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People
Population: 1,457,064 (July 1990), growth rate 3.1% (1990).
Birth rate: 43 births/1,000 population (1990).
Death rate: 12 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1990).
Infant mortality rate: 105 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
Life expectancy at birth: 56 years male, 58 years female (1990).
Total fertility rate: 6.8 children born/woman (1990).
Nationality: noun--Omani(s); adjective--Omani.
Ethnic divisions: almost entirely Arab, with small Balochi,
Zanzibari, and Indian groups.
Religion: 75% Ibadhi Muslim; remainder Sunni Muslim, Shia
Muslim, some Hindu.
Language: Arabic (official); English, Balochi, Urdu, Indian
dialects.
Literacy: 20%.
Labor force: 430,000; 60% agriculture (est.); 58% are non-Omani.
Organized labor: trade unions are illegal.