Editing Demographics of Yemen (section)

==Religion==
{{main|Religion in Yemen}}
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{{bar percent|[[Islam in Yemen|Islam]]|Blue|99.1}}
{{bar percent|Other (includes [[Yemenite Jews|Jewish]], [[Baháʼí Faith]], and [[Christianity in Yemen|Christian]])|green|0.9}}}}{{Pie chart|thumb=right|caption=Religion in Yemen (2022 estimate)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yemen |url=https://www.usip.org/programs/religion-and-conflict-country-profiles/yemen |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028040530/https://www.usip.org/programs/religion-and-conflict-country-profiles/yemen |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 28, 2023 |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=United States Institute of Peace |language=en}}</ref>|label2=[[Zaydi Islam]]|value2=34|color2=orange|label1=[[Shafi'i Islam]]|value1=65|color1=darkgreen|color3=blue|value3=1|label3=[[Ismaili Shia]], [[Twelver Shi'ism]], [[Baháʼí Faith|Baháʼí]], [[Hindu]], [[Christian]] or irreligious}}Religion in Yemen consists primarily of two principal [[Islam]]ic religious groups: by various sources, 53-65% of the Muslim population is [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] and 30-44.5% is Shia.<ref name="UNHCR">{{cite web |url=http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/topic,45a5199f2,45a5f8b22,488f180d1e,0.html |title=Yemen: The conflict in Saada Governorate – analysis |publisher=UN High Commissioner for Refugees |date=24 July 2008 |access-date=2 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120171316/http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/topic,45a5199f2,45a5f8b22,488f180d1e,0.html |archive-date=2012-11-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Yemen- Middle East|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/yemen/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509101253/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/yemen/|archive-date=9 May 2021|website=The World Fact Book}}</ref><ref name="cp" /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/yemen-the-land-with-more-guns-than-people-1790461.html |title=Yemen: The land with more guns than people |work=The Independent |date=20 September 2009 |access-date=21 March 2010 |location=London |first1=Jane |last1=Merrick |first2=Kim |last2=Sengupta}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Sharma|first=Hriday|date=30 June 2011|title=The Arab Spring: The Initiating Event for a New Arab World Order|url=https://www.e-ir.info/2011/06/30/the-arab-spring-the-initiating-event-for-a-new-arab-world-order/#_ednref24|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829054650/https://www.e-ir.info/2011/06/30/the-arab-spring-the-initiating-event-for-a-new-arab-world-order/|archive-date=29 August 2020|website=E-international Relations|quote="In Yemen, Zaidists, a Shiite offshoot, constitute 30% of the total population"}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Yemen |url=https://www.usip.org/programs/religion-and-conflict-country-profiles/yemen |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028040530/https://www.usip.org/programs/religion-and-conflict-country-profiles/yemen |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 28, 2023 |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=United States Institute of Peace |language=en}}</ref> Sunnis primarily adhere to the [[Shafi'i]] school, and there are also significant followers of the [[Maliki]] and [[Hanbali]] schools. Shias are primarily [[Zaydism|Zaidi]] and also have significant minorities of [[Twelver]]<ref name="UNHCR" /><ref>{{cite news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022055452/http://www.yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=768&p=community&a=2 |url=http://www.yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=768&p=community&a=2 |archive-date=22 October 2007 |title=The Twelve-Imam Shiite Sect |work=Yemen Times |date=22 October 2007 |author=Al-Zaidi, Hassan}}</ref> and [[Ismailism|Ismaili]] Shias.<ref name="UNHCR" />

Zaidis are generally found in the north and northwest and Shafi'is in the south and southeast.<ref name=bn>[https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35836.htm Background note: Yemen]. US Department of State (December 2007). {{PD-notice}}</ref> There is also a small minority of [[Christianity|Christians]] and [[Jews]].<ref name=cp>[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles/Yemen.pdf Country profile: Yemen]. [[Library of Congress]] [[Federal Research Division]] (August 2008). {{PD-notice}}</ref>