Demographics of Oman
| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2022) |
| Date | 14 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.
| Year | Population | Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 457,317 | 1.37 |
| 1955 | 492,416 | 1.60 |
| 1960 | 536,553 | 1.77 |
| 1965 | 593,808 | 2.25 |
| 1970 | 670,693 | 2.62 |
| 1975 | 787,194 | 4.34 |
| 1980 | 1,017,462 | 5.48 |
| 1985 | 1,353,289 | 6.69 |
| 1990 | 1,804,524 | 5.03 |
| 1995 | 2,172,672 | 1.75 |
| 2000 | 2,344,253 | 1.32 |
| 2005 | 2,515,192 | 1.82 |
| 2010 | 2,881,914 | 11.16 |
| 2015 | 4,191,776 | 5.09 |
| 2020 | 4,543,399 | -2.01 |
| 2021 | 4,520,471 | 1.01 |
| 2022 | 4,576,298 | 1.44 |
| 2023 | 4,644,384 | 1.51 |
| 2024 | 4,713,553 | 1.45 |
- Population
- Growth
| Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
| 1950 | 16,367 | 24,647 | 35.688 | 53.742 |
| 1955 | 16,672 | 26,527 | 33.784 | 53.752 |
| 1960 | 16,409 | 28,893 | 30.490 | 53.687 |
| 1965 | 14,592 | 30,939 | 24.507 | 51.962 |
| 1970 | 13,034 | 33,573 | 19.385 | 49.935 |
| 1975 | 11,933 | 40,479 | 15.205 | 51.577 |
| 1980 | 10,827 | 53,979 | 10.702 | 53.353 |
| 1985 | 9,334 | 65,957 | 6.982 | 49.338 |
| 1990 | 8,118 | 65,411 | 4.541 | 36.588 |
| 1995 | 7,735 | 61,367 | 3.549 | 28.157 |
| 2000 | 7,430 | 58,354 | 3.156 | 24.787 |
| 2005 | 7,328 | 53,764 | 2.914 | 21.383 |
| 2010 | 7,110 | 64,416 | 2.585 | 23.421 |
| 2015 | 9,102 | 87,985 | 2.205 | 21.316 |
| 2020 | 13,991 | 86,916 | 3.025 | 18.791 |
| 2021 | 17,206 | 83,496 | 3.796 | 18.419 |
| 2022 | 15,011 | 81,043 | 3.279 | 17.706 |
| 2023 | 9,352 | 79,479 | 2.014 | 17.115 |
| 2024 | 9,547 | 77,757 | 2.026 | 16.499 |
- Total
- Crude
| Year | Population | Urban (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | ||
| 1950 | 39,252 | 417,167 | 8.600 |
| 1955 | 59,302 | 436,514 | 11.961 |
| 1960 | 90,485 | 461,255 | 16.400 |
| 1965 | 139,614 | 485,395 | 22.338 |
| 1970 | 214,732 | 509,120 | 29.665 |
| 1975 | 337,059 | 544,985 | 38.213 |
| 1980 | 549,043 | 605,336 | 47.562 |
| 1985 | 855,282 | 643,135 | 57.079 |
| 1990 | 1,197,883 | 614,277 | 66.102 |
| 1995 | 1,579,777 | 624,506 | 71.669 |
| 2000 | 1,623,172 | 644,819 | 71.569 |
| 2005 | 1,818,164 | 693,105 | 72.400 |
| 2010 | 2,285,997 | 755,463 | 75.161 |
| 2015 | 3,416,565 | 783,245 | 81.350 |
| 2020 | 4,442,970 | 706,730 | 86.276 |
| 2021 | 4,587,397 | 682,830 | 87.044 |
| 2022 | 4,707,282 | 657,140 | 87.750 |
| 2023 | 4,808,591 | 630,996 | 88.400 |
| 2024 | 4,900,404 | 605,818 | 88.998 |
- Population
- Urbanization
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons | Share (%) | ||||
| 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 | |
- Population pyramid
- Gender ratio