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YEMEN
Republic of Yemen
YE · YEM
UNIFIED 1990
HOME OF SOCOTRA, AN ISOLATED BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT
POPULATION
40.6M
AREA
527,968 km²
CAPITAL
Sana'a
CURRENCY
YER
GDP / CAPITA
$650
TERRITORY
HIGHEST POINT
Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb, 3,666 m
LOWEST POINT
Arabian Sea, 0 m
COASTLINE
1,906 km
LAND BORDERS
1,601 km, 2 countries
TERRAIN
Narrow coastal plain, rising to rugged highlands and a high plateau before descending to the desert interior.
POSITION
CAPITAL COORDINATES
15.37°N, 44.19°E
TIME ZONE
AST, UTC+3 — no daylight saving
NEIGHBORS
Oman
Saudi Arabia
GOVERNMENT & SOCIETY
GOVERNMENT
Transitional (civil conflict)
RELIGION
Islam, ~99%
LIFE EXPECTANCY
64 years
HDI
0.424 — Low (rank 186)
LANGUAGES
ArabicOFFICIAL
ECONOMY
KEY INDUSTRIES
Petroleum (limited)
Fishing
Handicrafts
Small-scale food processing
TOP EXPORTS
Crude petroleum (limited)
Fish
Coffee
TOP IMPORTS
Foodstuffs
Machinery
Petroleum products
LAND USE
Agricultural, 44%
Forest, 1%
Other, 55%
POPULATION, 1970–2024
6.5M
1970
8.7M
1980
12.1M
1990
17.4M
2000
23.2M
2010
31.5M
2020
34.4M
2024
SOURCES: WORLD BANK · CIA WORLD FACTBOOK · NATURAL EARTH · ISO 4217
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