!!!Oman: People & Society ||Population|3,355,262 (July 2016 est.) \\ ''__note__'': immigrants make up over 40% of the total population, according to UN data (2015) \\ ||Nationality|''noun'': Omani(s) \\ ''adjective'': Omani \\ ||Ethnic groups|Arab, Baluchi, South Asian (Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Bangladeshi), African ||Languages|Arabic (official), English, Baluchi, Urdu, Indian dialects ||Religions|Muslim (official; majority are Ibadhi, lesser numbers of Sunni and Shia) 85.9%, Christian 6.5%, Hindu 5.5%, Buddhist 0.8%, Jewish <0.1%, other 1%, unaffiliated 0.2% (2010 est.) \\ ''__note__'': approximately 75% of Omani citizens, who compose almost 70% of the country's total population, are Ibadhi Muslims; the Omani government does not keep statistics on religious affiliation (2013) \\ ||Age structure|''0-14 years'': 30.14% (male 518,600/female 492,782) \\ ''15-24 years'': 19.11% (male 336,310/female 304,871) \\ ''25-54 years'': 43.41% (male 843,531/female 613,004) \\ ''55-64 years'': 3.91% (male 69,904/female 61,248) \\ ''65 years and over'': 3.43% (male 56,816/female 58,196) (2016 est.) \\ ||Dependency ratios|''total dependency ratio'': 30% \\ ''youth dependency ratio'': 26.7% \\ ''elderly dependency ratio'': 3.4% \\ ''potential support ratio'': 29.8% (2015 est.) \\ ||Median age|''total'': 25.4 years \\ ''male'': 26.5 years \\ ''female'': 24 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Population growth rate|2.05% (2016 est.) ||Birth rate|24.3 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Death rate|3.3 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Net migration rate|-0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Population distribution|the vast majority of the population is located in and around the Al Hagar Mountains in the north of the country; another smaller cluster is found around the city of Salalah in the far south; most of the country remains sparsely poplulated ||Urbanization|''urban population'': 77.6% of total population (2015) \\ ''rate of urbanization'': 8.54% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) \\ ||Major urban areas - population|MUSCAT (capital) 838,000 (2015) ||Sex ratio|''at birth'': 1.05 male(s)/female \\ ''0-14 years'': 1.05 male(s)/female \\ ''15-24 years'': 1.1 male(s)/female \\ ''25-54 years'': 1.38 male(s)/female \\ ''55-64 years'': 1.14 male(s)/female \\ ''65 years and over'': 0.99 male(s)/female \\ ''total population'': 1.19 male(s)/female (2016 est.) \\ ||Maternal mortality rate|17 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) ||Infant mortality rate|''total'': 13.2 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''male'': 13.5 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''female'': 12.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) \\ ||Life expectancy at birth|''total population'': 75.5 years \\ ''male'': 73.5 years \\ ''female'': 77.5 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Total fertility rate|2.84 children born/woman (2016 est.) ||Contraceptive prevalence rate|24.4% (2007/08) ||Health expenditures|3.6% of GDP (2014) ||Physicians density|2.43 physicians/1,000 population (2012) ||Hospital bed density|1.7 beds/1,000 population (2012) ||Drinking water source|''improved'': \\ urban: 95.5% of population \\ rural: 86.1% of population \\ total: 93.4% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 4.5% of population \\ rural: 13.9% of population \\ total: 6.6% of population (2015 est.) \\ ||Sanitation facility access|''improved'': \\ urban: 97.3% of population \\ rural: 94.7% of population \\ total: 96.7% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 2.7% of population \\ rural: 5.3% of population \\ total: 3.3% of population (2015 est.) \\ ||HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate|0.16% (2014 est.) ||HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS|2,400 (2014 est.) ||HIV/AIDS - deaths|less than 100 (2014 est.) ||Obesity - adult prevalence rate|26.5% (2014) ||Children under the age of 5 years underweight|9.7% (2014) ||Education expenditures|5% of GDP (2013) ||Literacy|''definition'': age 15 and over can read and write \\ ''total population'': 91.1% \\ ''male'': 93.6% \\ ''female'': 85.6% (2015 est.) \\ ||School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)|''total'': 14 years \\ ''male'': 14 years \\ ''female'': 14 years (2011) \\