosomiasis (2016) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 14.2% (2014) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 39.9% (2013) |
Education expenditures | 4.6% of GDP (2008) |
Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 70.1% male: 85.1% female: 55% (2015 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 8 years (2011) |
Child labor - children ages 5-14 | total number: 1,334,288 percentage: 23% (2006 est.) |
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 | total: 33.7% male: 26% female: 74% (2010 est.) |