Republic of Yemen الجمهورية اليمنية (Arabic) al-Jumhūrīyah al-Yamaniyah
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Status	Yemeni Civil War Presidential Leadership Council recognized by United Nations
Capital and largest city	Sanaa[n 1] Coordinates: 15°20′54″N 44°12′23″E / 15.34833°N 44.20639°E / 15.34833; 44.20639
Capital-in-exile	Aden[n 2]
Official languages	Arabic
Ethnic groups (2000)	92.8% Arabs 3.7% Somalis 3.5% other
Religion (2020)	~99.1% Islam (official) 65% Sunni 35% Shia ~0.9% other
Demonym(s)	Yemeni Yemenite
Government	Unitary totalitarian provisional republic
• Chairman	Rashad al-Alimi (disputed)[n 3]
• Prime Minister	Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak (disputed)[n 4]
Legislature	Parliament
• Upper house	Shura Council
• Lower house	House of Representatives
Establishment
• Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen establisheda	30 October 1918
• Yemen Arab Republic established	26 September 1962
• South Yemen independenceb	30 November 1967
• Unification	22 May 1990
• Current constitution	16 May 1991
• Yemeni Civil War	16 September 2014
Area
• Total	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (49th)
• Water (%)	negligible
Population
• 2023 estimate	34,449,825 (48th)
• Density	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (160th)
GDP (PPP)	2022 estimate
• Total	$65.603 billion (111th)
• Per capita	$2,078 (213th)
GDP (nominal)	2022 estimate
• Total	$28.134 billion (111th)
• Per capita	$891 (195th)
Gini (2014)	36.7 medium
HDI (2021)	0.455 low · 183rd
Currency	Yemeni rial (YER)
Time zone	UTC+3 (AST)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+967
ISO 3166 code	YE
Internet TLD	.ye, اليمن.
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Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen is a nation in the Middle East. It is the old North Yemen and South Yemen, in the south of the Arabian Peninsula. It borders Saudi Arabia and Oman on the north and the east. To the south is the Guardafui Channel and Gulf of Aden, and to the west is the Red Sea. Yemen owns the island of Socotra (217 miles) to the south off the coast of East Africa. A person or thing from Yemen is called Yemeni. Yemen's capital city is Sana'a.