Yemen is 12 times larger than Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).
Area: 527,968 km2 World Factbook
Population: 26,052,966 (July 2014) World Factbook
Yemen, officially known as the Republic of Yemen, is an Arab country in Western Asia, occupying the southwestern to southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. Yemen is the second largest country in the peninsula, occupying 527,970 km². The coastline stretches for about 2,000 km. Wikipedia
Rio de Janeiro is one of the 27 states of Brazil. It has the third largest economy of Brazil, with the largest being that of the state of São Paulo, and the second being that of Minas Gerais. The state of Rio de Janeiro is located within the Brazilian geopolitical region classified as the Southeast. Wikipedia