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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Oman was 5,281,538 in 2024 vs 40,583,164 people in Yemen in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Oman's population is 5,636,678 people compared to 42,727,988 in Yemen.

Population statistics:

  • Yemen's population is 7.58 times bigger than Oman's.
  • Oman is ranked the 120th most populous country in the world, while Yemen is the 37th.
  • The countries together account for 0.59% of the world: 0.07% for Oman vs 0.52% for Yemen.
  • For the last 10 years, Oman has had an average growth rate of +2.99% per year vs +3% in Yemen.
  • Since 2005, the population of Oman has increased from 2.46M people to 5.64M (129.2% growth), while Yemen has grown from 22.8M to 42.7M (87.5% growth).
  • Oman is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 12.1M people compared to the peak of 110M people in 2100 for Yemen.

Oman vs Yemen: live population counter

Oman Yemen
Current population
5636678
42727988
Population rank 120/197 37/197
Percent of world population 0.07% 0.52%
One net population change
2.26 minutes
26.4 seconds
One birth every
6.18 minutes
22.7 seconds
One death every
54.8 minutes
2.78 minutes
One migration net change every
3.41 minutes
50.1 minutes
Annual migration change +154,219 -10,482
Daily growth/decline +636 +3,267
Annual growth/decline +232,269 +1,192,365
Annual growth/decline rate +4.6% +3.03%
Population growth rate rank 4/197 14/197

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

Oman
Population

Growth rate
Yemen
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Oman Yemen Oman Yemen
1960 530,485 5,532,301 - -
1961 539,854 5,655,232 1.77% 2.22%
1962 549,941 5,782,221 1.87% 2.25%
1963 560,827 5,911,135 1.98% 2.23%
1964 572,577 6,048,006 2.1% 2.32%
1965 585,236 6,195,593 2.21% 2.44%
1966 598,804 6,351,494 2.32% 2.52%
1967 613,318 6,516,444 2.42% 2.6%
1968 628,798 6,690,524 2.52% 2.67%
1969 645,255 6,875,859 2.62% 2.77%
1970 662,680 7,065,279 2.7% 2.75%
1971 681,119 7,257,462 2.78% 2.72%
1972 700,593 7,460,068 2.86% 2.79%
1973 721,179 7,672,796 2.94% 2.85%
1974 746,988 7,896,783 3.58% 2.92%
1975 778,864 8,133,598 4.27% 3%
1976 814,701 8,384,113 4.6% 3.08%
1977 855,314 8,648,222 4.99% 3.15%
1978 900,304 8,926,586 5.26% 3.22%
1979 949,116 9,224,194 5.42% 3.33%
1980 1,001,248 9,543,358 5.49% 3.46%
1981 1,057,320 9,882,362 5.6% 3.55%
1982 1,117,678 10,241,006 5.71% 3.63%
1983 1,181,459 10,621,499 5.71% 3.72%
1984 1,247,716 11,025,597 5.61% 3.8%
1985 1,325,480 11,453,825 6.23% 3.88%
1986 1,413,419 11,901,040 6.63% 3.9%
1987 1,500,996 12,369,912 6.2% 3.94%
1988 1,588,568 12,859,708 5.83% 3.96%
1989 1,676,228 13,364,174 5.52% 3.92%
1990 1,763,954 13,887,862 5.23% 3.92%
1991 1,851,473 14,430,201 4.96% 3.91%
1992 1,938,238 14,989,494 4.69% 3.88%
1993 2,021,675 15,563,914 4.3% 3.83%
1994 2,081,834 16,149,147 2.98% 3.76%
1995 2,120,528 16,740,058 1.86% 3.66%
1996 2,156,926 17,313,177 1.72% 3.42%
1997 2,190,720 17,873,936 1.57% 3.24%
1998 2,222,489 18,446,013 1.45% 3.2%
1999 2,252,909 19,029,420 1.37% 3.16%
2000 2,282,131 19,624,141 1.3% 3.13%
2001 2,310,217 20,226,147 1.23% 3.07%
2002 2,337,140 20,835,086 1.17% 3.01%
2003 2,363,796 21,456,379 1.14% 2.98%
2004 2,404,821 22,095,167 1.74% 2.98%
2005 2,459,802 22,790,085 2.29% 3.15%
2006 2,514,795 23,543,083 2.24% 3.3%
2007 2,570,174 24,318,082 2.2% 3.29%
2008 2,626,529 25,111,941 2.19% 3.26%
2009 2,684,659 25,927,724 2.21% 3.25%
2010 2,757,446 26,754,387 2.71% 3.19%
2011 3,076,763 27,582,897 11.6% 3.1%
2012 3,547,106 28,433,647 15.3% 3.08%
2013 3,833,913 29,312,952 8.09% 3.09%
2014 4,002,439 30,226,309 4.4% 3.12%
2015 4,184,895 31,159,379 4.56% 3.09%
2016 4,390,877 32,109,010 4.92% 3.05%
2017 4,537,396 33,090,921 3.34% 3.06%
2018 4,597,877 34,085,182 1.33% 3%
2019 4,591,241 35,111,408 -0.14% 3.01%
2020 4,522,497 36,134,863 -1.5% 2.91%
2021 4,500,424 37,140,230 -0.49% 2.78%
2022 4,730,226 38,222,876 5.11% 2.92%
2023 5,049,269 39,390,799 6.74% 3.06%
2024 5,281,538 40,583,164 4.6% 3.03%
2025 5,494,693 41,773,871 4.04% 2.93%
2026 5,671,451 42,961,650 3.22% 2.84%
2027 5,814,719 44,145,620 2.53% 2.76%
2028 5,929,317 45,323,685 1.97% 2.67%
2029 6,026,178 46,497,573 1.63% 2.59%
2030 6,112,708 47,667,649 1.44% 2.52%
2031 6,194,366 48,827,503 1.34% 2.43%
2032 6,275,465 49,979,089 1.31% 2.36%
2033 6,356,248 51,129,867 1.29% 2.3%
2034 6,436,919 52,279,989 1.27% 2.25%
2035 6,517,799 53,429,308 1.26% 2.2%
2036 6,599,101 54,578,046 1.25% 2.15%
2037 6,681,041 55,724,259 1.24% 2.1%
2038 6,763,781 56,872,152 1.24% 2.06%
2039 6,847,380 58,024,713 1.24% 2.03%
2040 6,931,970 59,181,514 1.24% 1.99%
2041 7,017,684 60,345,667 1.24% 1.97%
2042 7,104,475 61,517,965 1.24% 1.94%
2043 7,192,217 62,696,517 1.24% 1.92%
2044 7,280,846 63,880,172 1.23% 1.89%
2045 7,370,221 65,066,344 1.23% 1.86%
2046 7,460,268 66,253,578 1.22% 1.82%
2047 7,550,973 67,438,796 1.22% 1.79%
2048 7,642,323 68,620,844 1.21% 1.75%
2049 7,734,352 69,799,794 1.2% 1.72%
2050 7,826,991 70,976,389 1.2% 1.69%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Oman increased by 1,725,093 people (a 70.1% growth), while Yemen gained 8,369,294 people (a 36.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Oman gained 1,451,783 (a 34.7% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 11,568,609 (a 37.1% growth).

Oman was ranked 138th most populous country in 2005 and is 120th in 2025. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2005 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 66.1% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.

Biggest cities by population

Oman
City Population
Muscat 1.42M
Seeb 471K
Salalah 332K
Nizwa 83.5K
Yemen
City Population
Sanaa 2.96M
Al Hudaydah 618K
Taiz 615K
Aden 507K
Ibb 351K
Dhamar 160K
Mukalla 144K
Sa'dah 70.2K
Sayyan 70K
Zabid 50.8K

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