Demographics of Oman

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date08 Dec 2021

As of 2021, the population of Oman is projected at 5.22 million, up by 2.29% compared with 5.11 million in 2020. Oman is ranked 120th in terms of population and 42nd in terms of population growth rate.

There are 60.62 thousand births in Oman in 2021. That is 166 per day, which is ranked 116th. The crude birth rate is 11.07 per 1000 people. There are 43.26 thousand deaths in Oman in 2021. That is 119 per day, which is ranked 152nd. The crude death rate is 7.91 per 1000 people.

4.59 million people are living in urban areas, which is 87.04% of Oman population. Oman is ranked 47th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Oman in 2021 is 193.46 males per 100 females. There are 3.44 million males and 1.78 million females in Oman. The percentage of female population is 34.08% compare to 65.92% male population. Oman has 1.66 million more males than fefmales. Oman is at 199th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

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  • Population
  • Growth rate

Oman population

Year Population Growth (%)
1950456,410-
1955495,8251.96
1960551,7352.30
1965625,0062.65
1970723,8423.30
1975882,0384.76
19801,154,3735.73
19851,498,4134.71
19901,812,1584.08
19952,204,2672.60
20002,267,9730.58
20052,511,2542.69
20103,041,4355.75
20154,267,3415.96
20164,479,2174.97
20174,665,9264.17
20184,829,4763.51
20194,974,9923.01
20205,106,6222.65
20215,223,3762.29
  • Total
  • Crude

Oman death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195028,19461,8348.5818.85
195529,56163,0208.6318.38
196032,86863,3099.1817.68
196536,10065,5039.6917.56
197038,46165,7239.9316.96
197540,16357,26010.0414.32
198041,33650,19910.1212.28
198543,54552,79910.4712.70
199045,31858,32310.6613.72
199545,22260,22810.3513.79
200044,22257,8039.8412.87
200542,72458,1519.1912.49
201041,46060,1898.4712.30
201541,74959,0298.0511.40
202042,97660,0327.9211.06
202143,25860,6247.9111.07
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  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Oman

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
195039,252417,167-8.600
195559,302436,5148.8011.961
196090,485461,2558.8316.400
1965139,614485,3958.9822.338
1970214,732509,1209.0829.665
1975337,059544,9859.9138.213
1980549,043605,33610.1447.562
1985855,282643,1358.2857.079
19901,197,883614,2776.8866.102
19951,579,777624,5062.5771.669
20001,623,172644,8190.5571.569
20051,818,164693,1053.5472.400
20102,285,997755,4636.2675.161
20153,416,565783,2457.6381.350
20204,442,970706,7303.9686.276
20214,587,397682,8303.2587.044
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  • Gender ratio

Oman population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 241,153 224,957 466,110 8.92 107.200
05-09 197,937 195,008 392,945 7.52 101.502
10-14 177,346 157,190 334,536 6.40 112.823
15-19 117,276 126,257 243,533 4.66 92.887
20-24 189,323 126,955 316,278 6.06 149.126
25-29 532,503 168,609 701,112 13.42 315.821
30-34 672,349 197,832 870,181 16.66 339.859
35-39 444,000 168,045 612,045 11.72 264.215
40-44 290,947 124,148 415,095 7.95 234.355
45-49 217,013 84,050 301,063 5.76 258.195
50-54 134,885 60,851 195,736 3.75 221.664
55-59 98,078 42,660 140,738 2.69 229.906
60-64 63,023 33,536 96,559 1.85 187.926
65-69 31,777 26,685 58,462 1.12 119.082
70-74 13,006 17,452 30,458 0.58 74.524
75-79 11,326 13,174 24,500 0.47 85.972
80-84 7,573 6,629 14,202 0.27 114.240
85-89 2,942 3,165 6,107 0.12 92.954
90-94 829 1,793 2,622 0.05 46.235
95-99 168 692 860 0.02 24.277
100+ 23 211 234 0.00 10.900
Total 3,443,477 1,779,899 5,223,376 193.465