Oman 
Facts
Population:
2,622,198
note:
includes 527,078 non-nationals (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
41.51% (male 554,727; female 533,627)
15-64 years:
56.12% (male 894,978; female 576,672)
65 years and over:
2.37% (male 32,863; female 29,331) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
3.43% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
37.96 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
4.1 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
0.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.55 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
1.12 male(s)/female
total population:
1.3 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
22.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
72.04 years
male:
69.9 years
female:
74.29 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
6.04 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.11% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA
Nationality:
noun:
Omani(s)
adjective:
Omani
Ethnic groups:
Arab, Baluchi, South Asian (Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Bangladeshi), African
Religions:
Ibadhi Muslim 75%, Sunni Muslim, Shi'a Muslim, Hindu
Languages:
Arabic (official), English, Baluchi, Urdu, Indian dialects
Literacy:
definition:
NA
total population:
approaching 80%
male:
NA%
female:
NA%
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $19.6 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
4.6% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $7,700 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
3%
industry:
40%
services:
57% (1999 est.)
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
NA%
highest 10%:
NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
-0.8% (2000 est.)
Labor force:
850,000 (1997 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Unemployment rate:
NA%
Budget:
revenues:
$4.7 billion
expenditures:
$5.9 billion, including capital expenditures of $490 million (1999)
Industries:
crude oil production and refining, natural gas production, construction, cement, copper
Industrial production growth rate:
4% (2000 est.)
Electricity - production:
8.63 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
100%
hydro:
0%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
8.026 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
dates, limes, bananas, alfalfa, vegetables; camels, cattle; fish
Exports:
$11.1 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:
petroleum, reexports, fish, metals, textiles
Exports - partners:
Japan 27%, China 12%, Thailand 18%, UAE 12%, South Korea 12%, US (1999)
Imports:
$4.5 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, livestock, lubricants
Imports - partners:
UAE 26% (largely reexports), Japan 16%, UK 9%, Italy 7%, Germany 6%, US (1999)
Debt - external:
$4.5 billion (2000 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$76.4 million (1995)
Currency:
Omani rial (OMR)
Currency code:
OMR
Exchange rates:
Omani rials per US dollar - 0.3845 (fixed rate since 1986)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
Press
Al-Aqida
(Pro-government magazine), Muscat
(Pro-government), Muscat
http://www.alwatan.com/
Oman
(Pro-government weekly), Muscat
(English Daily newspaper), Ruwi
http://www.timesofoman.com/
(Independent Weekly), Muscat
http://www.freetheweek.com/
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