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Oman

Capital city — Muscat

  • Country population

    4,640,927
    i
    01/2020
    / National Centre for Statistics and Information
  • Type of government

    Absolute Monarchy
  • Human Development Index

    0.834

    (47/188)

    i
    2018
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    0.5
    i
    2017
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Name of authority in charge of the prison…

    Royal Police
  • Total number of prisoners

    1,960
    i
    11/2015
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    45
    i
    11/2015
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Prison density

    Data not disclosed

  • Total number of prison facilities

    3
    i
    2000
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • An NPM has been established

    no
  • Number and percentage of female prisoners

    4.5 %
    i
    2002
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarcerated minors

    3.8 %
    i
    2002
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Untried prisoners

    5.6 %
    i
    2002
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Death penalty is abolished

    no
    i
    PdM
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  • Country population
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  • Human Development Index
  • Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

Introduction

Themes
  • Country population
  • Type of government
  • Human Development Index
  • Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

Country population

4,640,927

i
01/2020
/ National Centre for Statistics and Information

Type of government

Absolute Monarchy

Human Development Index

0.834

(47/188)

i
2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report

Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

0.5

i
2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
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