page_title: Race and ethnicity in censuses
section_title: Yemen
hierarchical_section_title: Race and ethnicity in censuses / Asia / Yemen
context_page_description: Many countries and national censuses currently enumerate or have previously enumerated their populations by race, ethnicity, nationality, or a combination of these characteristics. Different countries have different classifications and census options for race and ethnicity/nationality which are not comparable with data from other countries. In addition, many of the race and ethnicity concepts that appear on national censuses worldwide have their origins in Europe or in the views of Europeans, rather than in the views of the locals of these countries.
context_section_description: Yemen enumerated its population by ethnicity in 1994. The British Colony of Aden (which is within Yemen's current borders) enumerated its population by ethnicity in 1946 and 1955.
caption: Ethnoreligious composition of Yemen in 2002.
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