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GeographyLocation: Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, between Oman and Saudi Arabia
Area: Land boundaries: total 1,746 km, Oman 288 km, Saudi Arabia 1,458 km Coastline: 1,906 km
PeoplePopulation: 14,728,474 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 4.02% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 44.85 births/1,000 population Death rate: 8.01 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 3.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 58.2 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 7.15 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: predominantly Arab; Afro-Arab concentrations in western coastal locations; South Asians in southern regions; small European communities in major metropolitanareas Religions: Muslim including Sha'fi (Sunni) and Zaydi (Shi'a), small numbers ofJewish, Christian, and Hindu Languages: Arabic
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
Government
Names:
Type: republic Capital: Sanaa Independence: 22 May 1990 Republic of Yemen was established on 22 May 1990 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}; previously North Yemen had become independent on NA November 1918 (from the Ottoman Empire) and South Yemen had become independent on30 November 1967 (from the UK) Constitution: 16 May 1991
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $23.4 billion National product real growth rate: -1.4% National product per capita: $1,955 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 145% Unemployment rate: 30%
Electricity:
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