Oman's population rose from 2.16M in 1996 to 5.49M in 2025.
Oman · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Oman's population growth rose from 1.7 % in 1996 to 4.0 % in 2025.
Oman's population density rose from 6.7 in 1994 to 16.3 in 2023.
Oman's population, female (% of total) fell from 40.8 % in 1996 to 37.6 % in 2025.
Oman's urbanisation rose from 71.6 % in 1996 to 79.5 % in 2025.
Oman's urban population rose from 1.55M in 1996 to 4.37M in 2025.
Oman's rural population rose from 611,688 in 1996 to 1.13M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −0.7 %77th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −0.4 %90th of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +0.2 %214th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −5.7 %38th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.3 yrs117th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.4 pts99th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.4 pts12th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.0 pts202nd of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.7 pts206th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.0 pts214th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −26.3 %15th of 217
- Migrant stockup +4.1 pts22nd of 216
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- Refugees hosteddown −2.0 %134th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs52nd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs56th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs46th of 217