Environment - international agreements:
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto
Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine
Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography - note:
strategic location on Musandam Peninsula adjacent to Strait of
Hormuz, a vital transit point for world crude oil
People Oman
Population: 3,001,583 note: includes 577,293 non-nationals (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 42.6% (male 652,028/female 626,698)
15-64 years: 54.9% (male 978,183/female 668,814)
65 years and over: 2.5% (male 41,366/female 34,494) (2005 est.)
Median age:
total: 19.13 years
male: 21.88 years
female: 16.45 years (2005 est.)
Population growth rate:
3.32% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
36.73 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
3.86 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
0.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)