Population in Oman compared to the United Arab Emirates: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Oman and the United Arab Emirates: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Oman	UAE	Oman	UAE
1960	530,485	131,334	-	-
1961	539,854	137,989	1.77%	5.07%
1962	549,941	144,946	1.87%	5.04%
1963	560,827	152,211	1.98%	5.01%
1964	572,577	159,692	2.1%	4.91%
1965	585,236	167,103	2.21%	4.64%
1966	598,804	173,976	2.32%	4.11%
1967	613,318	179,700	2.42%	3.29%
1968	628,798	199,416	2.52%	11%
1969	645,255	239,660	2.62%	20.2%
1970	662,680	286,536	2.7%	19.6%
1971	681,119	335,027	2.78%	16.9%
1972	700,593	385,014	2.86%	14.9%
1973	721,179	436,399	2.94%	13.3%
1974	746,988	489,087	3.58%	12.1%
1975	778,864	542,856	4.27%	11%
1976	814,701	615,866	4.6%	13.4%
1977	855,314	710,209	4.99%	15.3%
1978	900,304	809,274	5.26%	13.9%
1979	949,116	912,010	5.42%	12.7%
1980	1,001,248	1,015,700	5.49%	11.4%
1981	1,057,320	1,099,855	5.6%	8.29%
1982	1,117,678	1,166,370	5.71%	6.05%
1983	1,181,459	1,235,305	5.71%	5.91%
1984	1,247,716	1,305,996	5.61%	5.72%
1985	1,325,480	1,377,911	6.23%	5.51%
1986	1,413,419	1,467,383	6.63%	6.49%
1987	1,500,996	1,574,244	6.2%	7.28%
1988	1,588,568	1,681,788	5.83%	6.83%
1989	1,676,228	1,789,851	5.52%	6.43%
1990	1,763,954	1,898,220	5.23%	6.05%
1991	1,851,473	2,006,626	4.96%	5.71%
1992	1,938,238	2,114,730	4.69%	5.39%
1993	2,021,675	2,222,093	4.3%	5.08%
1994	2,081,834	2,328,188	2.98%	4.77%
1995	2,120,528	2,434,662	1.86%	4.57%
1996	2,156,926	2,597,564	1.72%	6.69%
1997	2,190,720	2,817,410	1.57%	8.46%
1998	2,222,489	3,040,421	1.45%	7.92%
1999	2,252,909	3,266,009	1.37%	7.42%
2000	2,282,131	3,493,575	1.3%	6.97%
2001	2,310,217	3,723,590	1.23%	6.58%
2002	2,337,140	3,956,826	1.17%	6.26%
2003	2,363,796	4,192,457	1.14%	5.96%
2004	2,404,821	4,428,967	1.74%	5.64%
2005	2,459,802	4,664,790	2.29%	5.32%
2006	2,514,795	5,009,100	2.24%	7.38%
2007	2,570,174	5,624,635	2.2%	12.3%
2008	2,626,529	6,302,664	2.19%	12.1%
2009	2,684,659	6,707,058	2.21%	6.42%
2010	2,757,446	6,869,838	2.71%	2.43%
2011	3,076,763	7,104,538	11.6%	3.42%
2012	3,547,106	7,391,448	15.3%	4.04%
2013	3,833,913	7,693,031	8.09%	4.08%
2014	4,002,439	8,059,440	4.4%	4.76%
2015	4,184,895	8,505,237	4.56%	5.53%
2016	4,390,877	8,935,095	4.92%	5.05%
2017	4,537,396	9,223,225	3.34%	3.22%
2018	4,597,877	9,346,701	1.33%	1.34%
2019	4,591,241	9,445,785	-0.14%	1.06%
2020	4,522,497	9,401,038	-1.5%	-0.47%
2021	4,500,424	9,575,152	-0.49%	1.85%
2022	4,730,226	10,074,977	5.11%	5.22%
2023	5,049,269	10,483,751	6.74%	4.06%
2024	5,281,538	10,876,981	4.6%	3.75%
2025	5,494,693	11,191,510	4.04%	2.89%
2026	5,671,451	11,417,074	3.22%	2.02%
2027	5,814,719	11,595,528	2.53%	1.56%
2028	5,929,317	11,750,055	1.97%	1.33%
2029	6,026,178	11,890,496	1.63%	1.2%
2030	6,112,708	12,024,613	1.44%	1.13%
2031	6,194,366	12,159,255	1.34%	1.12%
2032	6,275,465	12,298,043	1.31%	1.14%
2033	6,356,248	12,440,531	1.29%	1.16%
2034	6,436,919	12,586,327	1.27%	1.17%
2035	6,517,799	12,734,906	1.26%	1.18%
2036	6,599,101	12,885,831	1.25%	1.19%
2037	6,681,041	13,038,803	1.24%	1.19%
2038	6,763,781	13,193,613	1.24%	1.19%
2039	6,847,380	13,349,897	1.24%	1.18%
2040	6,931,970	13,507,317	1.24%	1.18%
2041	7,017,684	13,665,875	1.24%	1.17%
2042	7,104,475	13,825,473	1.24%	1.17%
2043	7,192,217	13,986,029	1.24%	1.16%
2044	7,280,846	14,147,509	1.23%	1.15%
2045	7,370,221	14,309,823	1.23%	1.15%
2046	7,460,268	14,473,950	1.22%	1.15%
2047	7,550,973	14,641,700	1.22%	1.16%
2048	7,642,323	14,812,411	1.21%	1.17%
2049	7,734,352	14,984,754	1.2%	1.16%
2050	7,826,991	15,158,142	1.2%	1.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Oman increased by 1,725,093 people (a 70.1% growth), while the United Arab Emirates gained 3,840,447 people (a 82.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Oman gained 1,451,783 (a 34.7% growth), while the United Arab Emirates' population increased by 2,867,463 (a 33.7% growth).

Oman was ranked 138th most populous country in 2005 and is 120th in 2025. The United Arab Emirates was ranked 115th in 2005 and ranked 86th 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 the United Arab Emirates will increase by 33.3% to 15,158,142 people and rank change from 86th to 84th.