الجمهورية اليمنية
Al-Jumhūriyyah al-Yamaniyyah
Republic of Yemen
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Allah, al-Watan, at-Thawra, al-Wehda"
"God, Nation, Revolution, Unity"
Anthem: United Republic

 
Capital
(and largest city)		 San‘a’
15.3547°′N, 44.2067°′E
Official languages Arabic
Demonym Yemeni, Yemenite
Government Republic
 -  President Ali Abdullah Saleh
 -  Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Mujur
Establishment
 -  Unification May 22, 1990 
Area
 -  Total 527,968 km˛ (49th)
203,849 sq mi 
 -  Water (%) negligible
Population
 -  July 2008 estimate 23,013,376[4] (51st)
 -  July 2007 census 22,230,531 
 -  Density 42/km˛ (160th)
109/sq mi
GDP (PPP) 2007 estimate
 -  Total $52.61 billion (81st)
 -  Per capita $2,400 (2007 est.) (132nd)
HDI (2007) ▲ 0.508 (medium) (153rd)
Currency Yemeni rial $1 = 198.13 Rials (YER)
Time zone (UTC+3)
Internet TLD .ye
Calling code +967

Yemen ( Arabic: اليَمَن al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen (Arabic: الجمهورية اليمنية al-Jumhuuriyya al-Yamaniyya) is a Middle Eastern country located on the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia. With a population of more than 20 million people, Yemen is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the North, the Red Sea to the West, the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden to the South, and Oman to the east. Yemen's territory includes over 200 islands, the largest of which is Socotra, about 415 kilometres (259 miles) to the south of Yemen, off the coast of Somalia. Yemen is the only republic on the Arabian Peninsula.