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Population: |
20,727,063 (July 2005 est.)
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Age structure: |
0-14 years: 46.5% (male 4,905,831/female 4,727,177)
15-64 years: 50.8% (male 5,364,711/female 5,172,811)
65 years and over: 2.7% (male 274,166/female 282,367) (2005 est.)
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Median age: |
total: 16.54 years
male: 16.53 years
female: 16.56 years (2005 est.)
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Population growth rate: |
3.45% (2005 est.)
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Birth rate: |
43.07 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
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Death rate: |
8.53 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
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Net migration rate: |
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
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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: 0.97 male(s)/female
total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
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Infant mortality rate: |
total: 61.5 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 66.26 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 56.49 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)
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Life expectancy at birth: |
total population: 61.75 years
male: 59.89 years
female: 63.71 years (2005 est.)
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Total fertility rate: |
6.67 children born/woman (2005 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
0.1% (2001 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
12,000 (2001 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
NA
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Nationality: |
noun: Yemeni(s)
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
total population: 50.2%
male: 70.5%
female: 30% (2003 est.)
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