Country of the Day
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Today's Featured Country
Yemen
Middle East
sovereign
YE
Key Facts
Capital
Sanaa
Population
34,505,496 (2025 est.)
Area
527,968 sq km
Climate
mostly desert; hot and humid along west coast; temperate in western mountains affected by seasonal monsoon; extraordinarily hot, dry, harsh desert in ...
Languages
Arabic (official)
Currency
Yemeni rial (YER) [﷼]
Government type
in transition
Life expectancy at birth
68.2 years (2024 est.)
Religions
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 Chri...
Independence
22 May 1990 (Republic of Yemen established with the merger of the Yemen Arab Republic [Yemen (Sanaa) or North Yemen] and the People's Democratic Repub...
Natural resources
petroleum, fish, rock salt, marble; small deposits of coal, gold, lead, nickel, and copper; fertile soil in west
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