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Saudi Arabia vs. Yemen

Demographics

Saudi ArabiaYemen
Population34,783,757 (July 2021 est.)

note: immigrants make up 38.3% of the total population, according to UN data (2019)
30,399,243 (July 2021 est.)
Age structure0-14 years: 24.84% (male 4,327,830/female 4,159,242)

15-24 years: 15.38% (male 2,741,371/female 2,515,188)

25-54 years: 50.2% (male 10,350,028/female 6,804,479)

55-64 years: 5.95% (male 1,254,921/female 778,467)

65 years and over: 3.63% (male 657,395/female 584,577) (2020 est.)
0-14 years: 39.16% (male 5,711,709 /female 5,513,526)

15-24 years: 21.26% (male 3,089,817 /female 3,005,693)

25-54 years: 32.78% (male 4,805,059 /female 4,591,811)

55-64 years: 4% (male 523,769 /female 623,100)

65 years and over: 2.8% (male 366,891 /female 435,855) (2018 est.)
Median agetotal: 30.8 years

male: 33 years

female: 27.9 years (2020 est.)
total: 19.8 years (2018 est.)

male: 19.6 years

female: 19.9 years
Population growth rate1.62% (2021 est.)1.93% (2021 est.)
Birth rate14.56 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)25.21 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Death rate3.39 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)5.69 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Net migration rate5.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)-0.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Sex ratioat birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

15-24 years: 1.09 male(s)/female

25-54 years: 1.52 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 1.61 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 1.12 male(s)/female

total population: 1.3 male(s)/female (2020 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: 1.05 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 0.84 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.84 male(s)/female

total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2018 est.)
Infant mortality ratetotal: 12.58 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 13.86 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 11.24 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)
total: 47.56 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 52.95 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 41.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)
Life expectancy at birthtotal population: 76.4 years

male: 74.81 years

female: 78.07 years (2021 est.)
total population: 67.18 years

male: 64.89 years

female: 69.59 years (2021 est.)
Total fertility rate1.95 children born/woman (2021 est.)3.1 children born/woman (2021 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate<.1% (2020 est.)<.1% (2020 est.)
Nationalitynoun: Saudi(s)

adjective: Saudi or Saudi Arabian
noun: Yemeni(s)

adjective: Yemeni
Ethnic groupsArab 90%, Afro-Asian 10%predominantly Arab; but also Afro-Arab, South Asian, European
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS12,000 (2020 est.)11,000 (2020 est.)
ReligionsMuslim (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)
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) (2020 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths<200 (2020 est.)<500 (2020 est.)
LanguagesArabic (official)

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Arabic (official); note - a distinct Socotri language is widely used on Socotra Island and Archipelago; Mahri is still fairly widely spoken in eastern Yemen

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Literacydefinition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 95.3%

male: 97.1%

female: 92.7% (2017)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 70.1%

male: 85.1%

female: 55% (2015)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)total: 17 years

male: 16 years

female: 16 years (2019)
total: 9 years

male: 11 years

female: 8 years (2011)
Education expendituresNANA
Urbanizationurban population: 84.5% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: 1.69% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
urban population: 38.5% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: 3.71% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)
Drinking water sourceimproved: total: 100% of population

unimproved: total: 0% of population (2017 est.)
improved: urban: 100% of population

rural: 87.6% of population

total: 92% of population

unimproved: urban: 0% of population

rural: 12.4% of population

total: 8% of population (2017 est.)
Sanitation facility accessimproved: total: 100% of population

unimproved: total: 0% of population (2017 est.)
improved: urban: 93.1% of population

rural: 48.5% of population

total: 64.6% of population

unimproved: urban: 6.9% of population

rural: 51.5% of population

total: 35.4% of population (2017 est.)
Major cities - population7.388 million RIYADH (capital), 4.697 million Jeddah, 2.079 million Mecca, 1.518 million Medina, 1.279 million Ad Dammam, 1.279 million Hufuf-Mubarraz (2021)3.075 million SANAA (capital), 1.012 million Aden (2021)
Maternal mortality rate17 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)164 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
Health expenditures6.4% (2018)5.6% (2015)
Physicians density2.61 physicians/1,000 population (2018)0.53 physicians/1,000 population (2014)
Hospital bed density2.2 beds/1,000 population (2017)0.7 beds/1,000 population (2017)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate35.4% (2016)17.1% (2016)
Contraceptive prevalence rate24.6% (2016)33.5% (2013)
Dependency ratiostotal dependency ratio: 39.3

youth dependency ratio: 34.4

elderly dependency ratio: 4.9

potential support ratio: 20.5 (2020 est.)
total dependency ratio: 71.7

youth dependency ratio: 66.7

elderly dependency ratio: 5

potential support ratio: 19.9 (2020 est.)

Source: CIA Factbook