Demographics of Oman

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date14 May 2024

There are 2.85 million males and 1.86 million females in Oman. The percentage of the male population is 60.54%, compared to 39.46% of the female population. Oman has 993k more males than females, the 11th highest in the world.. The sex ratio in Oman in 2024 will be 153.395 males per 100 females. Oman has the fifth-lowest female-to-male ratio in the world.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Oman population

Year Population Growth (%)
1950457,3171.37
1955492,4161.60
1960536,5531.77
1965593,8082.25
1970670,6932.62
1975787,1944.34
19801,017,4625.48
19851,353,2896.69
19901,804,5245.03
19952,172,6721.75
20002,344,2531.32
20052,515,1921.82
20102,881,91411.16
20154,191,7765.09
20204,543,399-2.01
20214,520,4711.01
20224,576,2981.44
20234,644,3841.51
20244,713,5531.45
  • Total
  • Crude

Oman death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195016,36724,64735.68853.742
195516,67226,52733.78453.752
196016,40928,89330.49053.687
196514,59230,93924.50751.962
197013,03433,57319.38549.935
197511,93340,47915.20551.577
198010,82753,97910.70253.353
19859,33465,9576.98249.338
19908,11865,4114.54136.588
19957,73561,3673.54928.157
20007,43058,3543.15624.787
20057,32853,7642.91421.383
20107,11064,4162.58523.421
20159,10287,9852.20521.316
202013,99186,9163.02518.791
202117,20683,4963.79618.419
202215,01181,0433.27917.706
20239,35279,4792.01417.115
20249,54777,7572.02616.499
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Oman

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
195039,252417,1678.600
195559,302436,51411.961
196090,485461,25516.400
1965139,614485,39522.338
1970214,732509,12029.665
1975337,059544,98538.213
1980549,043605,33647.562
1985855,282643,13557.079
19901,197,883614,27766.102
19951,579,777624,50671.669
20001,623,172644,81971.569
20051,818,164693,10572.400
20102,285,997755,46375.161
20153,416,565783,24581.350
20204,442,970706,73086.276
20214,587,397682,83087.044
20224,707,282657,14087.750
20234,808,591630,99688.400
20244,900,404605,81888.998
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Oman population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 207,292 199,047 406,339 8.62 104.142
05-09 236,840 227,614 464,454 9.85 104.053
10-14 200,113 193,193 393,307 8.34 103.582
15-19 153,375 146,611 299,986 6.36 104.614
20-24 154,107 124,295 278,402 5.91 123.985
25-29 313,233 148,062 461,295 9.79 211.555
30-34 397,431 179,065 576,495 12.23 221.948
35-39 389,827 177,796 567,622 12.04 219.255
40-44 289,761 144,316 434,077 9.21 200.782
45-49 192,554 104,788 297,343 6.31 183.756
50-54 127,428 63,936 191,364 4.06 199.306
55-59 76,839 44,245 121,084 2.57 173.667
60-64 49,584 35,656 85,240 1.81 139.062
65-69 28,201 27,927 56,128 1.19 100.981
70-74 18,711 20,810 39,521 0.84 89.914
75-79 10,636 12,187 22,822 0.48 87.273
80-84 4,508 6,237 10,746 0.23 72.278
85-89 2,306 3,299 5,604 0.12 69.900
90-94 563 897 1,460 0.03 62.765
95-99 77 167 244 0.01 46.108
100+ 4 14 18 0.00 28.571
Total 2,853,390 1,860,162 4,713,551 153.395