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 * social information**


 * Religions: || Muslim including Shaf'i (Sunni) and Zaydi (Shi'a), small numbers of Jewish, Christian, and Hindu ||


 * Languages: || Arabic ||

//total population:// 50.2% //male:// 70.5% //female:// 30% (2003 est.) ||
 * Literacy: || //definition:// age 15 and over can read and write

//male:// 60.61 years //female:// 64.54 years (2007 est.) ||
 * Life expectancy at birth: || //total population:// 62.52 years

//male:// 62.48 deaths/1,000 live births //female:// 53.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) ||
 * Infant mortality rate: || //total:// 57.88 deaths/1,000 live births


 * Population below poverty line: || 45.2% (2003) ||

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