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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Oman was 5,281,538 in 2024 vs 327,777 people in Vanuatu in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Oman's population is 5,636,678 people compared to 341,110 in Vanuatu.

Population statistics:

  • Oman's population is 16.5 times bigger than Vanuatu's.
  • Oman is ranked the 120th most populous country in the world, while Vanuatu is the 174th.
  • The countries together account for 0.07% of the world: 0.07% for Oman vs 0.004% for Vanuatu.
  • For the last 10 years, Oman has had an average growth rate of +2.99% per year vs +2.33% in Vanuatu.
  • Since 2005, the population of Oman has increased from 2.46M people to 5.64M (129.2% growth), while Vanuatu has grown from 211K to 341K (61.8% growth).
  • Oman is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 12.1M people compared to the peak of 875K people in 2100 for Vanuatu.

Oman vs Vanuatu: live population counter

Oman Vanuatu
Current population
5636678
341110
Population rank 120/197 174/197
Percent of world population 0.07% 0.004%
One net population change
2.26 minutes
1.19 hours
One birth every
6.18 minutes
58.5 minutes
One death every
54.8 minutes
5.38 hours
One migration net change every
3.41 minutes
1.21 weeks
Annual migration change +154,219 -43
Daily growth/decline +636 +20
Annual growth/decline +232,269 +7,368
Annual growth/decline rate +4.6% +2.3%
Population growth rate rank 4/197 40/197

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

Oman
Population

Growth rate
Vanuatu
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Oman Vanuatu Oman Vanuatu
1960 530,485 64,431 - -
1961 539,854 66,264 1.77% 2.84%
1962 549,941 68,174 1.87% 2.88%
1963 560,827 70,159 1.98% 2.91%
1964 572,577 72,219 2.1% 2.94%
1965 585,236 74,358 2.21% 2.96%
1966 598,804 76,590 2.32% 3%
1967 613,318 78,921 2.42% 3.04%
1968 628,798 81,314 2.52% 3.03%
1969 645,255 83,755 2.62% 3%
1970 662,680 86,266 2.7% 3%
1971 681,119 88,862 2.78% 3.01%
1972 700,593 91,562 2.86% 3.04%
1973 721,179 94,362 2.94% 3.06%
1974 746,988 97,260 3.58% 3.07%
1975 778,864 100,269 4.27% 3.09%
1976 814,701 103,388 4.6% 3.11%
1977 855,314 106,618 4.99% 3.12%
1978 900,304 109,963 5.26% 3.14%
1979 949,116 113,040 5.42% 2.8%
1980 1,001,248 115,660 5.49% 2.32%
1981 1,057,320 118,249 5.6% 2.24%
1982 1,117,678 121,035 5.71% 2.36%
1983 1,181,459 123,998 5.71% 2.45%
1984 1,247,716 127,109 5.61% 2.51%
1985 1,325,480 130,356 6.23% 2.55%
1986 1,413,419 133,720 6.63% 2.58%
1987 1,500,996 137,187 6.2% 2.59%
1988 1,588,568 140,756 5.83% 2.6%
1989 1,676,228 144,393 5.52% 2.58%
1990 1,763,954 148,063 5.23% 2.54%
1991 1,851,473 151,793 4.96% 2.52%
1992 1,938,238 155,608 4.69% 2.51%
1993 2,021,675 159,463 4.3% 2.48%
1994 2,081,834 163,314 2.98% 2.41%
1995 2,120,528 167,137 1.86% 2.34%
1996 2,156,926 170,911 1.72% 2.26%
1997 2,190,720 174,626 1.57% 2.17%
1998 2,222,489 178,313 1.45% 2.11%
1999 2,252,909 182,048 1.37% 2.09%
2000 2,282,131 186,281 1.3% 2.33%
2001 2,310,217 191,031 1.23% 2.55%
2002 2,337,140 195,863 1.17% 2.53%
2003 2,363,796 200,746 1.14% 2.49%
2004 2,404,821 205,711 1.74% 2.47%
2005 2,459,802 210,760 2.29% 2.45%
2006 2,514,795 215,923 2.24% 2.45%
2007 2,570,174 221,276 2.2% 2.48%
2008 2,626,529 226,896 2.19% 2.54%
2009 2,684,659 232,731 2.21% 2.57%
2010 2,757,446 238,248 2.71% 2.37%
2011 3,076,763 243,474 11.6% 2.19%
2012 3,547,106 248,883 15.3% 2.22%
2013 3,833,913 254,482 8.09% 2.25%
2014 4,002,439 260,240 4.4% 2.26%
2015 4,184,895 266,101 4.56% 2.25%
2016 4,390,877 272,087 4.92% 2.25%
2017 4,537,396 278,507 3.34% 2.36%
2018 4,597,877 285,259 1.33% 2.42%
2019 4,591,241 291,985 -0.14% 2.36%
2020 4,522,497 298,858 -1.5% 2.35%
2021 4,500,424 305,868 -0.49% 2.35%
2022 4,730,226 313,046 5.11% 2.35%
2023 5,049,269 320,409 6.74% 2.35%
2024 5,281,538 327,777 4.6% 2.3%
2025 5,494,693 335,169 4.04% 2.26%
2026 5,671,451 342,565 3.22% 2.21%
2027 5,814,719 349,970 2.53% 2.16%
2028 5,929,317 357,397 1.97% 2.12%
2029 6,026,178 364,883 1.63% 2.09%
2030 6,112,708 372,429 1.44% 2.07%
2031 6,194,366 380,015 1.34% 2.04%
2032 6,275,465 387,657 1.31% 2.01%
2033 6,356,248 395,366 1.29% 1.99%
2034 6,436,919 403,188 1.27% 1.98%
2035 6,517,799 411,061 1.26% 1.95%
2036 6,599,101 419,006 1.25% 1.93%
2037 6,681,041 427,031 1.24% 1.92%
2038 6,763,781 435,150 1.24% 1.9%
2039 6,847,380 443,311 1.24% 1.88%
2040 6,931,970 451,509 1.24% 1.85%
2041 7,017,684 459,733 1.24% 1.82%
2042 7,104,475 468,003 1.24% 1.8%
2043 7,192,217 476,308 1.24% 1.77%
2044 7,280,846 484,636 1.23% 1.75%
2045 7,370,221 492,989 1.23% 1.72%
2046 7,460,268 501,316 1.22% 1.69%
2047 7,550,973 509,621 1.22% 1.66%
2048 7,642,323 517,889 1.21% 1.62%
2049 7,734,352 526,138 1.2% 1.59%
2050 7,826,991 534,374 1.2% 1.57%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Oman increased by 1,725,093 people (a 70.1% growth), while Vanuatu gained 55,341 people (a 26.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Oman gained 1,451,783 (a 34.7% growth), while Vanuatu's population increased by 75,009 (a 28.2% growth).

Oman was ranked 138th most populous country in 2005 and is 120th in 2025. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2005 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56.7% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.

Biggest cities by population

Oman
City Population
Muscat 1.42M
Seeb 471K
Salalah 332K
Nizwa 83.5K
Vanuatu
City Population
Port Vila 49K
Luganville 17.7K

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