Population: 738,004 (235,108 non-nationals)

Size: 741 square kilometres

GDP: $38,400 per capita (2009 estimate), 2.9 percent growth (2009 estimate)

Unemployment rate: 15 percent (2005 estimate)

Public debt: 36.3 percent of GDP (2009 estimate)

Inflation rate: Three percent (2009 estimate)

Main industries: Petroleum processing and refining, aluminum smelting, iron pelletisation, fertilisers, Islamic and offshore banking, insurance, ship repairing and tourism