Oman

General matters

Country name Oman (Oman)

Muscat, the capital of Muscat

Population (name) 4,770,000 ('23. IMF)

Area (km²) 309,500 (1.4 times the size of the Korean Peninsula)

Language Arabic, English

Religious Islam (Ibadian)

November 18th (the birth date of the predecessor)

politics

the form of government

the monarchy

a major figure

국왕(Sultan) : Haitham bin Tariq Al-Said(‘20.01)

왕세자 : Theyazin bin Haitham Al-Said(‘21.01)

Deputy Prime Minister: Fahd bin Mahmoud Al-Said ('94)

Deputy Prime Minister: Shihabbin Tariq Al-Said (Minister of Defense) ('20.03)

외교장관 : Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Al-Busaidi(‘20.08)

the composition of Parliament

National Council: Senate, 85 appointed members, four years in office

Advisory Council: House of Representatives, 86 elected members, four years in office

Economy

GDP($)

104,900,000,000 (‘23, IMF)

GDP per capita ($)

21,960 (‘23, IMF)

Economic growth rate (%)

1.8 ('22, IMF estimate)

monetary unit

Omani Riyal US 1$ = 0.385 RO (fixed rate)

trade

Export amount ($) 66,500,000,000

Import amount ($38,700,000,000)

a major resource

'21, BP

- Crude oil (about 5.4 billion barrels), natural gas (about 700 billion cubic meters)