http://www.english.hadhramaut.info Yemen preps for World Population Day [The Source: sabanews.net - 10/07/2009] Yemen will mark Saturday the World Population Day, holding activities under the theme Response to the Global Economic Crisis……Investment in Woman a brilliant choice'. The day falls July 11. Yemen celebrates the day in one of its 20 provinces, with activities on productive health and ways of family planning being held every year. Other activities on population-related issues and efforts and ways to deal with them are held as well. Yemen faces an increasing population growth, with recent reports suggesting that its population increases by 700.000 a year. Yemen's population now is estimated at between 21-23 million.