Independence : 1821, British Protectorate (1880-1961) Total area : 800.450 km2 Capital : Al-Rayyan (8.2 million) Population : 25 million Density : 31,23 people/km2 Ruler : Sultan Muhammad Jabir al-Qassim al-Salmani (1999-) Crown Prince : Prince Nawwaf Abdul Qadir Jabir al-Qassim al-Salmani Prime Minister : Prince Muhammad al-Jabbar al-Salmani (2011-) Dynasty : Dynasty al-Salmani (1889-) Palace : Majlis Alsultan (مجلس السلطان) GDP : USD$2.31 trillion GDP per capita : USD$92,453 Time Zone : UTC+3 Currency : Dinar Salmani (1 DSM = $1,65) Military Rank : 68th Oil Reserve : 100 billion barrel Total Unemployment : 0.6% Religion : Islam (72.6%), Hinduism (15.2%), Buddhism (6.4%), Christianity (3.2%), Jainism (0.9%), Baha'i (0.7%), Sikhism (0.3%), Atheist (0.1%), Others (0.6%) Ethnicity : Arabs Salmani (70.9%), Indians (15.9%), Sinhalese (5.3%), Persian (2.1%), Other Arabs (1.8%), Europeans (1.5%), Americans (1.2%), Others (1.3%)