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GCC Country Profiles

Bahrain Kuwait Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates 
Capital * Manama Kuwait Muscat Doha Riyadh Abu Dhabi
Offical Language* Arabic Arabic Arabic Arabic Arabic Arabic
Totl Area (Sq km)* 717 17,818 309,500 11,437 2,240,000 77,700
Currency* Dinar Dinar Riyal Riyal Riyal Dirham
Population (UN, 2010)* 800,700 3.1 million 2.9 million 1.5 million 26.2 million 4.7 million
Male to Female sex ratio*** 1.24:1 1.54:1 1.22:1 2:01 1.18:1 2.19:1
GNI per capita (US$) **** 25,420 43,930 17,890 n/a 17,700 n/a
Literacy rate (%)** 86.5 93.3 81.4 89 78.8 77.9
HIV/AIDS prevalence estimates (%) in adults**** 0 0 0.1 <0.1 0 0
HIV/AIDS prevalence estimates (%) in adults***** 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.01 0.2
CEDAW Signed Year****** 2002 1994 2006 2009 2000 2004