Yemen  
   
Geography
Location: Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, between Oman and Saudi Arabia.
Area: 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)
Natural Resources: petroleum, fish, rock salt, marble; small deposits of coal, gold, lead, nickel, and copper; fertile soil in west
Population and Health
Population:  26,052,966 (July 2014 est.)
Age structure:

0-14 years: 41.7% (male 5,523,744/female 5,336,795)
15-24 years: 21.1% (male 2,789,510/female 2,709,263)
25-54 years: 30.9% (male 4,106,917/female 3,933,852)
55-64 years: 2.6% (male 450,185/female 515,255)
65 years and over: 2.6% (male 320,426/female 367,019) (2014 est.)

Population growth rate: 2.72% (2014 est.)
Birth rate: 31.02 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
Death rate:  6.45 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
Sex ratio: 

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.9 male(s)/female
total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2014 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

total: 50.41 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 54.71 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 45.88 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: 

total population: 64.83 years
male: 62.72 years
female: 67.04 years (2014 est.)

Total fertility rate: 4.09 children born/woman (2014 est.)
Current contraceptive use among married women 15-49 years old (any method): 28% (2007-2012)
Unmet need of contraceptive:  40% (1997)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  18,800 (2012)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  800 (2012)
Literacy:

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 65.3%
male: 82.1%
female: 48.5% (2011 est.)

Economy
GDP (purchasing power parity):  $61.63 billion (2013 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate):  $43.89 billion (2013 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  3.8% (2013 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP):  $2,500 (2013 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:

agriculture: 7.7%
industry: 30.9%
services: 61.4% (2013 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:  note: most people are employed in agriculture and herding; services, construction, industry, and commerce account for less than one-fourth of the labor force
Population below poverty line: 45.2% (2003)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 11.8% (2013 est.)
Agriculture - products: grain, fruits, vegetables, pulses, qat, coffee, cotton; dairy products, livestock (sheep, goats, cattle, camels), poultry; fish
Industries: crude oil production and petroleum refining; small-scale production of cotton textiles and leather goods; food processing; handicrafts; small aluminum products factory; cement; commercial ship repair
Industrial production growth rate: 4.8% (2013 est.)
Exports - commodities: crude oil, coffee, dried and salted fish
Currency (code): Yemeni rial (YER)
Others
Nationality: noun: Yemeni(s)
adjective: Yemeni

Religions: 

 Muslim including Shaf'i (Sunni) and Zaydi (Shi'a), small numbers of Jewish.

Languages: 

 Arabic
Country name: conventional long form: Republic of Yemen
conventional short form: Yemen
former: Yemen Arab Republic [Yemen (Sanaa) or North Yemen] and People's Democratic Republic of Yemen [Yemen (Aden) or South Yemen]
Government type:  Republic Based on Multiparty system.
Capital: name: Sanaa
geographic coordinates: 15 21 N, 44 12 E
time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Administrative divisions: 21 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah); Abyan, 'Adan, Ad Dali', Al Bayda', Al Hudaydah, Al Jawf, Al Mahrah, Al Mahwit, 'Amran, Dhamar, Hadramawt, Hajjah, Ibb, Lahij, Ma'rib, Sa'dah, San'a', Shabwah, Ta'izz ,Rima , and the capital city of Sana’a.
note: for electoral and administrative purposes, the capital city of Sana’a is treated as an additional governorate
Independence:  22 May 1990 (Republic of Yemen established with the merger of the Yemen Arab Republic [Yemen (Sanaa) or North Yemen] and the Marxist-dominated People's Democratic Republic of Yemen [Yemen (Aden) or South Yemen]); note - previously North Yemen had become independent in November 1918 (from the Ottoman Empire) and became Republic in September 26 , 1962 while ,the South Yemen became a republic in October 14 , 1963 and independent on 30 November 1967 (from the UK)
Legal system: based on Islamic law.
 
 

 
 

Source :

UN_Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and other national surveys; United Nations Population Division
CIA The World Factbook

Update date: August 2014