▁and ▁toler ant ▁towards ▁others . ▁Thus , ▁t ension ▁between ▁so cio - c ult ural ▁groups ▁in ▁O man i ▁society ▁exists . ▁More ▁important ▁is ▁the ▁existence ▁of ▁social ▁inequality ▁between ▁these ▁three ▁groups . ▁ ▁M igration ▁Because ▁of ▁the ▁combination ▁of ▁a ▁relatively ▁small ▁O man i ▁population ▁and ▁a ▁fast - g row ing ▁oil - dri ven ▁economy , ▁O man ▁has ▁attract ed ▁many ▁migr ants . ▁At ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁census ▁the ▁total ▁exp atri ate ▁population ▁was ▁ 1 , 7 8 9 , 0 0 0 ▁or ▁ 4 3 . 7 % ▁of ▁the ▁population . ▁Most ▁migr ants ▁are ▁males ▁from ▁India ▁( 4 6 5 , 6 6 0 ▁for ▁both ▁sex es ), ▁Bang l adesh ▁( 1 0 7 , 1 2 5 ) ▁or ▁Pakistan ▁( 8 4 , 6 5 8 ). ▁Fem ale ▁migr ant ▁workers ▁are ▁mainly ▁from ▁Indones ia ▁( 2 5 , 3 0 0 ), ▁the ▁Philippines ▁( 1 5 , 6 5 1 ) ▁or ▁Sri ▁L anka ▁( 1 0 , 1 7 8 ). ▁M igr ants ▁from ▁Arab ▁countries ▁account ▁for ▁ 6 8 , 9 8 6 ▁migr ants ▁( E gypt ▁ 2 9 , 8 7 7 , ▁Jordan ▁ 7 , 4 0 3 , ▁Sud an ▁ 6 , 8 6 7 , ▁U AE ▁ 6 , 4 2 6 , ▁Ira q ▁ 4 , 1