Population in Oman compared to South Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Oman and South Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Oman	South Korea	Oman	South Korea
1960	530,485	25,012,374	-	-
1961	539,854	25,765,673	1.77%	3.01%
1962	549,941	26,513,030	1.87%	2.9%
1963	560,827	27,261,747	1.98%	2.82%
1964	572,577	27,984,155	2.1%	2.65%
1965	585,236	28,704,674	2.21%	2.57%
1966	598,804	29,435,571	2.32%	2.55%
1967	613,318	30,130,983	2.42%	2.36%
1968	628,798	30,838,302	2.52%	2.35%
1969	645,255	31,544,266	2.62%	2.29%
1970	662,680	32,240,827	2.7%	2.21%
1971	681,119	32,882,704	2.78%	1.99%
1972	700,593	33,505,406	2.86%	1.89%
1973	721,179	34,103,149	2.94%	1.78%
1974	746,988	34,692,266	3.58%	1.73%
1975	778,864	35,280,725	4.27%	1.7%
1976	814,701	35,848,523	4.6%	1.61%
1977	855,314	36,411,795	4.99%	1.57%
1978	900,304	36,969,185	5.26%	1.53%
1979	949,116	37,534,236	5.42%	1.53%
1980	1,001,248	38,123,775	5.49%	1.57%
1981	1,057,320	38,723,248	5.6%	1.57%
1982	1,117,678	39,326,352	5.71%	1.56%
1983	1,181,459	39,910,403	5.71%	1.49%
1984	1,247,716	40,405,956	5.61%	1.24%
1985	1,325,480	40,805,744	6.23%	0.99%
1986	1,413,419	41,213,674	6.63%	1%
1987	1,500,996	41,621,690	6.2%	0.99%
1988	1,588,568	42,031,247	5.83%	0.98%
1989	1,676,228	42,449,038	5.52%	0.99%
1990	1,763,954	42,869,283	5.23%	0.99%
1991	1,851,473	43,295,704	4.96%	0.99%
1992	1,938,238	43,747,962	4.69%	1.04%
1993	2,021,675	44,194,628	4.3%	1.02%
1994	2,081,834	44,641,540	2.98%	1.01%
1995	2,120,528	45,092,991	1.86%	1.01%
1996	2,156,926	45,524,681	1.72%	0.96%
1997	2,190,720	45,953,580	1.57%	0.94%
1998	2,222,489	46,286,503	1.45%	0.72%
1999	2,252,909	46,616,677	1.37%	0.71%
2000	2,282,131	47,008,111	1.3%	0.84%
2001	2,310,217	47,370,164	1.23%	0.77%
2002	2,337,140	47,644,736	1.17%	0.58%
2003	2,363,796	47,892,330	1.14%	0.52%
2004	2,404,821	48,082,519	1.74%	0.4%
2005	2,459,802	48,184,561	2.29%	0.21%
2006	2,514,795	48,438,292	2.24%	0.53%
2007	2,570,174	48,683,638	2.2%	0.51%
2008	2,626,529	49,054,708	2.19%	0.76%
2009	2,684,659	49,307,835	2.21%	0.52%
2010	2,757,446	49,554,112	2.71%	0.5%
2011	3,076,763	49,936,638	11.6%	0.77%
2012	3,547,106	50,199,853	15.3%	0.53%
2013	3,833,913	50,428,893	8.09%	0.46%
2014	4,002,439	50,746,659	4.4%	0.63%
2015	4,184,895	51,014,947	4.56%	0.53%
2016	4,390,877	51,217,803	4.92%	0.4%
2017	4,537,396	51,361,911	3.34%	0.28%
2018	4,597,877	51,585,058	1.33%	0.43%
2019	4,591,241	51,764,822	-0.14%	0.35%
2020	4,522,497	51,836,239	-1.5%	0.14%
2021	4,500,424	51,769,539	-0.49%	-0.13%
2022	4,730,226	51,672,569	5.11%	-0.19%
2023	5,049,269	51,712,619	6.74%	0.08%
2024	5,281,538	51,751,065	4.6%	0.07%
2025	5,494,693	51,700,480	4.04%	-0.1%
2026	5,671,451	51,633,793	3.22%	-0.13%
2027	5,814,719	51,552,198	2.53%	-0.16%
2028	5,929,317	51,456,707	1.97%	-0.19%
2029	6,026,178	51,347,230	1.63%	-0.21%
2030	6,112,708	51,221,713	1.44%	-0.24%
2031	6,194,366	51,081,220	1.34%	-0.27%
2032	6,275,465	50,924,233	1.31%	-0.31%
2033	6,356,248	50,747,132	1.29%	-0.35%
2034	6,436,919	50,549,508	1.27%	-0.39%
2035	6,517,799	50,333,286	1.26%	-0.43%
2036	6,599,101	50,098,951	1.25%	-0.47%
2037	6,681,041	49,845,669	1.24%	-0.51%
2038	6,763,781	49,573,234	1.24%	-0.55%
2039	6,847,380	49,283,770	1.24%	-0.58%
2040	6,931,970	48,980,369	1.24%	-0.62%
2041	7,017,684	48,661,905	1.24%	-0.65%
2042	7,104,475	48,331,004	1.24%	-0.68%
2043	7,192,217	47,990,085	1.24%	-0.71%
2044	7,280,846	47,634,183	1.23%	-0.74%
2045	7,370,221	47,263,526	1.23%	-0.78%
2046	7,460,268	46,881,228	1.22%	-0.81%
2047	7,550,973	46,482,133	1.22%	-0.85%
2048	7,642,323	46,063,595	1.21%	-0.9%
2049	7,734,352	45,626,805	1.2%	-0.95%
2050	7,826,991	45,172,356	1.2%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Oman increased by 1,725,093 people (a 70.1% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Oman gained 1,451,783 (a 34.7% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Oman was ranked 138th most populous country in 2005 and is 120th in 2025. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2005 and ranked 31st 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 South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.