| Population :
| 20,024,867 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Age structure 0-14 % :
| 46,60%.
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| Age structure 0-14.m :
| 4 751 776.
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| Age structure 0-14.f :
| 4 582 277.
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| Age structure 15-64 % :
| 50,60%.
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| Age structure 15-64.m :
| 5 166 437.
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| Age structure 15-64.f :
| 4 973 543.
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| Age structure 65 % :
| 2,80%.
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| Age structure 65.m :
| 273 199.
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| Age structure 65.f :
| 277 635.
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| Age structure est :
| 2004 est..
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| Median age total :
| 16.5 years .
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| Median age male :
| 16.5 years .
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| Median age female :
| 16.5 years (2004 est.) .
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| Population growth rate :
| 3.44% (2004 est.) .
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| Population growth rate note :
| .
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| Birth rate :
| 43.16 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Death rate :
| 8.78 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Net migration rate :
| 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Sex ratio at birth :
| 1.05 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio under 15 :
| 1.04 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio 15-64 :
| 1.04 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio 65 :
| 0.98 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio total :
| 1.04 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Infant mortality rate male :
| 68.12 deaths/1,000 live births .
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| Infant mortality rate female :
| 58.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) .
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| Life expectancy at birth total :
| 61.36 years .
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| Life expectancy at birth male :
| 59.53 years .
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| Life Expectancy at birth female :
| 63.29 years (2004 est.) .
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| Total fertility rate :
| 6.75 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| hiv aids :
| 0.1% (2001 est.) .
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| hiv aids people :
| 9,900 (2001 est.) .
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| hiv aids deaths :
| NA .
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| Nationality noun :
| Yemeni(s) .
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| Nationality adjective :
| Yemeni .
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| Ethnic groups :
| predominantly Arab; but also Afro-Arab, South Asians, Europeans .
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| Religions :
| Muslim including Shaf'i (Sunni) and Zaydi (Shi'a), small numbers of Jewish, Christian, and Hindu .
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| Languages :
| Arabic .
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| Literacy definition :
| age 15 and over can read and write .
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| Literacy total :
| 50,20%.
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| Literacy male :
| 70,50%.
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| Literacy female :
| 30% (2003 est.) .
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| Government type :
| republic .
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| Independence :
| 22 May 1990, Republic of Yemen was 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]; previously North Yemen had become independent on NA November 1918 (from the Ottoman Empire) and South Yemen had become independent on 30 November 1967 (from the UK) .
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| National holiday :
| Unification Day, 22 May (1990) .
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| Suffrage :
| 18 years of age; universal .
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| Economy overview :
| Yemen, one of the poorest countries in the Arab world, reported strong growth in the mid-1990s with the onset of oil production, but has been harmed by periodic declines in oil prices. Yemen has embarked on an IMF-supported structural adjustment program designed to modernize and streamline the economy, which has led to substantial foreign debt relief and restructuring. International donors, meeting in Paris in October 2002, agreed on a further $2.3 billion economic support package. Yemen has worked to maintain tight control over spending and to implement additional components of the IMF program. A high population growth rate and internal political dissension complicate the government's task. Plans include a diversification of the economy, encouragement of tourism, and more efficient use of scarce water resources. .
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| Population below poverty line :
| 15.7% (2001) .
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| Labor force by occupation :
| most people are employed in agriculture and herding; services, construction, industry, and commerce account for less than one-fourth of the labor force .
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| Agriculture products :
| grain, fruits, vegetables, pulses, qat (mildly narcotic shrub), coffee, cotton; dairy products, livestock (sheep, goats, cattle, camels), poultry; fish .
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| Industries :
| crude oil production and petroleum refining; small-scale production of cotton textiles and leather goods; food processing; handicrafts; small aluminum products factory; cement .
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| Exports commodities :
| crude oil, coffee, dried and salted fish .
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| Exports partners :
| China 28.5%, Thailand 18.3%, India 14%, South Korea 10.5%, Malaysia 5.1% (2003 est.) .
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| Imports commodities :
| Unification Day, 22 May (1990) .
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| Imports partners :
| Unification Day, 22 May (1990) .
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| Internet users :
| 100,000 (2002) .
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| Hymne :
| .
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