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Yemen
Republic of Yemen
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Population
32.68M
Capital
Sana'a
Area
527,968 km²
Currency
YER
Yemeni rial
Statistics
Latest values from the World Bank. Click any metric for the full trend.
GDP (current US$)
$21.61B
as of 2018
GDP per capita
$634
as of 2018
Population
40.58M
as of 2024
Population growth (annual %)
3.0%
as of 2024
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
8.1%
as of 2014
Unemployment (% of labor force)
17.0%
as of 2024
Internet users (% of population)
17.5%
as of 2019
Life expectancy at birth
69.44
as of 2024
Healthcare spending (% of GDP)
9.7%
as of 2023
Education spending (% of GDP)
—
no data
Urban population (% of total)
36.8%
as of 2024
Fertility rate
4.50
as of 2024
CO₂ emissions per capita
—
no data
Trade (% of GDP)
56.1%
as of 2018
Land area (km²)
527,970
as of 2023
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About Yemen
- Languages
- Arabic
- Currencies
- Yemeni rial (YER)
- Timezones
- UTC+03:00
- Demonym
- Yemeni
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- ISO codes
- YE · YEM
- Map
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