My World Factbook
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People
23,495,361 (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 0-14 years: 43.9% (male 5,108,423/female 4,925,523)
15-64 years: 53.5% (male 6,215,999/female 6,013,334)
65 years and over: 2.6% (male 285,752/female 309,207) (2010 est.)
total: 17.9 years
male: 17.8 years
female: 18 years (2010 est.)
2.713% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 34.37 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 7.24 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population
country comparison to the world: urban population: 31% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 4.9% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.91 male(s)/female
total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 56.77 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: male: 61.46 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 51.85 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 63.36 years
country comparison to the world: male: 61.35 years
female: 65.47 years (2010 est.)
4.81 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 0.1% (2001 est.)
country comparison to the world: 12,000 (2001 est.)
country comparison to the world: NA
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 (2009)
noun: Yemeni(s)
adjective: Yemeni
predominantly Arab; but also Afro-Arab, South Asians, Europeans
Muslim including Shaf’i (Sunni) and Zaydi (Shia), small numbers of Jewish, Christian, and Hindu
Arabic (official)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 50.2%
male: 70.5%
female: 30% (2003 est.)
total: 9 years
male: 11 years
female: 7 years (2005)
5.2% of GDP (2008)
country comparison to the world: 
