Yemen--People

CIA FactbookThe World Factbook 1993: Yemen People

Population: 10,742,395 (July 1993 est.)

Population growth rate: 3.31% (1993 est.)

Birth rate: 51 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Death rate: 15.37 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Net migration rate: -2.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 115.6 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 50.94 years male: 49.83 years female: 52.11 years (1993 est.)

Total fertility rate: 7.27 children born/woman (1993 est.)

Nationality: noun: Yemeni(s) adjective: Yemeni

Ethnic divisions: predominantly Arab; Afro-Arab concentrations in coastal locations; South Asians in southern regions; small European communities in major metropolitan areas; 60,000 (est.) Somali refugees encamped near Aden

Religions: Muslim (including Sha'fi, Sunni, and Zaydi Shi'a), Jewish, Christian, Hindu

Languages: Arabic

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990) total population: 38% male: 53% female: 26% Labor force: North: NA

by occupation: agriculture and herding 70%, expatriate laborers 30% (est.)

South: 477,000

by occupation: agriculture 45.2%, services 21.2%, construction 13.4%, industry 10.6%, commerce and other 9.6% (1983)