The latest officially reported population of Oman was 5,281,538 in 2024 vs 6,036,860 people in Singapore in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Oman's population is 5,636,678 people compared to 6,105,665 in Singapore.
Population statistics:
- Singapore's population is 1.08 times bigger than Oman's.
- Oman is ranked the 120th most populous country in the world, while Singapore is the 113th.
- The countries together account for 0.14% of the world: 0.07% for Oman vs 0.07% for Singapore.
- For the last 10 years, Oman has had an average growth rate of +2.99% per year vs +1.04% in Singapore.
- Since 2005, the population of Oman has increased from 2.46M people to 5.64M (129.2% growth), while Singapore has grown from 4.27M to 6.11M (43.1% growth).
- Oman is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 12.1M people compared to the peak of 6.41M people in 2040 for Singapore.
Oman vs Singapore: live population counter
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| Current population |
5636678
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6105665
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| Population rank | 120/197 | 113/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
2.26 minutes
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4.41 minutes
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| One birth every |
6.18 minutes
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12 minutes
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| One death every |
54.8 minutes
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14.3 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
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| Annual migration change | +154,219 | +20,011 |
| Daily growth/decline | +636 | +327 |
| Annual growth/decline | +232,269 | +119,212 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +4.6% | +2.01% |
| Population growth rate rank | 4/197 | 53/197 |
Oman and Singapore: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 530,485 | 1,646,400 | - | - |
| 1961 | 539,854 | 1,702,400 | 1.77% | 3.4% |
| 1962 | 549,941 | 1,750,200 | 1.87% | 2.81% |
| 1963 | 560,827 | 1,795,000 | 1.98% | 2.56% |
| 1964 | 572,577 | 1,841,600 | 2.1% | 2.6% |
| 1965 | 585,236 | 1,886,900 | 2.21% | 2.46% |
| 1966 | 598,804 | 1,934,400 | 2.32% | 2.52% |
| 1967 | 613,318 | 1,977,600 | 2.42% | 2.23% |
| 1968 | 628,798 | 2,012,000 | 2.52% | 1.74% |
| 1969 | 645,255 | 2,042,500 | 2.62% | 1.52% |
| 1970 | 662,680 | 2,074,507 | 2.7% | 1.57% |
| 1971 | 681,119 | 2,112,900 | 2.78% | 1.85% |
| 1972 | 700,593 | 2,152,400 | 2.86% | 1.87% |
| 1973 | 721,179 | 2,193,000 | 2.94% | 1.89% |
| 1974 | 746,988 | 2,229,800 | 3.58% | 1.68% |
| 1975 | 778,864 | 2,262,600 | 4.27% | 1.47% |
| 1976 | 814,701 | 2,293,300 | 4.6% | 1.36% |
| 1977 | 855,314 | 2,325,300 | 4.99% | 1.4% |
| 1978 | 900,304 | 2,353,600 | 5.26% | 1.22% |
| 1979 | 949,116 | 2,383,500 | 5.42% | 1.27% |
| 1980 | 1,001,248 | 2,413,945 | 5.49% | 1.28% |
| 1981 | 1,057,320 | 2,532,835 | 5.6% | 4.93% |
| 1982 | 1,117,678 | 2,646,466 | 5.71% | 4.49% |
| 1983 | 1,181,459 | 2,681,061 | 5.71% | 1.31% |
| 1984 | 1,247,716 | 2,732,221 | 5.61% | 1.91% |
| 1985 | 1,325,480 | 2,735,957 | 6.23% | 0.14% |
| 1986 | 1,413,419 | 2,733,373 | 6.63% | -0.09% |
| 1987 | 1,500,996 | 2,774,789 | 6.2% | 1.52% |
| 1988 | 1,588,568 | 2,846,108 | 5.83% | 2.57% |
| 1989 | 1,676,228 | 2,930,901 | 5.52% | 2.98% |
| 1990 | 1,763,954 | 3,047,132 | 5.23% | 3.97% |
| 1991 | 1,851,473 | 3,135,083 | 4.96% | 2.89% |
| 1992 | 1,938,238 | 3,230,698 | 4.69% | 3.05% |
| 1993 | 2,021,675 | 3,313,471 | 4.3% | 2.56% |
| 1994 | 2,081,834 | 3,419,048 | 2.98% | 3.19% |
| 1995 | 2,120,528 | 3,524,506 | 1.86% | 3.08% |
| 1996 | 2,156,926 | 3,670,704 | 1.72% | 4.15% |
| 1997 | 2,190,720 | 3,796,038 | 1.57% | 3.41% |
| 1998 | 2,222,489 | 3,927,213 | 1.45% | 3.46% |
| 1999 | 2,252,909 | 3,958,723 | 1.37% | 0.8% |
| 2000 | 2,282,131 | 4,027,887 | 1.3% | 1.75% |
| 2001 | 2,310,217 | 4,138,012 | 1.23% | 2.73% |
| 2002 | 2,337,140 | 4,175,950 | 1.17% | 0.92% |
| 2003 | 2,363,796 | 4,114,826 | 1.14% | -1.46% |
| 2004 | 2,404,821 | 4,166,664 | 1.74% | 1.26% |
| 2005 | 2,459,802 | 4,265,762 | 2.29% | 2.38% |
| 2006 | 2,514,795 | 4,401,365 | 2.24% | 3.18% |
| 2007 | 2,570,174 | 4,588,599 | 2.2% | 4.25% |
| 2008 | 2,626,529 | 4,839,396 | 2.19% | 5.47% |
| 2009 | 2,684,659 | 4,987,573 | 2.21% | 3.06% |
| 2010 | 2,757,446 | 5,076,732 | 2.71% | 1.79% |
| 2011 | 3,076,763 | 5,183,688 | 11.6% | 2.11% |
| 2012 | 3,547,106 | 5,312,437 | 15.3% | 2.48% |
| 2013 | 3,833,913 | 5,399,162 | 8.09% | 1.63% |
| 2014 | 4,002,439 | 5,469,724 | 4.4% | 1.31% |
| 2015 | 4,184,895 | 5,535,002 | 4.56% | 1.19% |
| 2016 | 4,390,877 | 5,607,283 | 4.92% | 1.31% |
| 2017 | 4,537,396 | 5,612,253 | 3.34% | 0.09% |
| 2018 | 4,597,877 | 5,638,676 | 1.33% | 0.47% |
| 2019 | 4,591,241 | 5,703,569 | -0.14% | 1.15% |
| 2020 | 4,522,497 | 5,685,807 | -1.5% | -0.31% |
| 2021 | 4,500,424 | 5,453,566 | -0.49% | -4.08% |
| 2022 | 4,730,226 | 5,637,022 | 5.11% | 3.36% |
| 2023 | 5,049,269 | 5,917,648 | 6.74% | 4.98% |
| 2024 | 5,281,538 | 6,036,860 | 4.6% | 2.01% |
| 2025 | 5,494,693 | 6,076,565 | 4.04% | 0.66% |
| 2026 | 5,671,451 | 6,112,792 | 3.22% | 0.6% |
| 2027 | 5,814,719 | 6,147,775 | 2.53% | 0.57% |
| 2028 | 5,929,317 | 6,182,764 | 1.97% | 0.57% |
| 2029 | 6,026,178 | 6,214,576 | 1.63% | 0.51% |
| 2030 | 6,112,708 | 6,242,825 | 1.44% | 0.45% |
| 2031 | 6,194,366 | 6,270,800 | 1.34% | 0.45% |
| 2032 | 6,275,465 | 6,298,559 | 1.31% | 0.44% |
| 2033 | 6,356,248 | 6,325,401 | 1.29% | 0.43% |
| 2034 | 6,436,919 | 6,349,852 | 1.27% | 0.39% |
| 2035 | 6,517,799 | 6,368,948 | 1.26% | 0.3% |
| 2036 | 6,599,101 | 6,383,048 | 1.25% | 0.22% |
| 2037 | 6,681,041 | 6,394,813 | 1.24% | 0.18% |
| 2038 | 6,763,781 | 6,404,994 | 1.24% | 0.16% |
| 2039 | 6,847,380 | 6,411,057 | 1.24% | 0.09% |
| 2040 | 6,931,970 | 6,411,962 | 1.24% | 0.01% |
| 2041 | 7,017,684 | 6,408,383 | 1.24% | -0.06% |
| 2042 | 7,104,475 | 6,402,235 | 1.24% | -0.1% |
| 2043 | 7,192,217 | 6,394,872 | 1.24% | -0.12% |
| 2044 | 7,280,846 | 6,384,418 | 1.23% | -0.16% |
| 2045 | 7,370,221 | 6,372,013 | 1.23% | -0.19% |
| 2046 | 7,460,268 | 6,358,982 | 1.22% | -0.2% |
| 2047 | 7,550,973 | 6,343,000 | 1.22% | -0.25% |
| 2048 | 7,642,323 | 6,327,523 | 1.21% | -0.24% |
| 2049 | 7,734,352 | 6,312,515 | 1.2% | -0.24% |
| 2050 | 7,826,991 | 6,294,905 | 1.2% | -0.28% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Oman increased by 1,725,093 people (a 70.1% growth), while Singapore gained 1,269,240 people (a 29.8% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Oman gained 1,451,783 (a 34.7% growth), while Singapore's population increased by 570,663 (a 10.3% growth).
Oman was ranked 138th most populous country in 2005 and is 120th in 2025. Singapore was ranked 119th in 2005 and ranked 113th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Oman's population will grow by 38.9% to 7,826,991 people with a rank change from 120th to 113th. The population of Singapore will increase by 3.1% to 6,294,905 people and rank change from 113th to 118th.
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Population differences between Oman and Singapore
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| Life expectancy | 80.5 years | 84 years |
| Average age | 29.6 years | 39.3 years |
| Median age | 30.5 years | 36.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 62.2:37.8 | 51.7:48.3 |
| Fertility rate | 2.53 births per woman | 0.97 births per woman |
| Population density | 44.2 ppl/mi² | 21,776 ppl/mi² |
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