Yemen

Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
28,915,284 1
Urban
36.60% 1
Rural
63.40% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
1.3% 2
Level of Public Corruption
170 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
144 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5
Fertility Rate
4.04 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
4.20% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
64 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
67.65% 6
Internet Users
23% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$1,300 6
  • 1 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition.
  • 2 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2015 revision.
  • 3 United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Homicide Statistics 2015.
  • 4 Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index 2016.
  • 5 World Economic Forum, The Global Gender Gap Report, 2016.
  • 6 UNICEF, State of the World's Children, 2016.

These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022). The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.

Baptized Catholics
400
Priests
1
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
8
Catholics per Priest
350
Parishes
4
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
2