_#_Infant mortality rate: 121 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)
_#_Life expectancy at birth: 49 years male, 51 years female (1991)
_#_Total fertility rate: 7.4 children born/woman (1991)
_#_Nationality: noun—Yemeni(s); adjective—Yemeni
_#_Ethnic divisions: North—Arab 90%, Afro-Arab (mixed) 10%; South—almost all Arabs; a few Indians, Somalis, and Europeans
_#_Religion: North—Muslim 100% (Sunni and Shia); South—Sunni Muslim, some Christian and Hindu
_#_Language: Arabic
_#_Literacy: 38% (male 53%, female 26%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
_#_Labor force: North—NA number of workers with agriculture and herding 70%, and expatriate laborers 30% (est.); South—477,000 with agriculture 45.2%, services 21.2%, construction 13.4%, industry 10.6%, commerce and other 9.6% (1983)
_#_Organized labor:
North—NA;
South—348,200 and the General Confederation of Workers of the
People's Democratic Republic of Yemen had 35,000 members