Saudi Arabia vs. Yemen
Demographics
| Saudi Arabia | Yemen | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 27,345,986 note: immigrants make up more than 30% of the total population, according to UN data (2013) (July 2014 est.) | 26,052,966 (July 2014 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 27.6% (male 3,869,961/female 3,681,616) 15-24 years: 19.3% (male 2,832,538/female 2,458,339) 25-54 years: 45.4% (male 7,086,004/female 5,323,373) 55-64 years: 4.5% (male 674,571/female 555,136) 65 years and over: 3.2% (male 444,302/female 420,146) (2014 est.) | 0-14 years: 41.7% (male 5,523,744/female 5,336,795) 15-24 years: 21.1% (male 2,789,510/female 2,709,263) 25-54 years: 30.9% (male 4,106,917/female 3,933,852) 55-64 years: 3.7% (male 450,185/female 515,255) 65 years and over: 2.6% (male 320,426/female 367,019) (2014 est.) |
| Median age | total: 26.4 years male: 27.3 years female: 25.3 years (2014 est.) | total: 18.6 years male: 18.5 years female: 18.7 years (2014 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 1.49% (2014 est.) | 2.72% (2014 est.) |
| Birth rate | 18.78 births/1,000 population (2014 est.) | 31.02 births/1,000 population (2014 est.) |
| Death rate | 3.32 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.) | 6.45 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -0.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.) | 2.61 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.15 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.33 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1.2 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 1.08 male(s)/female total population: 1.21 male(s)/female (2014 est.) | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.9 male(s)/female total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2014 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 14.58 deaths/1,000 live births male: 16.73 deaths/1,000 live births female: 12.32 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.) | total: 50.41 deaths/1,000 live births male: 54.71 deaths/1,000 live births female: 45.88 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 74.82 years male: 72.79 years female: 76.94 years (2014 est.) | total population: 64.83 years male: 62.72 years female: 67.04 years (2014 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 2.17 children born/woman (2014 est.) | 4.09 children born/woman (2014 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.01% (2001 est.) | 0.1% (2012 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: Saudi(s) adjective: Saudi or Saudi Arabian | noun: Yemeni(s) adjective: Yemeni |
| Ethnic groups | Arab 90%, Afro-Asian 10% | predominantly Arab; but also Afro-Arab, South Asians, Europeans |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA | 18,800 (2012 est.) |
| Religions | Muslim (official; citizens are 85-90% Sunni and 10-15% Shia), other (includes Eastern Orthodox, Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, and Sikh) (2012 est.) note: despite having a large expatriate community of various faiths (more than 30% of the population), most forms of public religious expression inconsistent with the government-sanctioned interpretation of Sunni Islam are restricted; non-Muslims are not allowed to have Saudi citizenship and non-Muslim places of worship are not permitted (2013) (2012 est.) | Muslim 99.1% (official; virtually all are citizens, an estimated 65% are Sunni and 35% are Shia), other 0.9% (includes Jewish, Baha'i, Hindu, and Christian; many are refugees or temporary foreign residents) (2010 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA | 800 (2012 est.) |
| Languages | Arabic (official) | Arabic (official) |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 87.2% male: 90.8% female: 82.2% (2011 est.) | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 65.3% male: 82.1% female: 48.5% (2011 est.) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2012) | total: 9 years male: 11 years female: 8 years (2011) |
| Education expenditures | 5.1% of GDP (2008) | 5.2% of GDP (2008) |
| Urbanization | urban population: 82.3% of total population (2011) rate of urbanization: 2.38% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) | urban population: 32.3% of total population (2011) rate of urbanization: 4.78% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 97% of population rural: 97% of population total: 97% of population unimproved: urban: 3% of population rural: 3% of population total: 3% of population (2012 est.) | improved: urban: 72% of population rural: 46.5% of population total: 54.9% of population unimproved: urban: 28% of population rural: 53.5% of population total: 45.1% of population (2012 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2012 est.) | improved: urban: 92.5% of population rural: 34.1% of population total: 53.3% of population unimproved: urban: 7.5% of population rural: 65.9% of population total: 46.7% of population (2012 est.) |
| Major cities - population | RIYADH (capital) 5.451 million; Jeddah 3.578 million; Mecca 1.591 million; Medina 1.142 million; Ad Dammam 941,000 (2011) | SANAA (capital) 2.419 million; Aden 784,000 (2011) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 24 deaths/100,000 live births (2010) | 200 deaths/100,000 live births (2010) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 5.3% (2005) | 43.1% (2003) |
| Health expenditures | 3.7% of GDP (2011) | 5.5% of GDP (2011) |
| Physicians density | 0.94 physicians/1,000 population (2008) | 0.2 physicians/1,000 population (2010) |
| Hospital bed density | 2.2 beds/1,000 population (2009) | 0.7 beds/1,000 population (2010) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 33% (2008) | 14.5% (2008) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 23.8% (2007) | 27.7% (2006) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 46.1 % youth dependency ratio: 41.8 % elderly dependency ratio: 4.3 % potential support ratio: 23.5 (2014 est.) | total dependency ratio: 74.1 % youth dependency ratio: 69 % elderly dependency ratio: 5.1 % potential support ratio: 19.7 (2014 est.) |
Source: CIA Factbook
