Key demographics
- Population
- 32.7M
- Density
- 53.5/km²
- HDI
- 0.470 (Low)
- Gini index (2014)
- 36.7
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 69.4 yrs
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 4.50
- Urban population (2025)
- 37.0%
- Labor force (2025)
- 34.0%
- Gender wage gap (2014)
- 5.1%
Population structure
- Dependency ratio
- 77.2%
- Profile
- Very Young
- Urban population (2025)
- 37.0%
- Birth rate (2024)
- 34.4 /1000
- Death rate (2024)
- 4.7 /1000
- Largest city (2025)
- 22.8%
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 4.50
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 33.8 /1000
- Slum population (2022)
- 44.2%
- Tourism (2015)
- 398.0K
Languages and culture
| Language | Native name |
|---|---|
| Arabic | العربية |
| Religion | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Islam | 99.1% |
| Other | 0.9% |
| Ethnicity | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Arabs | 92.8% |
| Somalis | 3.7% |
| Afro-arabs | 1.1% |
| Indo | 1.0% |
| Others | 1.4% |
- Demonym (male)
- Yemeni
- Demonym (female)
- Yemeni
- National anthem
- National anthem of Yemen
Healthcare
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 69.4 yrs
- HALE (2021)
- 56.5 yrs
- Health spending (2023)
- 9.7% of GDP
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 33.8/1000
- UHC index (2023)
- 43/100
- Hospital beds (2023)
- 0.5/1000
- Physicians (2023)
- 0.10/1000
- Nurses (2023)
- 0.54/1000
- Health spending per capita (2023)
- $48
- Out-of-pocket (2023)
- 69.1%
Education and technology
- Education spending (2008)
- 5.2% of GDP
- Learning outcomes (2020)
- 321
- Internet users (2019)
- 17.5%
- Mobile subscriptions (2023)
- 50.9/100
- Broadband (2022)
- 1.3/100
- Secure servers (2024)
- 15/1M
Broadband connectivity
- Broadband per 100 (2022)
- 1.3
Geography and practical
- Area
- 527,968 km²
- Continent
- Asia
- Region
- Asia
- Subregion
- Western Asia
- Landlocked
- No
- Driving side
- Right
- Timezones
- UTC+03:00
- Calling codes
- +967
- TLD
- .ye
- Maps
- Google Maps · OpenStreetMap
Borders
National symbols
- Flag
- The flag of Yemen is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, white and black.
- National anthem
- National anthem of Yemen
- National holiday
- International Workers' Day