| Sultanate of Oman National
name: Saltanat Uman Sultan:
Qabus ibn Sa'id (1970)
Current government officials
Total area: 82,031 sq mi (212,460 sq
km)1 Population
(2008 est.): 3,309,440 (growth rate: 3.1%); birth rate: 35.2/1000;
infant mortality rate: 17.6/1000; life expectancy: 73.8; density per
sq mi: 15
Capital (2003 est.):
Muscat, 797,000 (metro. area), 54,800 (city
proper) Monetary unit: Omani
rial
Languages:
Arabic (official), English, Baluchi, Urdu,
Indian dialects
Ethnicity/race:
Arab, Baluchi, South Asian (Indian, Pakistani,
Sri Lankan, Bangladeshi), African
Religions:
Islam: Ibadhi 75%, Sunni, Shi'a; Hindu
National Holiday:
Birthday of Sultan Qaboos, November 18 Literacy rate: 81.4% (2003 est.) Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2007 est.):
$61.61 billion; per capita $24,000. Real growth rate: 6.4%.
Inflation: 5.5%. Unemployment: 15% (2004 est.).
Arable land: 0.2%. Agriculture: dates, limes, bananas,
alfalfa, vegetables; camels, cattle; fish. Labor force: 920,000
(2002 est.); agriculture n.a., industry n.a., services n.a.
Industries: crude oil production and refining, natural and
liquefied natural gas (LNG) production; construction, cement, copper,
steel, chemicals, optic fiber. Natural resources: petroleum,
copper, asbestos, some marble, limestone, chromium, gypsum, natural
gas. Exports: $19.01 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.): petroleum,
reexports, fish, metals, textiles. Imports: $8.709 billion
f.o.b. (2005 est.): machinery and transport equipment, manufactured
goods, food, livestock, lubricants. Major trading partners:
China, South Korea, Japan, Thailand, UAE, UK, Italy, Germany, U.S.
(2004). Communications: Telephones:
main lines in use: 201,000 (1997); mobile cellular: 59,822 (1997).
Radio broadcast stations: AM 3, FM 9, shortwave 2 (1999).
Radios: 1.4 million (1997). Television broadcast
stations: 13 (plus 25 low-power repeaters) (1999).
Televisions: 1.6 million (1997). Internet Service Providers
(ISPs): 1 (2000). Internet users: 120,000 (2002). Transportation: Railways: 0 km.
Highways: total: 34,965 km; paved: 9,673 km (including 550 km
of expressways); unpaved: 25,292 km (2001). Ports and harbors:
Matrah, Mina' al Fahl, Mina' Raysut. Airports: 139
(2002). International disputes:
boundary agreement signed and ratified with UAE in 2003 for entire
border, including Oman's Musandam Peninsula and Al Madhah
enclaves. 1. Excluding the Kuria
Muria Islands.
Major sources and definitions
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