yemen // اليمن

• currency
  • yemeni rial
• alphabet & language
  • yemeni arabic, arabic script
  • mahri is still spoken in eastern yemen; a distinct socotri language is widely spoken on socotra.
• population
  • 30,984,689 (2022 est.)
  • ranks 48th
• demonym
  • yemeni
• ethnicity
  • predominantly arab; but also afro-arab, south asian, european
• land area; water surface area respectively
  • 527,968 sq km
  • 0 sq km
• largest cities
  • sanaa, aden, taiz, with the capital being sanaa
• urban residents
  • 39.2% urban residents, 3.71% rate of urbanization
• population growth rate
  • 1.88% (2022 est.)
  • ranks 46
• borders:
  • 1601 km
  • saudi arabia, oman
• is located in:
  • middle east; asia
• GDP
  • $73.63 billion (2017 est.)
  • ranks 100th
• tallest peak
  • jabal an nabi shu'ayb 3,666 m
• lowest point
  • arabian sea, 0 m
• most popular name for each gender
  • mohamed & variants (محمد)
  • fatima (فَاطِمَة)
• my favourite names
  • yahya (يحيى)
  • zahra (الزهراء)