The current population of Oman is 5,636,678 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 5,281,538 in 2024.
Population facts:
- For the last 20 years, Oman has had an average growth rate of 6.46% per year.
- Oman is ranked 120/197 by population and was ranked 138th in 2005.
- Oman is projected to reach 12.1M people in 2100.
- Oman accounts for 0.07% of the world's population.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 2.46M people to 5.64M (129.2% growth in 20 years).
Oman population clock
Oman
|
World
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|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
5636678
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 120/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.07% | N/A |
| One net population change |
2.26 minutes
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
6.18 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
54.8 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +636 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +232,269 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +4.6% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 4/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
3.41 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | +154,219 | N/A |
Oman population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 530,485 | - |
| 1961 | 539,854 | 1.77% |
| 1962 | 549,941 | 1.87% |
| 1963 | 560,827 | 1.98% |
| 1964 | 572,577 | 2.1% |
| 1965 | 585,236 | 2.21% |
| 1966 | 598,804 | 2.32% |
| 1967 | 613,318 | 2.42% |
| 1968 | 628,798 | 2.52% |
| 1969 | 645,255 | 2.62% |
| 1970 | 662,680 | 2.7% |
| 1971 | 681,119 | 2.78% |
| 1972 | 700,593 | 2.86% |
| 1973 | 721,179 | 2.94% |
| 1974 | 746,988 | 3.58% |
| 1975 | 778,864 | 4.27% |
| 1976 | 814,701 | 4.6% |
| 1977 | 855,314 | 4.99% |
| 1978 | 900,304 | 5.26% |
| 1979 | 949,116 | 5.42% |
| 1980 | 1,001,248 | 5.49% |
| 1981 | 1,057,320 | 5.6% |
| 1982 | 1,117,678 | 5.71% |
| 1983 | 1,181,459 | 5.71% |
| 1984 | 1,247,716 | 5.61% |
| 1985 | 1,325,480 | 6.23% |
| 1986 | 1,413,419 | 6.63% |
| 1987 | 1,500,996 | 6.2% |
| 1988 | 1,588,568 | 5.83% |
| 1989 | 1,676,228 | 5.52% |
| 1990 | 1,763,954 | 5.23% |
| 1991 | 1,851,473 | 4.96% |
| 1992 | 1,938,238 | 4.69% |
| 1993 | 2,021,675 | 4.3% |
| 1994 | 2,081,834 | 2.98% |
| 1995 | 2,120,528 | 1.86% |
| 1996 | 2,156,926 | 1.72% |
| 1997 | 2,190,720 | 1.57% |
| 1998 | 2,222,489 | 1.45% |
| 1999 | 2,252,909 | 1.37% |
| 2000 | 2,282,131 | 1.3% |
| 2001 | 2,310,217 | 1.23% |
| 2002 | 2,337,140 | 1.17% |
| 2003 | 2,363,796 | 1.14% |
| 2004 | 2,404,821 | 1.74% |
| 2005 | 2,459,802 | 2.29% |
| 2006 | 2,514,795 | 2.24% |
| 2007 | 2,570,174 | 2.2% |
| 2008 | 2,626,529 | 2.19% |
| 2009 | 2,684,659 | 2.21% |
| 2010 | 2,757,446 | 2.71% |
| 2011 | 3,076,763 | 11.6% |
| 2012 | 3,547,106 | 15.3% |
| 2013 | 3,833,913 | 8.09% |
| 2014 | 4,002,439 | 4.4% |
| 2015 | 4,184,895 | 4.56% |
| 2016 | 4,390,877 | 4.92% |
| 2017 | 4,537,396 | 3.34% |
| 2018 | 4,597,877 | 1.33% |
| 2019 | 4,591,241 | -0.14% |
| 2020 | 4,522,497 | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 4,500,424 | -0.49% |
| 2022 | 4,730,226 | 5.11% |
| 2023 | 5,049,269 | 6.74% |
| 2024 | 5,281,538 | 4.6% |
| 2025 | 5,494,693 | 4.04% |
| 2026 | 5,671,451 | 3.22% |
| 2027 | 5,814,719 | 2.53% |
| 2028 | 5,929,317 | 1.97% |
| 2029 | 6,026,178 | 1.63% |
| 2030 | 6,112,708 | 1.44% |
| 2031 | 6,194,366 | 1.34% |
| 2032 | 6,275,465 | 1.31% |
| 2033 | 6,356,248 | 1.29% |
| 2034 | 6,436,919 | 1.27% |
| 2035 | 6,517,799 | 1.26% |
| 2036 | 6,599,101 | 1.25% |
| 2037 | 6,681,041 | 1.24% |
| 2038 | 6,763,781 | 1.24% |
| 2039 | 6,847,380 | 1.24% |
| 2040 | 6,931,970 | 1.24% |
| 2041 | 7,017,684 | 1.24% |
| 2042 | 7,104,475 | 1.24% |
| 2043 | 7,192,217 | 1.24% |
| 2044 | 7,280,846 | 1.23% |
| 2045 | 7,370,221 | 1.23% |
| 2046 | 7,460,268 | 1.22% |
| 2047 | 7,550,973 | 1.22% |
| 2048 | 7,642,323 | 1.21% |
| 2049 | 7,734,352 | 1.2% |
| 2050 | 7,826,991 | 1.2% |
Oman has a population of 5.64M as of 2025, compared to 4.18M in 2015, 2.46M in 2005, and 2.12M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 3.47% per year. Oman is ranked 27th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Oman will have 7,370,221 people (30.8% growth) with a rank change from 120th to 114th.
By the year 2100, Oman's population is projected to grow by 114.6% to 12.1M people.
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Oman population statistics
|
Oman
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 80.5 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 29.6 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 30.5 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 62.2:37.8 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 2.53 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 44.2 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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