Yemen, today and tomorrow

Population in Yemen has been growing in a noticeable rate during the last fourteen years. Last statistics showed that the population of Yemen for the year 2007 reached 22,230,531 (according to the CIA Fact book). If we compare these numbers with the numbers in 1994, when the population was only 15,831,757, we will find a growth of 6,398,774 in fourteen years. In 2004 the population of Yemen was 19,685,161 compared to 2007 it recorded a growth of 2,545,370 in three years only. This means almost 848,456 more every year or in other words a rise of 3.461% every year. By looking at all these facts we can predict that the population of Yemen will exceed 30,000,000 in the next ten years. According to the CIA Fact book the unemployment rate was 35% in 2003, and the population below poverty line was 45.2%. With low income and expensive living I wonder what it is going to be like after ten years.