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  1.  People
  2.  
  3. Population: 2,585,484 (July 1990), growth rate 3.2% (1990).
  4.  
  5. Birth rate: 48 births/1,000 population (1990).
  6.  
  7. Death rate: 14 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
  8.  
  9. Net migration rate: -2 migrants/1,000 population (1990).
  10.  
  11. Infant mortality rate: 110 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
  12.  
  13. Life expectancy at birth: 50 years male, 54 years female (1990).
  14.  
  15. Total fertility rate: 7.0 children born/woman (1990).
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  17. Nationality: noun--Yemeni(s); adjective--Yemeni.
  18.  
  19. Ethnic divisions: almost all Arabs; a few Indians, Somalis, 
  20. and Europeans.
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  22. Religion: Sunni Muslim, some Christian and Hindu.
  23.  
  24. Language: Arabic.
  25.  
  26. Literacy: 25%.
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  28. Labor force: 477,000; 45.2% agriculture, 21.2% services, 
  29. 13.4% construction, 10.6% industry, 9.6% commerce and other 
  30. (1983).
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  32. Organized labor: 348,200; the General Confederation of Workers 
  33. of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen has 35,000 members.
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