Yemen People 1997

Population 13,972,477 (July 1997 est.)
note: other estimates range as high as 16.6 million

Age structure
0-14 years: 48% (male 3,421,216; female 3,237,594)
15-64 years : 49% (male 3,454,912; female 3,479,395)
65 years and over: 3% (male 162,600; female 216,760) (July 1997 est.)

Population growth rate 3.57% (1997 est.)

Birth rate 44.83 births/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Death rate 9.17 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Net migration rate 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Sex ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years : 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (1997 est.)

Infant mortality rate 68.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1997 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 60.31 years
male : 58.9 years
female: 61.78 years (1997 est.)

Total fertility rate 7.18 children born/woman (1997 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 metropolitanareas

Religions Muslim including Sha'fi (Sunni) and Zaydi (Shi'a), small numbers ofJewish, 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 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Yemen People 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Yemen People 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.