Oman Demographics: Median age, Gender, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Oman vs World

Table

Year	Median age
	Oman	World
1960	18.9	22.5
1961	18.8	22.5
1962	18.7	22.4
1963	18.6	22.2
1964	18.5	22
1965	18.4	21.8
1966	18.2	21.7
1967	18	21.6
1968	17.8	21.5
1969	17.5	21.5
1970	17.2	21.4
1971	16.9	21.4
1972	16.7	21.5
1973	16.4	21.5
1974	16.3	21.6
1975	16.2	21.7
1976	16.3	21.9
1977	16.3	22
1978	16.4	22.2
1979	16.4	22.3
1980	16.4	22.5
1981	16.5	22.6
1982	16.5	22.7
1983	16.5	22.9
1984	16.5	23
1985	16.6	23.2
1986	16.8	23.3
1987	17.1	23.4
1988	17.5	23.6
1989	17.9	23.8
1990	18.4	23.9
1991	18.8	24.1
1992	19.4	24.3
1993	19.9	24.5
1994	20.1	24.7
1995	20.1	25
1996	20.1	25.2
1997	20.2	25.4
1998	20.4	25.7
1999	20.6	25.9
2000	20.9	26.1
2001	21.3	26.3
2002	21.6	26.5
2003	22	26.7
2004	22.3	27
2005	22.7	27.2
2006	23.1	27.4
2007	23.5	27.6
2008	24	27.8
2009	24.6	28
2010	25.2	28.2
2011	26.5	28.4
2012	27.7	28.6
2013	28.2	28.9
2014	28.5	29.1
2015	28.8	29.3
2016	29.1	29.5
2017	29.4	29.8
2018	29.7	30
2019	29.9	30.3
2020	29.7	30.6
2021	29.7	30.8
2022	30	31
2023	30.3	31.3
2024	30.5	31.6
2025	30.7	31.9
2026	30.8	32.1
2027	30.9	32.3
2028	30.9	32.6
2029	30.9	32.8
2030	30.9	33
2031	30.9	33.2
2032	30.9	33.4
2033	30.9	33.6
2034	30.9	33.8
2035	30.9	34
2036	30.9	34.2
2037	31	34.4
2038	31	34.6
2039	31.1	34.8
2040	31.1	35
2041	31.2	35.2
2042	31.3	35.4
2043	31.4	35.6
2044	31.5	35.8
2045	31.7	36
2046	31.8	36.2
2047	32	36.4
2048	32.2	36.6
2049	32.3	36.8
2050	32.5	37.1

In 1960, the median age in Oman was 18.9 years compared to the world's average of 22.5 years. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 30.5 years compared to the world's average of 31.6 years. Ranked 119th for median age 64 years ago (old to young), Oman ranks 101st currently.

According to the United Nations projections, the median age in Oman is expected to increase to around 32.5 years by 2050. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Oman demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Oman
	Male	Female
0-4	4.12%	3.97%
5-9	4.62%	4.45%
10-14	3.85%	3.71%
15-19	2.87%	2.75%
20-24	5.14%	2.8%
25-29	7.29%	3.29%
30-34	8.59%	3.78%
35-39	8.78%	3.72%
40-44	6.47%	2.96%
45-49	4.1%	2.1%
50-54	2.61%	1.28%
55-59	1.56%	0.89%
60-64	0.94%	0.72%
65-69	0.5%	0.5%
70-74	0.34%	0.36%
75-79	0.23%	0.25%
80+	0.2%	0.26%

The chart above is a variation of the population pyramid and represents the age and gender structure. Oman has average demographic potential with 61.2% of people in the 0-34 age group (ranked 82/196).

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Oman			World
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	81.6%	75.4%	6.13%	73.5%	64.9%	8.62%
1961	81.6%	75.5%	6.15%	73.8%	65.1%	8.67%
1962	82%	75.8%	6.18%	74.1%	65.4%	8.73%
1963	83.3%	77%	6.24%	74.9%	66.1%	8.79%
1964	85.4%	79.1%	6.32%	75.5%	66.6%	8.85%
1965	87.4%	81%	6.38%	75.8%	66.8%	8.93%
1966	89.3%	82.8%	6.43%	75.9%	66.9%	9%
1967	91.1%	84.7%	6.47%	75.9%	66.8%	9.07%
1968	93%	86.5%	6.51%	75.8%	66.6%	9.14%
1969	94.9%	88.4%	6.54%	75.7%	66.5%	9.2%
1970	96.8%	90.2%	6.56%	75.5%	66.2%	9.26%
1971	98.6%	92.1%	6.57%	75.2%	65.9%	9.33%
1972	100.5%	93.9%	6.58%	74.9%	65.6%	9.39%
1973	102.2%	95.6%	6.58%	74.6%	65.1%	9.46%
1974	103%	96.5%	6.53%	74.4%	64.9%	9.54%
1975	102.9%	96.5%	6.43%	74.2%	64.6%	9.64%
1976	102.6%	96.2%	6.32%	74%	64.3%	9.72%
1977	101.9%	95.7%	6.2%	73.5%	63.7%	9.79%
1978	101.2%	95.1%	6.07%	72.4%	62.5%	9.84%
1979	100.6%	94.6%	5.95%	71.3%	61.4%	9.88%
1980	100.2%	94.4%	5.83%	70.4%	60.5%	9.89%
1981	100%	94.3%	5.72%	69.5%	59.6%	9.85%
1982	99.8%	94.2%	5.62%	68.7%	58.9%	9.79%
1983	99.7%	94.2%	5.53%	67.9%	58.1%	9.72%
1984	99.7%	94.3%	5.45%	67%	57.3%	9.68%
1985	98.9%	93.5%	5.32%	66.3%	56.6%	9.68%
1986	96.7%	91.6%	5.13%	65.7%	55.9%	9.71%
1987	94%	89.1%	4.96%	65.2%	55.4%	9.75%
1988	91%	86.2%	4.8%	64.8%	54.9%	9.81%
1989	87.9%	83.2%	4.66%	64.4%	54.5%	9.89%
1990	84.7%	80.2%	4.53%	64.2%	54.3%	9.97%
1991	81.5%	77.1%	4.42%	64%	53.9%	10.1%
1992	78.3%	74%	4.31%	63.7%	53.6%	10.2%
1993	75.2%	71%	4.23%	63.5%	53.2%	10.3%
1994	73.4%	69.2%	4.2%	63.1%	52.7%	10.4%
1995	72.7%	68.5%	4.2%	62.7%	52.2%	10.5%
1996	71.5%	67.3%	4.2%	62.1%	51.5%	10.6%
1997	70%	65.8%	4.2%	61.5%	50.8%	10.7%
1998	68.2%	64%	4.2%	60.7%	50%	10.7%
1999	66.2%	62.1%	4.19%	60%	49.2%	10.8%
2000	64.3%	60.1%	4.16%	59.3%	48.4%	10.9%
2001	62.2%	58.1%	4.12%	58.5%	47.6%	11%
2002	60.1%	56.1%	4.05%	57.8%	46.7%	11.1%
2003	58%	54.1%	3.97%	57%	45.9%	11.1%
2004	55.6%	51.7%	3.93%	56.3%	45.1%	11.2%
2005	52.9%	49%	3.91%	55.6%	44.3%	11.3%
2006	50.4%	46.5%	3.89%	55%	43.6%	11.4%
2007	48.2%	44.3%	3.86%	54.5%	43.1%	11.4%
2008	46.4%	42.5%	3.83%	54.1%	42.6%	11.5%
2009	45%	41.2%	3.83%	53.8%	42.2%	11.6%
2010	43.9%	40.1%	3.82%	53.5%	41.9%	11.6%
2011	39.1%	35.4%	3.68%	53.4%	41.6%	11.8%
2012	34%	30.5%	3.52%	53.3%	41.4%	11.9%
2013	32.5%	29.1%	3.41%	53.4%	41.2%	12.1%
2014	32.8%	29.4%	3.41%	53.5%	41.1%	12.4%
2015	33%	29.6%	3.43%	53.6%	40.9%	12.7%
2016	32.8%	29.4%	3.39%	53.7%	40.7%	13%
2017	33%	29.6%	3.39%	53.9%	40.6%	13.3%
2018	34.2%	30.7%	3.47%	54.1%	40.4%	13.7%
2019	36.2%	32.7%	3.56%	54.2%	40.1%	14%
2020	39.2%	35.6%	3.63%	54.2%	39.8%	14.4%
2021	41.5%	37.8%	3.7%	54.2%	39.5%	14.7%
2022	40.6%	36.9%	3.74%	54%	39%	15%
2023	38.7%	35%	3.69%	53.9%	38.5%	15.4%
2024	37.7%	34%	3.64%	53.7%	38%	15.7%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64. Age dependency in Oman decreased from 55.6% to 37.7% between 2004 and 2024 with a decreased share of children and an increased proportion of people aged 65+

Oman working age demographic chart

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Oman	World
1960	55.1%	57.6%
1961	55.1%	57.5%
1962	54.9%	57.4%
1963	54.6%	57.2%
1964	53.9%	57%
1965	53.4%	56.9%
1966	52.8%	56.8%
1967	52.3%	56.9%
1968	51.8%	56.9%
1969	51.3%	56.9%
1970	50.8%	57%
1971	50.3%	57.1%
1972	49.9%	57.2%
1973	49.5%	57.3%
1974	49.3%	57.3%
1975	49.3%	57.4%
1976	49.4%	57.5%
1977	49.5%	57.7%
1978	49.7%	58%
1979	49.9%	58.4%
1980	49.9%	58.7%
1981	50%	59%
1982	50%	59.3%
1983	50.1%	59.6%
1984	50.1%	59.9%
1985	50.3%	60.1%
1986	50.8%	60.4%
1987	51.5%	60.5%
1988	52.3%	60.7%
1989	53.2%	60.8%
1990	54.1%	60.9%
1991	55.1%	61%
1992	56.1%	61.1%
1993	57.1%	61.2%
1994	57.7%	61.3%
1995	57.9%	61.5%
1996	58.3%	61.7%
1997	58.8%	61.9%
1998	59.5%	62.2%
1999	60.2%	62.5%
2000	60.9%	62.8%
2001	61.6%	63.1%
2002	62.4%	63.4%
2003	63.3%	63.7%
2004	64.3%	64%
2005	65.4%	64.3%
2006	66.5%	64.5%
2007	67.5%	64.7%
2008	68.3%	64.9%
2009	68.9%	65%
2010	69.5%	65.1%
2011	71.9%	65.2%
2012	74.6%	65.2%
2013	75.5%	65.2%
2014	75.3%	65.2%
2015	75.2%	65.1%
2016	75.3%	65.1%
2017	75.2%	65%
2018	74.5%	64.9%
2019	73.4%	64.9%
2020	71.8%	64.8%
2021	70.7%	64.9%
2022	71.1%	64.9%
2023	72.1%	65%
2024	72.6%	65.1%
2025	73%	65.2%
2026	73.2%	65.3%
2027	73.4%	65.4%
2028	73.6%	65.4%
2029	73.8%	65.4%
2030	74%	65.4%
2031	74.3%	65.4%
2032	74.5%	65.4%
2033	74.8%	65.4%
2034	75%	65.3%
2035	75.1%	65.2%
2036	75.2%	65%
2037	75.2%	64.9%
2038	75.1%	64.7%
2039	75%	64.6%
2040	75.1%	64.5%
2041	75.1%	64.4%
2042	75%	64.3%
2043	75%	64.2%
2044	74.8%	64.1%
2045	74.7%	63.9%
2046	74.5%	63.8%
2047	74.3%	63.7%
2048	74%	63.6%
2049	73.8%	63.4%
2050	73.5%	63.3%

The share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 in Oman changed from 64.3% to 72.6% between 2004 and 2024.

Share of young population (0-14 years)

Table

Year	Share of population 0-14 years old
	Oman	World
1960	41.5%	37.4%
1961	41.6%	37.5%
1962	41.7%	37.6%
1963	42%	37.8%
1964	42.6%	38%
1965	43.2%	38%
1966	43.8%	38%
1967	44.3%	38%
1968	44.8%	37.9%
1969	45.3%	37.8%
1970	45.9%	37.7%
1971	46.4%	37.6%
1972	46.8%	37.5%
1973	47.3%	37.3%
1974	47.5%	37.2%
1975	47.5%	37.1%
1976	47.5%	36.9%
1977	47.4%	36.7%
1978	47.3%	36.3%
1979	47.2%	35.9%
1980	47.1%	35.5%
1981	47.1%	35.2%
1982	47.1%	34.9%
1983	47.2%	34.6%
1984	47.2%	34.3%
1985	47%	34%
1986	46.5%	33.8%
1987	45.9%	33.6%
1988	45.1%	33.4%
1989	44.3%	33.2%
1990	43.4%	33%
1991	42.5%	32.9%
1992	41.5%	32.7%
1993	40.5%	32.5%
1994	39.9%	32.3%
1995	39.7%	32.1%
1996	39.3%	31.8%
1997	38.7%	31.5%
1998	38%	31.1%
1999	37.3%	30.8%
2000	36.6%	30.4%
2001	35.8%	30%
2002	35%	29.6%
2003	34.2%	29.2%
2004	33.2%	28.8%
2005	32.1%	28.5%
2006	30.9%	28.1%
2007	29.9%	27.9%
2008	29.1%	27.6%
2009	28.4%	27.5%
2010	27.9%	27.3%
2011	25.5%	27.1%
2012	22.8%	27%
2013	21.9%	26.9%
2014	22.1%	26.8%
2015	22.2%	26.6%
2016	22.1%	26.5%
2017	22.3%	26.4%
2018	22.9%	26.2%
2019	24%	26%
2020	25.6%	25.8%
2021	26.7%	25.6%
2022	26.2%	25.3%
2023	25.2%	25%
2024	24.7%	24.7%
2025	24.3%	24.4%
2026	24%	24.1%
2027	23.8%	23.8%
2028	23.6%	23.4%
2029	23.3%	23.1%
2030	23%	22.8%
2031	22.7%	22.6%
2032	22.4%	22.3%
2033	22.1%	22.1%
2034	21.8%	21.9%
2035	21.6%	21.7%
2036	21.4%	21.6%
2037	21.3%	21.5%
2038	21.3%	21.4%
2039	21.2%	21.3%
2040	21%	21.2%
2041	20.8%	21.1%
2042	20.7%	21%
2043	20.5%	21%
2044	20.4%	20.9%
2045	20.3%	20.8%
2046	20.2%	20.7%
2047	20.1%	20.7%
2048	20.1%	20.6%
2049	20%	20.5%
2050	20%	20.4%

The share of children aged 0-14 in Oman decreased from 33.2% to 24.7% between 2004 and 2024 due to changes in birth rates.

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Oman	World
1960	3.38%	4.97%
1961	3.39%	4.99%
1962	3.4%	5.01%
1963	3.41%	5.02%
1964	3.41%	5.04%
1965	3.4%	5.08%
1966	3.4%	5.12%
1967	3.39%	5.16%
1968	3.37%	5.2%
1969	3.35%	5.24%
1970	3.33%	5.28%
1971	3.31%	5.32%
1972	3.28%	5.37%
1973	3.25%	5.42%
1974	3.22%	5.47%
1975	3.17%	5.53%
1976	3.12%	5.59%
1977	3.07%	5.65%
1978	3.02%	5.71%
1979	2.96%	5.77%
1980	2.91%	5.81%
1981	2.86%	5.81%
1982	2.81%	5.8%
1983	2.77%	5.79%
1984	2.73%	5.8%
1985	2.67%	5.82%
1986	2.61%	5.86%
1987	2.56%	5.91%
1988	2.51%	5.95%
1989	2.48%	6.01%
1990	2.45%	6.07%
1991	2.43%	6.14%
1992	2.42%	6.21%
1993	2.41%	6.29%
1994	2.42%	6.37%
1995	2.43%	6.45%
1996	2.45%	6.53%
1997	2.47%	6.61%
1998	2.5%	6.68%
1999	2.52%	6.76%
2000	2.53%	6.84%
2001	2.54%	6.92%
2002	2.53%	7.01%
2003	2.51%	7.1%
2004	2.52%	7.18%
2005	2.56%	7.26%
2006	2.58%	7.34%
2007	2.6%	7.41%
2008	2.62%	7.47%
2009	2.64%	7.52%
2010	2.65%	7.58%
2011	2.65%	7.66%
2012	2.63%	7.78%
2013	2.58%	7.92%
2014	2.56%	8.08%
2015	2.57%	8.26%
2016	2.55%	8.45%
2017	2.55%	8.65%
2018	2.58%	8.88%
2019	2.61%	9.1%
2020	2.61%	9.33%
2021	2.62%	9.53%
2022	2.66%	9.74%
2023	2.66%	9.98%
2024	2.64%	10.2%
2025	2.69%	10.4%
2026	2.74%	10.6%
2027	2.77%	10.8%
2028	2.82%	11.1%
2029	2.88%	11.5%
2030	2.95%	11.7%
2031	3.01%	12%
2032	3.06%	12.3%
2033	3.13%	12.6%
2034	3.2%	12.8%
2035	3.28%	13.1%
2036	3.38%	13.4%
2037	3.48%	13.7%
2038	3.6%	13.9%
2039	3.74%	14.1%
2040	3.91%	14.3%
2041	4.09%	14.5%
2042	4.3%	14.7%
2043	4.54%	14.9%
2044	4.79%	15%
2045	5.04%	15.2%
2046	5.31%	15.4%
2047	5.59%	15.7%
2048	5.89%	15.9%
2049	6.2%	16.1%
2050	6.51%	16.3%

The share of older people aged 65 and over in Oman increased from 2.52% to 2.64% between 2004 and 2024 due to changes in life expectancy.