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Yemen - Middle East



Population  PopulationTop of page
InhabitantsLife expectancy
22,230,531 (July 2007 est.)total population: 62.52 years
male: 60.61 years
female: 64.54 years (2007 est.)
Ethnic groupsReligions
predominantly Arab; but also Afro-Arab, South Asians, EuropeansMuslim including Shaf'i (Sunni) and Zaydi (Shi'a), small numbers of Jewish, Christian, and Hindu
LanguagesLiteracy
Arabicdefinition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 50.2%
male: 70.5%
female: 30% (2003 est.)


Government  GovernmentTop of page
Government typeCapital
republic Sanaa
IndependanceNational day
22 May 1990 (Republic of Yemen established with the merger of the Yemen Arab Republic [Yemen (Sanaa) or North Yemen] and the Marxist-dominated People's Democratic Republic of Yemen [Yemen (Aden) or South Yemen]); note - previously North Yemen had become independent in November 1918 (from the Ottoman Empire) and South Yemen became independent on 30 November 1967 (from the UK)Unification Day, 22 May (1990)
ConstitutionLegal system
16 May 1991; amended 29 September 1994 and February 2001based on Islamic law, Turkish law, English common law, and local tribal customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction


Economy  EconomyTop of page
GDP (purchasing power parity)Growth rate
$15.16 billion (2006 est.)3.2% (2006 est.)
GDP per inhabitantUnemployment rate
$900 (2006 est.)35% (2003 est.)
Population below poverty lineInflation rate
45.2% (2003)14.8% (2006 est.)
ExportsImports
$8.214 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)$5.042 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Reserves of foreign exchange and goldCurrency
$6.735 billion (2006 est.)Yemeni rial (YER)
Military expenditures
6.6% (2006)


Geography  GeographyTop of page
LocationArea
Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, between Oman and Saudi Arabia 527,970 sq km
ClimateNatural resources
mostly desert; hot and humid along west coast; temperate in western mountains affected by seasonal monsoon; extraordinarily hot, dry, harsh desert in eastpetroleum, fish, rock salt, marble; small deposits of coal, gold, lead, nickel, and copper; fertile soil in west


Communication  CommunicationTop of page
CellularsInternet code
2.075 million (2006).ye
Internet hostsInternet users
171 (2006)220,000 (2005)


Transportation  TransportationTop of page
AirportsRailways (in km)
46 (2006)
Roadways (in km)Pipelines (in km)
71,300 km gas 71 km; liquid petroleum gas 22 km; oil 1,284 km (2006)