Oman
Life expectancy in Oman
Life expectancy in Oman: 29.3 years in 1950 and 80 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 80 years
- Since 1950
- +50.7 years
- Rank, 2023
- 53 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 90.4 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 90.4 years in 2100, between 84.6 years and 97.4 years (95% prediction interval).
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Oman | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 80 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 77.9 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 76 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 77.8 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 80 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 79.9 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 79.8 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 79.6 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 79.4 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 79 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 78.6 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 78.2 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 77.7 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 77.2 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 76.6 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 76.1 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 75.6 | 69 |
| 2006 | 75.4 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 75.1 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 74.8 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 74.5 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 74.3 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 74 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 73.6 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 73.3 | 66 |
| 1998 | 72.9 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 72.5 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 72 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 71.6 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 71.1 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 70.6 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 70.1 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 69.6 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 69 | 64 |
| 1989 | 68.4 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 67.7 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 67 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 66.2 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 65.3 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 64.3 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 63.2 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 62.1 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 60.8 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 59.6 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 58.3 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 57 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 55.5 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 54.5 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 52.5 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 51.2 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 50 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 48.7 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 47.9 | 56 |
| 1970 | 46.6 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 45.6 | 56 |
| 1968 | 44.4 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 43.2 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 42 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 40.8 | 54 |
| 1964 | 39.6 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 38.5 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 37.4 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 36.4 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 35.4 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 34.6 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 33.8 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 33 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 32.4 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 31.8 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 31.2 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 30.7 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 30.2 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 29.8 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 29.3 | 46.4 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Oman | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 80.379.3–81.3 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 80.579.1–81.9 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 80.778.9–82.3 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 80.978.8–82.9 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 81.178.8–83.2 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 81.378.8–83.6 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 81.578.8–83.9 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 81.678.8–84.2 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 81.878.8–84.5 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 8278.9–84.8 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 82.278.8–85 | 75 |
| 2035 | 82.479–85.3 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 82.679–85.6 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 82.879.1–85.8 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 8379–86 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 83.179.1–86.4 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 83.379.1–86.6 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 83.579.3–86.7 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 83.679.4–87.1 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 83.879.4–87.3 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 8479.7–87.8 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 84.179.7–88 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 84.379.7–87.9 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 84.479.9–88.1 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 84.679.9–88.4 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 84.779.9–88.4 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 84.980–88.7 | 77 |
| 2051 | 8580.3–88.9 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 85.280.3–89.1 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 85.380.3–89.3 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 85.480.3–89.6 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 85.580.5–89.7 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 85.780.6–89.9 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 85.880.7–90.1 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 85.980.8–90.4 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 86.181–90.7 | 78 |
| 2060 | 86.281–90.6 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 86.381–91 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 86.481.4–91.1 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 86.681.5–91.4 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 86.781.5–91.5 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 86.881.7–91.7 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 86.981.8–91.8 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 8782–92.1 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 87.182.2–92.3 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 87.282.3–92.5 | 79 |
| 2070 | 87.482.5–92.7 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 87.582.3–92.9 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 87.682.4–93 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 87.782.6–93.1 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 87.882.7–93.1 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 87.983–93.3 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 8882.9–93.3 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 88.183.1–93.6 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 88.283.2–93.8 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 88.383.3–94.1 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 88.483.4–94.2 | 80 |
| 2081 | 88.583.5–94.3 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 88.683.5–94.4 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 88.783.5–94.9 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 88.883.7–95 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 88.983.7–95 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 8983.8–95.1 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 89.183.9–95.2 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 89.283.9–95.4 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 89.384.2–95.5 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 89.484.3–95.6 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 89.584–96 | 81 |
| 2092 | 89.684.1–95.9 | 81 |
| 2093 | 89.784.2–96.1 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 89.884.2–96.4 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 89.984.2–96.5 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 9084.4–96.7 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 90.184.3–96.7 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 90.284.4–97 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 90.384.6–97.3 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 90.484.6–97.4 | 81.7 |
Good to know
- How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending5.68% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$5.94B in 2025
- Military spending per person$1,109 in 2025
- Military share of state spending20% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel47,000 people in 2020
- National power0.17% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers2.12% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports4 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exports7 million TIV in 2017