People (Yemen)
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     Population:
         10,394,749 (July 1992), growth rate 3.3% (1992)
     Birth rate:
         51 births/1,000 population (1992)
     Death rate:
         16 deaths/1,000 population (1992)
     Net migration rate:
         -3 migrants/1,000 population (1992)
     Infant mortality rate:
         118 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
     Life expectancy at birth:
         49 years male, 52 years female (1992)
     Total fertility rate:
         7.3 children born/woman (1992)
     Nationality:
         noun - Yemeni(s); adjective - Yemeni
     Ethnic divisions:
         North - Arab 90%, Afro-Arab (mixed) 10%; South - almost all Arabs; a few
         Indians, Somalis, and Europeans
     Religions:
         North - Muslim almost 100% (45% Sunni and 55% Zaydi Shi`a); NEGL Jewish;
         South - Sunni Muslim, some Christian and Hindu
     Languages:
         Arabic
     Literacy:
         38% (male 53%, female 26%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
     Labor force:
         North - NA number of workers with agriculture and herding 70%, and
         expatriate laborers 30% (est.); South - 477,000 with agriculture 45.2%,
         services 21.2%, construction 13.4%, industry 10.6%, commerce and other 9.6%
         (1983)
     Organized labor:
         North - NA; South - 348,200 and the General Confederation of Workers of the
         People's Democratic Republic of Yemen had 35,000 members