Skip to content

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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Oman was 5,281,538 in 2024 vs 69,226,000 people in the United Kingdom in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Oman's population is 5,636,678 people compared to 69,945,462 in the United Kingdom.

Population statistics:

  • The United Kingdom's population is 12.4 times bigger than Oman's.
  • Oman is ranked the 120th most populous country in the world, while the United Kingdom is the 22nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.91% of the world: 0.07% for Oman vs 0.85% for the United Kingdom.
  • For the last 10 years, Oman has had an average growth rate of +2.99% per year vs +0.7% in the United Kingdom.
  • Since 2005, the population of Oman has increased from 2.46M people to 5.64M (129.2% growth), while the United Kingdom has grown from 60.4M to 69.9M (15.8% growth).
  • Oman is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 12.1M people compared to the peak of 76.2M people in 2072 for the United Kingdom.

Oman vs United Kingdom: live population counter

Oman United Kingdom
Current population
5636678
69945462
Population rank 120/197 22/197
Percent of world population 0.07% 0.85%
One net population change
2.26 minutes
43 seconds
One birth every
6.18 minutes
45.9 seconds
One death every
54.8 minutes
48.4 seconds
One migration net change every
3.41 minutes
1.26 minutes
Annual migration change +154,219 +417,114
Daily growth/decline +636 +2,011
Annual growth/decline +232,269 +734,000
Annual growth/decline rate +4.6% +1.07%
Population growth rate rank 4/197 99/197

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

Oman
Population

Growth rate
United Kingdom
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Oman United Kingdom Oman United Kingdom
1960 530,485 52,400,000 - -
1961 539,854 52,800,000 1.77% 0.76%
1962 549,941 53,250,000 1.87% 0.85%
1963 560,827 53,650,000 1.98% 0.75%
1964 572,577 54,000,000 2.1% 0.65%
1965 585,236 54,348,050 2.21% 0.64%
1966 598,804 54,648,500 2.32% 0.55%
1967 613,318 54,943,600 2.42% 0.54%
1968 628,798 55,211,700 2.52% 0.49%
1969 645,255 55,441,750 2.62% 0.42%
1970 662,680 55,663,250 2.7% 0.4%
1971 681,119 55,896,223 2.78% 0.42%
1972 700,593 56,086,065 2.86% 0.34%
1973 721,179 56,194,527 2.94% 0.19%
1974 746,988 56,229,974 3.58% 0.06%
1975 778,864 56,225,800 4.27% -0.007%
1976 814,701 56,211,968 4.6% -0.02%
1977 855,314 56,193,492 4.99% -0.03%
1978 900,304 56,196,504 5.26% 0.005%
1979 949,116 56,246,951 5.42% 0.09%
1980 1,001,248 56,314,216 5.49% 0.12%
1981 1,057,320 56,333,829 5.6% 0.03%
1982 1,117,678 56,313,641 5.71% -0.04%
1983 1,181,459 56,332,848 5.71% 0.03%
1984 1,247,716 56,422,072 5.61% 0.16%
1985 1,325,480 56,550,268 6.23% 0.23%
1986 1,413,419 56,681,396 6.63% 0.23%
1987 1,500,996 56,802,050 6.2% 0.21%
1988 1,588,568 56,928,327 5.83% 0.22%
1989 1,676,228 57,076,711 5.52% 0.26%
1990 1,763,954 57,247,586 5.23% 0.3%
1991 1,851,473 57,424,897 4.96% 0.31%
1992 1,938,238 57,580,402 4.69% 0.27%
1993 2,021,675 57,718,614 4.3% 0.24%
1994 2,081,834 57,865,745 2.98% 0.25%
1995 2,120,528 58,019,030 1.86% 0.26%
1996 2,156,926 58,166,950 1.72% 0.25%
1997 2,190,720 58,316,954 1.57% 0.26%
1998 2,222,489 58,487,141 1.45% 0.29%
1999 2,252,909 58,682,466 1.37% 0.33%
2000 2,282,131 58,892,514 1.3% 0.36%
2001 2,310,217 59,119,673 1.23% 0.39%
2002 2,337,140 59,370,479 1.17% 0.42%
2003 2,363,796 59,647,577 1.14% 0.47%
2004 2,404,821 59,987,905 1.74% 0.57%
2005 2,459,802 60,401,206 2.29% 0.69%
2006 2,514,795 60,846,820 2.24% 0.74%
2007 2,570,174 61,322,463 2.2% 0.78%
2008 2,626,529 61,806,995 2.19% 0.79%
2009 2,684,659 62,276,270 2.21% 0.76%
2010 2,757,446 62,766,365 2.71% 0.79%
2011 3,076,763 63,258,810 11.6% 0.78%
2012 3,547,106 63,711,000 15.3% 0.71%
2013 3,833,913 64,139,000 8.09% 0.67%
2014 4,002,439 64,620,000 4.4% 0.75%
2015 4,184,895 65,088,000 4.56% 0.72%
2016 4,390,877 65,607,000 4.92% 0.8%
2017 4,537,396 65,966,000 3.34% 0.55%
2018 4,597,877 66,289,000 1.33% 0.49%
2019 4,591,241 66,631,000 -0.14% 0.52%
2020 4,522,497 66,744,000 -1.5% 0.17%
2021 4,500,424 66,984,000 -0.49% 0.36%
2022 4,730,226 67,604,000 5.11% 0.93%
2023 5,049,269 68,492,000 6.74% 1.31%
2024 5,281,538 69,226,000 4.6% 1.07%
2025 5,494,693 69,639,673 4.04% 0.6%
2026 5,671,451 70,020,350 3.22% 0.55%
2027 5,814,719 70,382,853 2.53% 0.52%
2028 5,929,317 70,732,699 1.97% 0.5%
2029 6,026,178 71,061,482 1.63% 0.46%
2030 6,112,708 71,377,535 1.44% 0.44%
2031 6,194,366 71,678,351 1.34% 0.42%
2032 6,275,465 71,959,934 1.31% 0.39%
2033 6,356,248 72,234,509 1.29% 0.38%
2034 6,436,919 72,497,650 1.27% 0.36%
2035 6,517,799 72,749,096 1.26% 0.35%
2036 6,599,101 72,990,847 1.25% 0.33%
2037 6,681,041 73,218,850 1.24% 0.31%
2038 6,763,781 73,441,349 1.24% 0.3%
2039 6,847,380 73,658,392 1.24% 0.3%
2040 6,931,970 73,868,334 1.24% 0.29%
2041 7,017,684 74,074,316 1.24% 0.28%
2042 7,104,475 74,275,779 1.24% 0.27%
2043 7,192,217 74,475,035 1.24% 0.27%
2044 7,280,846 74,667,284 1.23% 0.26%
2045 7,370,221 74,848,605 1.23% 0.24%
2046 7,460,268 75,020,949 1.22% 0.23%
2047 7,550,973 75,184,478 1.22% 0.22%
2048 7,642,323 75,337,543 1.21% 0.2%
2049 7,734,352 75,476,141 1.2% 0.18%
2050 7,826,991 75,600,588 1.2% 0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Oman increased by 1,725,093 people (a 70.1% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Oman gained 1,451,783 (a 34.7% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).

Oman was ranked 138th most populous country in 2005 and is 120th in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd 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 Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.

Biggest cities by population

Compare countries by 7 more topics

Population map with other countries

Population

Growth rate visualization in other countries

Growth rate

Population comparisons

Population vs Oman vs United Kingdom
Afghanistan Compare Compare
Albania Compare Compare
Algeria Compare Compare
Andorra Compare Compare
Angola Compare Compare
Antigua Compare Compare
Argentina Compare Compare
Armenia Compare Compare
Australia Compare Compare
Austria Compare Compare
Azerbaijan Compare Compare
Bahamas Compare Compare
Bahrain Compare Compare
Bangladesh Compare Compare
Barbados Compare Compare
Belarus Compare Compare
Belgium Compare Compare
Belize Compare Compare
Benin Compare Compare
Bhutan Compare Compare
Bolivia Compare Compare
Bosnia Compare Compare
Botswana Compare Compare
Brazil Compare Compare
Brunei Compare Compare
Bulgaria Compare Compare
Burkina Faso Compare Compare
Burundi Compare Compare
Cambodia Compare Compare
Cameroon Compare Compare
Canada Compare Compare
Cape Verde Compare Compare
Cayman Islands Compare Compare
CAR Compare Compare
Chad Compare Compare
Chile Compare Compare
China Compare Compare
Colombia Compare Compare
Comoros Compare Compare
Congo Compare Compare
Costa Rica Compare Compare
Croatia Compare Compare
Cuba Compare Compare
Curacao Compare Compare
Cyprus Compare Compare
Czech Republic Compare Compare
DR Congo Compare Compare
Denmark Compare Compare
Djibouti Compare Compare
Dominica Compare Compare
Dominican Republic Compare Compare
East Timor Compare Compare
Ecuador Compare Compare
Egypt Compare Compare
El Salvador Compare Compare
Equatorial Guinea Compare Compare
Eritrea Compare Compare
Estonia Compare Compare
Eswatini Compare Compare
Ethiopia Compare Compare
Fiji Compare Compare
Finland Compare Compare
France Compare Compare
Gabon Compare Compare
Gambia Compare Compare
Georgia Compare Compare
Germany Compare Compare
Ghana Compare Compare
Greece Compare Compare
Grenada Compare Compare
Guatemala Compare Compare
Guinea Compare Compare
Guinea-Bissau Compare Compare
Guyana Compare Compare
Haiti Compare Compare
Honduras Compare Compare
Hungary Compare Compare
Iceland Compare Compare
India Compare Compare
Indonesia Compare Compare
Iran Compare Compare
Iraq Compare Compare
Ireland Compare Compare
Israel Compare Compare
Italy Compare Compare
Ivory Coast Compare Compare
Jamaica Compare Compare
Japan Compare Compare
Jordan Compare Compare
Kazakhstan Compare Compare
Kenya Compare Compare
Kiribati Compare Compare
Kuwait Compare Compare
Kyrgyzstan Compare Compare
Laos Compare Compare
Latvia Compare Compare
Lebanon Compare Compare
Lesotho Compare Compare
Liberia Compare Compare
Libya Compare Compare
Liechtenstein Compare Compare
Lithuania Compare Compare
Luxembourg Compare Compare
Madagascar Compare Compare
Malawi Compare Compare
Malaysia Compare Compare
Maldives Compare Compare
Mali Compare Compare
Malta Compare Compare
Marshall Islands Compare Compare
Mauritania Compare Compare
Mauritius Compare Compare
Mexico Compare Compare
Moldova Compare Compare
Monaco Compare Compare
Mongolia Compare Compare
Montenegro Compare Compare
Morocco Compare Compare
Mozambique Compare Compare
Myanmar Compare Compare
Namibia Compare Compare
Nauru Compare Compare
Nepal Compare Compare
Netherlands Compare Compare
New Zealand Compare Compare
Nicaragua Compare Compare
Niger Compare Compare
Nigeria Compare Compare
North Korea Compare Compare
North Macedonia Compare Compare
Norway Compare Compare
Pakistan Compare Compare
Palau Compare Compare
Palestine Compare Compare
Panama Compare Compare
Papua New Guinea Compare Compare
Paraguay Compare Compare
Peru Compare Compare
Philippines Compare Compare
Poland Compare Compare
Portugal Compare Compare
Qatar Compare Compare
Romania Compare Compare
Russia Compare Compare
Rwanda Compare Compare
Saint Kitts Compare Compare
Saint Lucia Compare Compare
Saint Vincent Compare Compare
Samoa Compare Compare
San Marino Compare Compare
Sao Tome Compare Compare
Saudi Arabia Compare Compare
Senegal Compare Compare
Serbia Compare Compare
Seychelles Compare Compare
Sierra Leone Compare Compare
Singapore Compare Compare
Slovakia Compare Compare
Slovenia Compare Compare
Solomon Islands Compare Compare
Somalia Compare Compare
South Africa Compare Compare
South Korea Compare Compare
South Sudan Compare Compare
Spain Compare Compare
Sri Lanka Compare Compare
Sudan Compare Compare
Suriname Compare Compare
Sweden Compare Compare
Switzerland Compare Compare
Syria Compare Compare
Taiwan Compare Compare
Tajikistan Compare Compare
Tanzania Compare Compare
Thailand Compare Compare
Togo Compare Compare
Tonga Compare Compare
Trinidad Compare Compare
Tunisia Compare Compare
Turkey Compare Compare
Turkmenistan Compare Compare
Tuvalu Compare Compare
Uganda Compare Compare
Ukraine Compare Compare
UAE Compare Compare
United States Compare Compare
Uruguay Compare Compare
Uzbekistan Compare Compare
Vanuatu Compare Compare
Vatican Compare Compare
Venezuela Compare Compare
Vietnam Compare Compare
Yemen Compare Compare
Zambia Compare Compare
Zimbabwe Compare Compare