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Oman

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After President Martin van Buren signed a treaty with the Sultanate of Oman in 1840, the Imam of Muscat presented him with 148 pearls as a token of gratitude. The pearls were made into a necklace for the president’s daughter-in-law, who was the acting First Lady for the widower Van Buren. Today the necklace is displayed in the First Ladies Exhibit in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. (Photo courtesy of the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History)
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Geography

Area

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Area - comparative

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<p>twice the size of Georgia; slightly smaller than Kansas</p>

People and Society

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Age structure

2024 population pyramid:
This is the population pyramid for Oman. A population pyramid illustrates the age and sex structure of a country's population and may provide insights about political and social stability, as well as economic development. The population is distributed along the horizontal axis, with males shown on the left and females on the right. The male and female populations are broken down into 5-year age groups represented as horizontal bars along the vertical axis, with the youngest age groups at the bottom and the oldest at the top. The shape of the population pyramid gradually evolves over time based on fertility, mortality, and international migration trends. <br/><br/>For additional information, please see the entry for Population pyramid on the Definitions and Notes page.

Median age

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Population growth rate

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Birth rate

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Death rate

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Net migration rate

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Maternal mortality ratio

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Infant mortality rate

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Total fertility rate

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Tobacco use

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Environment

Government

Economy

Real GDP growth rate

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Real GDP per capita

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Labor force

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Unemployment rate

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Public debt

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Current account balance

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Exports

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Imports

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Energy

Energy consumption per capita

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Communications

Transportation

Airports

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Heliports

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Merchant marine

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Military and Security

Terrorism

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