_#_Land use: arable land NEGL%; permanent crops NEGL%; meadows and pastures 2%; forest and woodland NEGL%; other 98%; includes irrigated NEGL%
_#_Environment: frequent dust and sand storms; lack of natural freshwater resources being overcome by desalination plants; desertification
_#_Note: strategic location along southern approaches to Strait of Hormuz, a vital transit point for world crude oil
_*People #_Population: 2,389,759 (July 1991), growth rate 5.7% (1991)
_#_Birth rate: 30 births/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Death rate: 3 deaths/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Net migration rate: 30 migrants/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Infant mortality rate: 23 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)
_#_Life expectancy at birth: 69 years male, 74 years female (1991)
_#_Total fertility rate: 4.9 children born/woman (1991)