Yemen

The country of Yemen, located in the Middle East, overall has quite a low population density compared to its surrounding countries. With its population of people being 11.5 million their population density is 57 people per square mile. Out of their 203,369 square miles, only 33% of their land is urbanized, making them the country with the least urbanization in the Middle East. Their county also ranks low in GDP per capita and oil wealth per capita; GDP is only 500 and 0 for oil wealth. The two other things that Yemen ranks low in are their life expectancy and literacy. Their life expectancy is only 47 years old, while most of the other countries are at least in the 60's range. As for literacy, only 5% of woman can read and write, and only 28% of men can; they have the lowest literacy capability in the Middle East. Yemen's main language is Arabic, which makes sense because Arab ethnic group is 95% of the population while the other 5% is other. Although Yemen is lacking in many departments compared to the rest of the Middle East, their religion of Islam/Muslim is the most common across the Middle East.