Jemen - Daten & Fakten

total: 527,968 sq km

land: 527,968 sq km

water: 0 sq km

note: includes Perim, Socotra, the former Yemen Arab Republic (YAR or North Yemen), and the former People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY or South Yemen)

agricultural land: 44.5% (2018 est.)

arable land: 2.2% (2018 est.)

permanent crops: 0.6% (2018 est.)

permanent pasture: 41.7% (2018 est.)

forest: 1% (2018 est.)

other: 54.5% (2018 est.)

Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, between Oman and Saudi Arabia

0-14 years: 35.14% (male 5,641,548/female 5,449,491)

15-64 years: 61.52% (male 9,829,725/female 9,590,956)

65 years and over: 3.34% (2023 est.) (male 464,548/female 589,334)

24.05 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

5.54 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Arabic (official); note - a distinct Socotri language is widely used on Socotra Island and Archipelago; Mahri is still fairly widely spoken in eastern Yemen

major-language sample(s):
كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

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total population: 67.83 years

male: 65.49 years

female: 70.28 years (2023 est.)

3.292 million SANAA (capital), 1.080 million Aden, 941,000 Taiz, 772,000 Ibb (2023)

total: 19.8 years (2018 est.)

male: 19.6 years

female: 19.9 years

20.8 years (2013 est.)

note: data represents median age at first birth among women 25-49

-0.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)

the vast majority of the population is found in the Asir Mountains (part of the larger Sarawat Mountain system), located in the far western region of the country

1.83% (2023 est.)

2.91 children born/woman (2023 est.)

urban population: 39.8% of total population (2023)

rate of urbanization: 3.71% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)

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-5.2% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

-5.23% (2018 est.)

7.299 million (2021 est.)

48.6% (2014 est.)

13.57% (2021 est.)

13.39% (2020 est.)

13.06% (2019 est.)

74.5% of GDP (2017 est.)

68.1% of GDP (2016 est.)

24.7% (2017 est.)

-12.6% (2016 est.)

$384.5 million (2017 est.)

$940 million (2016 est.)

China 53%, Saudi Arabia 10%, United Arab Emirates 7%, Australia 5% (2019)

$4.079 billion (2017 est.)

$3.117 billion (2016 est.)

China 25%, Turkey 10%, United Arab Emirates 9%, Saudi Arabia 8%, India 7% (2019)

57 (2021)

total: 391,000 (2020 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2020 est.)

total: 8,229,624 (2022 est.)

percent of population: 26.6% (2022 est.)

total: 71,300 km (2005)

paved: 6,200 km (2005)

unpaved: 65,100 km (2005)

total subscriptions: 1.2 million (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 4 (2021 est.)

total subscriptions: 15 million (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 46 (2021 est.)