total: 26.2 years

male: 28.1 years

female: 22.7 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate:

3.547% country comparison to the world: 3 note: this rate reflects a return to pre-Gulf crisis immigration of expatriates (2009 est.)

Birth rate:

21.81 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 86

Death rate:

2.35 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 220

Net migration rate: