GDP Official Exchange Rate (OER is more precise at gauging a countries economic power)
(Estimated 2011): $36.7 billion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (OER) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): (US$) or (GBP)
GDP Purchasing Power Parity (PPP is good for gauging living conditions and use of resources but not as accurate as OER. This data has been calculated based on the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States)
(Estimated 2011): $63.24 billion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (PPP) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): $2,500 (US$) or (GBP)
Capital: Sanaa
Population (Estimated July 2012): 24,771,809
Area: 528,076km2 or 203,891mi2
Currency: Yemeni Rial (YR)
Official Language: Arabic
Political Information: Parliamentary Republic
Official Religion: Islam
(Mainly Muslim population with small numbers of Christian, Hindu and Jewish believers)
Highest Mountain: Jabal an Nabī Shu‘ayb at 3,666m or 12,027ft
Largest River:
Time Zone (GMT/UTC): +3:00
Wildlife:
Counties/Provinces/States: 20 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah) and 1 municipality*; Abyan, 'Adan (Aden), Ad Dali', Al Bayda', Al Hudaydah, Al Jawf, Al Mahrah, Al Mahwit, Amanat al 'Asimah (Sanaa City)*, 'Amran, Dhamar, Hadramawt, Hajjah, Ibb, Lahij, Ma'rib, Raymah, Sa'dah, San'a' (Sanaa), Shabwah, Ta'izz
Leaders: President: ʿAbd Rabbuh Manṣūr Hadī; Prime Minister Muhammad Ba Sindwah
Sources: CIA World Fact Book, and Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Yemen (Al-Jumhūriyyah al-Yamaniyyah (Republic of Yemen))
