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Yemen: Statistics

People [1]

People

Population 33,696,614 (2022)
Population Growth Rate 2.145 annual % (2022)
Age Dependency Ratio 72.889 % of working-age population (2022)
Urban Population 39.188 % of total (2022)
Infant Mortality Rate 46.7 per 1,000 live births (2021)
Life Expectancy at Birth 63.753 years (2021)

Age Distribution - % of Total Population (2022)

Energy [2]

Electricity

Ranking
Production 3.52 billion kWh (2021) #130
Consumption 2.93 billion kWh (2021) #134
Exports 0 billion kWh (2021) #96
Imports 0 billion kWh (2021) #118
Renewable Electricity Generation 0.6 billion kWh (2021) #132

Oil

Ranking
Production 57.1 thousand bbl/day (2021) #62
Consumption 62.43 thousand bbl/day (2021) #91
Exports (Refined) [3] 68.16 thousand bbl/day (2013) #41
Imports (Refined) [3] 0 thousand bbl/day (2013) #85
Proved Reserves (Crude) 3 billion bbl (2021) #28

Natural Gas

Ranking
Production (Gross) 444.969 billion cu ft (2015) #41
Consumption (Dry) 4.23 billion cu ft (2021) #108
Exports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2021) #57
Imports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2021) #86
Proved Reserves 16.9 trillion cu ft (2021) #31

Other [3]

Technology

Airports 57 (2013)
Cellular Telephones 15,297,789 (2018 est.)
Highways 71,300 km (2005)
Internet Users 6,732,928 (2016 est.)
Telephones 1,165,828 (2016 est.)

Geography & Environment

LocationMiddle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, between Oman and Saudi Arabia
Total Area527,968 sq. km
Land Area527,968 sq. km
Water Area0 sq. km
Coastline1,906 km
Climatemostly desert; hot and humid along west coast; temperate in western mountains affected by seasonal monsoon; extraordinarily hot, dry, harsh desert in east
Terrainnarrow coastal plain backed by flat-topped hills and rugged mountains; dissected upland desert plains in center slope into the desert interior of the Arabian Peninsula
Lowest PointArabian Sea 0 m
Highest Point Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb 3,666 m

Sources

  1. The World Bank Date Accessed: 9/11/2023
  2. U.S. Energy Information Administration
  3. CIA World Factbook Date Accessed: 5/9/2020