Population in Oman compared to Somalia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Oman and Somalia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Oman	Somalia	Oman	Somalia
1960	530,485	2,876,331	-	-
1961	539,854	2,952,054	1.77%	2.63%
1962	549,941	3,030,091	1.87%	2.64%
1963	560,827	3,110,361	1.98%	2.65%
1964	572,577	3,192,796	2.1%	2.65%
1965	585,236	3,277,874	2.21%	2.66%
1966	598,804	3,365,106	2.32%	2.66%
1967	613,318	3,454,537	2.42%	2.66%
1968	628,798	3,546,590	2.52%	2.66%
1969	645,255	3,641,015	2.62%	2.66%
1970	662,680	3,738,448	2.7%	2.68%
1971	681,119	3,837,691	2.78%	2.65%
1972	700,593	3,939,436	2.86%	2.65%
1973	721,179	4,045,592	2.94%	2.69%
1974	746,988	4,151,842	3.58%	2.63%
1975	778,864	4,257,535	4.27%	2.55%
1976	814,701	4,365,812	4.6%	2.54%
1977	855,314	4,484,050	4.99%	2.71%
1978	900,304	4,814,892	5.26%	7.38%
1979	949,116	5,449,117	5.42%	13.2%
1980	1,001,248	5,936,154	5.49%	8.94%
1981	1,057,320	5,982,849	5.6%	0.79%
1982	1,117,678	6,003,840	5.71%	0.35%
1983	1,181,459	6,198,430	5.71%	3.24%
1984	1,247,716	6,428,389	5.61%	3.71%
1985	1,325,480	6,693,289	6.23%	4.12%
1986	1,413,419	6,974,788	6.63%	4.21%
1987	1,500,996	7,228,302	6.2%	3.63%
1988	1,588,568	7,235,360	5.83%	0.1%
1989	1,676,228	7,114,817	5.52%	-1.67%
1990	1,763,954	7,082,811	5.23%	-0.45%
1991	1,851,473	6,813,760	4.96%	-3.8%
1992	1,938,238	6,495,107	4.69%	-4.68%
1993	2,021,675	6,681,399	4.3%	2.87%
1994	2,081,834	7,026,797	2.98%	5.17%
1995	2,120,528	7,285,007	1.86%	3.67%
1996	2,156,926	7,554,474	1.72%	3.7%
1997	2,190,720	7,824,525	1.57%	3.57%
1998	2,222,489	8,155,417	1.45%	4.23%
1999	2,252,909	8,492,059	1.37%	4.13%
2000	2,282,131	8,838,713	1.3%	4.08%
2001	2,310,217	9,198,493	1.23%	4.07%
2002	2,337,140	9,550,063	1.17%	3.82%
2003	2,363,796	9,909,157	1.14%	3.76%
2004	2,404,821	10,280,998	1.74%	3.75%
2005	2,459,802	10,644,228	2.29%	3.53%
2006	2,514,795	10,975,502	2.24%	3.11%
2007	2,570,174	11,322,582	2.2%	3.16%
2008	2,626,529	11,663,084	2.19%	3.01%
2009	2,684,659	11,961,201	2.21%	2.56%
2010	2,757,446	12,261,756	2.71%	2.51%
2011	3,076,763	12,348,830	11.6%	0.71%
2012	3,547,106	12,461,160	15.3%	0.91%
2013	3,833,913	12,869,594	8.09%	3.28%
2014	4,002,439	13,339,491	4.4%	3.65%
2015	4,184,895	13,806,963	4.56%	3.5%
2016	4,390,877	14,348,740	4.92%	3.92%
2017	4,537,396	14,916,629	3.34%	3.96%
2018	4,597,877	15,452,487	1.33%	3.59%
2019	4,591,241	16,030,971	-0.14%	3.74%
2020	4,522,497	16,651,191	-1.5%	3.87%
2021	4,500,424	17,271,431	-0.49%	3.72%
2022	4,730,226	17,801,897	5.11%	3.07%
2023	5,049,269	18,358,615	6.74%	3.13%
2024	5,281,538	19,009,151	4.6%	3.54%
2025	5,494,693	19,654,737	4.04%	3.4%
2026	5,671,451	20,305,905	3.22%	3.31%
2027	5,814,719	20,959,056	2.53%	3.22%
2028	5,929,317	21,601,810	1.97%	3.07%
2029	6,026,178	22,247,714	1.63%	2.99%
2030	6,112,708	22,915,042	1.44%	3%
2031	6,194,366	23,589,793	1.34%	2.94%
2032	6,275,465	24,258,789	1.31%	2.84%
2033	6,356,248	24,921,830	1.29%	2.73%
2034	6,436,919	25,593,666	1.27%	2.7%
2035	6,517,799	26,294,943	1.26%	2.74%
2036	6,599,101	27,009,199	1.25%	2.72%
2037	6,681,041	27,731,170	1.24%	2.67%
2038	6,763,781	28,455,755	1.24%	2.61%
2039	6,847,380	29,167,897	1.24%	2.5%
2040	6,931,970	29,896,286	1.24%	2.5%
2041	7,017,684	30,635,956	1.24%	2.47%
2042	7,104,475	31,350,028	1.24%	2.33%
2043	7,192,217	32,057,980	1.24%	2.26%
2044	7,280,846	32,780,417	1.23%	2.25%
2045	7,370,221	33,510,163	1.23%	2.23%
2046	7,460,268	34,248,030	1.22%	2.2%
2047	7,550,973	34,996,366	1.22%	2.19%
2048	7,642,323	35,743,960	1.21%	2.14%
2049	7,734,352	36,474,683	1.2%	2.04%
2050	7,826,991	37,206,497	1.2%	2.01%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Oman increased by 1,725,093 people (a 70.1% growth), while Somalia gained 3,162,735 people (a 29.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Oman gained 1,451,783 (a 34.7% growth), while Somalia's population increased by 6,370,843 (a 46.1% growth).

Oman was ranked 138th most populous country in 2005 and is 120th in 2025. Somalia was ranked 75th in 2005 and ranked 66th 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 Somalia will increase by 84.4% to 37,206,497 people and rank change from 66th to 57th.