LOCATION: Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, between Oman and Saudi Arabia. Yemen is slightly larger than twice the size of Wyoming
POPULATION: 17,479,206
LIFE EXPECTANCY: 59.83 years
ETHNIC GROUPS: predominantly Arab; but also Afro-Arab, South Asians, Europeans
RELIGIONS: Muslim including Shaf'i (Sunni) and Zaydi (Shi'a), small numbers of Jewish, Christian, and Hindu