ACOG - Oman  - IBM

Geography

Location: Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, and Persian Gulf, between Yemen and the United Arab Emirates

Area:
total area: 212,460 sq km
land area: 212,460 sq km
comparative area: slightly smaller than Kansas

Land boundaries: total 1,374 km, Saudi Arabia 676 km, UAE 410 km, Yemen 288 km

Coastline: 2,092 km


People

Population: 2,125,089 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 46% (female 480,974; male 498,619)
15-64 years: 51% (female 493,685; male 593,740)
65 years and over: 3% (female 31,826; male 26,245)

Population growth rate: 3.71% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 38.05 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 5 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: 4.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 34.3 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 70.25 years
male: 68.31 years
female: 72.29 years

Total fertility rate: 6.16 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: Arab, Baluchi, South Asian (Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Bangladeshi)

Religions: Ibadhi Muslim 75%, Sunni Muslim, Shi'a Muslim, Hindu

Languages: Arabic (official), English, Baluchi, Urdu, Indian dialects

Literacy: NA%
total population:
male:
female:


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Sultanate of Oman
conventional short form: Oman

Type: monarchy

Capital: Muscat

Independence: 1650 (expulsion of the Portuguese)

Constitution: none


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $17 billion

National product real growth rate: 0.5%

National product per capita: $10,020

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.2%

Unemployment rate:

Electricity:
capacity: 1,540,000 kW
production: 6 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 3,407 kWh



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