Yemen 
Facts
Population:
18,078,035 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
47.21% (male 4,340,436; female 4,195,076)
15-64 years:
49.79% (male 4,598,301; female 4,402,402)
65 years and over:
3% (male 274,202; female 267,618) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
3.38% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
43.36 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
9.58 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
1.02 male(s)/female
total population:
1.04 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
68.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
60.21 years
male:
58.45 years
female:
62.05 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
6.97 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.01% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA
Nationality:
noun:
Yemeni(s)
adjective:
Yemeni
Ethnic groups:
predominantly Arab; but also Afro-Arab, South Asians, Europeans
Religions:
Muslim including Shaf'i (Sunni) and Zaydi (Shi'a), small numbers of Jewish, Christian, and Hindu
Languages:
Arabic
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
38%
male:
53%
female:
26% (1990 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $14.4 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
6% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $820 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
20%
industry:
42%
services:
38% (1998)
Population below poverty line:
19% (1992 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
2.3%
highest 10%:
30.8% (1992)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
10% (2000 est.)
Labor force:
NA
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
Unemployment rate:
30% (1995 est.)
Budget:
revenues:
$3 billion
expenditures:
$3.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)
Industries:
crude oil production and petroleum refining; small-scale production of cotton textiles and leather goods; food processing; handicrafts; small aluminum products factory; cement
Industrial production growth rate:
NA%
Electricity - production:
2.4 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
100%
hydro:
0%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
2.232 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
grain, fruits, vegetables, pulses, qat (mildly narcotic shrub), coffee, cotton; dairy products, livestock (sheep, goats, cattle, camels), poultry; fish
Exports:
$4.2 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:
crude oil, coffee, dried and salted fish
Exports - partners:
Thailand 34%, China 26%, South Korea 14%, Japan 3% (1999)
Imports:
$2.7 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:
food and live animals, machinery and equipment
Imports - partners:
Saudi Arabia 10%, UAE 8%, US 7%, France 7%, Italy 6% (1999)
Debt - external:
$4.4 billion (2000)
Economic aid - recipient:
$176.1 million (1995)
Currency:
Yemeni rial (YER)
Currency code:
YER
Exchange rates:
Yemeni rials per US dollar - 164.590 (October 2000), 160.683 (2000), 155.718 (1999), 135.882 (1998), 129.281 (1997), 94.157 (1996)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
Press
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Al-Akhbar
(Pro-government), Aden
(Independent), Aden
http://al-ayyam-yemen.com/
Al-Nahdu
(Independent weekly), Aden
(Islamist weekly), Aden
http://www.y.net.ye/sahwayem/
Al-Sharara
(Weekly Socialist Party organ), Aden
(government-owned), Sanaa
http://www.althawranews.net/
Al-Thawri
(Weekly Socialist Party), Aden
Yemen in the News
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Twenty-one people died in political violence across Yemen over the weekend, including southern protesters, northern rebels, tribal paramilitary fighters, and Yemeni soldiers.
The catalysts for recent widespread protests in southern Yemen include political and economic marginalization, endemic governmental corruption, lack of basic services, and draconian security measures.
The government has tried to mitigate growing civil unrest by reinstating 7,000 former military officers. President Saleh has also proposed several constitutional amendments.
Observers, however, say it will take time and further efforts to rid major cities of people carrying firearms: A bill to regulate the possession of arms has not yet been approved by parliament.
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