10 Things You Didn’t Know About Oman

7. It is a very young country - almost half of its residents are under 15 years of age.

The total population of Oman is estimated to be over 4.5 million and about 2.08 million people are expatriates while over 2.46 million people are Omani citizens. The majority of the population resides in the coastal region with the Sultanate’s capital, Muscat, having over 630,000 people. The demographic composition of Oman shows that the Sultanate has a young population where 43% of the total population is under the age of 15.

8. Its coastline is over 3,000 km long.

The coastline of Oman stretches 3,165 kilometers from the Yemeni border from the southwest to the Strait of Hormuz in the northern edge of the country. The coastline is even with few indented areas and has numerous picturesque beaches.

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