Oman vs Yemen: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 79.5% in Oman and 37% in Yemen, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Oman, by 42.5 percentage points, or 2.15 times that in Yemen.

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% of people · UN

OmanYemenUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Oman has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2025, Oman ranked 66 and Yemen ranked 188 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Oman at 95.5% and Yemen at 39.6% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Oman	Yemen
2025	79.5	37
2024	79.4	36.8
2023	79.6	36.6
2022	80	36.3
2021	80.1	36.1
2020	80	35.7
2019	79.6	34.9
2018	79	34.2
2017	78.3	33.6
2016	77.8	33
2015	77.3	32.4
2014	76.9	31.9
2013	76.5	31.4
2012	76.1	31.2
2011	75.7	30.9
2010	75.2	30.6
2009	74.5	30.3
2008	73.8	30
2007	73.1	29.6
2006	72.4	29.2
2005	71.9	28.9
2004	71.5	28.5
2003	71.5	28
2002	71.5	27.6
2001	71.5	27.1
2000	71.5	26.6
1999	71.6	26.1
1998	71.6	25.5
1997	71.6	25
1996	71.6	24.4
1995	71.7	23.8
1994	71.7	23.2
1993	71.6	22.5
1992	71.4	21.8
1991	71	21
1990	70.4	20.2
1989	69.5	19.4
1988	68.5	18.6
1987	67.3	17.8
1986	66	17
1985	64.5	16.3
1984	62.9	15.5
1983	61.1	14.7
1982	59.3	14
1981	57.3	13.2
1980	55.3	12.4
1979	53.2	11.6
1978	51	10.8
1977	48.8	10.1
1976	46.6	9.4
1975	44.3	8.7
1974	42.1	8
1973	39.8	7.4
1972	37.6	6.9
1971	35.4	6.4
1970	33.2	6
1969	31.1	5.7
1968	29	5.3
1967	27	5
1966	25.1	4.8
1965	23.3	4.5
1964	21.7	4.2
1963	20.1	4
1962	18.7	3.8
1961	17.5	3.6
1960	16.4	3.4
1959	15.4	3.2
1958	14.5	3
1957	13.6	2.9
1956	12.8	2.7
1955	12	2.5
1954	11.2	2.4
1953	10.5	2.2
1952	9.8	2.1
1951	9.2	2
1950	8.6	1.9

UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050

Year	Oman	Yemen
2026	79.6	37.3
2027	79.7	37.5
2028	79.8	37.7
2029	80	37.8
2030	80.2	38
2031	80.5	38.2
2032	80.8	38.3
2033	81.2	38.5
2034	81.6	38.6
2035	82.1	38.7
2036	82.6	38.8
2037	83.1	39
2038	83.7	39.1
2039	84.4	39.1
2040	85.1	39.2
2041	85.9	39.3
2042	86.7	39.4
2043	87.6	39.4
2044	88.6	39.5
2045	89.6	39.5
2046	90.6	39.5
2047	91.8	39.6
2048	93	39.6
2049	94.2	39.6
2050	95.5	39.6

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The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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