Oman
Net migration rate in Oman
Net migration rate in Oman: -4.4 per 1,000 people in 1950 and 31 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 31 per 1,000 people
- Since 1950
- +35.3 per 1,000 people
- Rank, 2023
- 3 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2100
- 0.4 per 1,000 people
- UN projection (medium variant)
per 1,000 people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 0.4 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -31.6 per 1,000 people and 52.8 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 160.1 per 1,000 people in 2011, the lowest -38 per 1,000 people in 2020.
Every year
per 1,000 people · UN
| Year | Oman |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 31 |
| 2022 | 71.7 |
| 2021 | -3.7 |
| 2020 | -38 |
| 2019 | -25.6 |
| 2018 | -11.5 |
| 2017 | 2.6 |
| 2016 | 26.8 |
| 2015 | 32 |
| 2014 | 18.9 |
| 2013 | 29.6 |
| 2012 | 91 |
| 2011 | 160.1 |
| 2010 | 10.4 |
| 2009 | 2.7 |
| 2008 | 3.8 |
| 2007 | 4.5 |
| 2006 | 4.4 |
| 2005 | 4.2 |
| 2004 | 3.9 |
| 2003 | -8.2 |
| 2002 | -8.6 |
| 2001 | -8.3 |
| 2000 | -8.1 |
| 1999 | -8.1 |
| 1998 | -7.9 |
| 1997 | -7.8 |
| 1996 | -7.1 |
| 1995 | -6.3 |
| 1994 | -6.1 |
| 1993 | 13.5 |
| 1992 | 16.4 |
| 1991 | 17.2 |
| 1990 | 18 |
| 1989 | 18.8 |
| 1988 | 19.8 |
| 1987 | 21.1 |
| 1986 | 22.8 |
| 1985 | 25.4 |
| 1984 | 12 |
| 1983 | 13.2 |
| 1982 | 13.7 |
| 1981 | 13.5 |
| 1980 | 12.6 |
| 1979 | 13.2 |
| 1978 | 13.3 |
| 1977 | 12.3 |
| 1976 | 10.2 |
| 1975 | 7.2 |
| 1974 | 6.5 |
| 1973 | -4.2 |
| 1972 | -4.3 |
| 1971 | -4.4 |
| 1970 | -4.5 |
| 1969 | -4.6 |
| 1968 | -4.8 |
| 1967 | -4.9 |
| 1966 | -5 |
| 1965 | -5.1 |
| 1964 | -5.2 |
| 1963 | -5.3 |
| 1962 | -5.4 |
| 1961 | -5.6 |
| 1960 | -5.6 |
| 1959 | -3.9 |
| 1958 | -3.9 |
| 1957 | -4 |
| 1956 | -4.1 |
| 1955 | -4.1 |
| 1954 | -4.2 |
| 1953 | -4.2 |
| 1952 | -4.3 |
| 1951 | -4.3 |
| 1950 | -4.4 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Oman |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 29.2-10.8–76.1 |
| 2025 | 20.7-20.8–76.1 |
| 2026 | 14.1-22.7–77.9 |
| 2027 | 8-24.6–78.5 |
| 2028 | 3.9-30.4–71.1 |
| 2029 | 2-29.7–65.9 |
| 2030 | 0.6-28.1–66.6 |
| 2031 | 0.6-28.6–68.1 |
| 2032 | 0.6-32–68.1 |
| 2033 | 0.6-34.2–62.4 |
| 2034 | 0.6-32.6–59.3 |
| 2035 | 0.6-33–64.3 |
| 2036 | 0.6-33.7–64.1 |
| 2037 | 0.6-32–64.6 |
| 2038 | 0.6-33.5–60.9 |
| 2039 | 0.6-35.6–61.4 |
| 2040 | 0.6-34.9–59.3 |
| 2041 | 0.6-33.8–59.3 |
| 2042 | 0.6-33.6–57.5 |
| 2043 | 0.6-35.7–61.2 |
| 2044 | 0.6-36.3–57.8 |
| 2045 | 0.6-33.7–56 |
| 2046 | 0.6-35.1–58.2 |
| 2047 | 0.6-33.2–56.2 |
| 2048 | 0.6-34.5–57.9 |
| 2049 | 0.6-33.9–58.2 |
| 2050 | 0.6-33.1–56.5 |
| 2051 | 0.6-30.3–60 |
| 2052 | 0.6-33.5–59.4 |
| 2053 | 0.6-35.1–58.5 |
| 2054 | 0.6-31.2–59.7 |
| 2055 | 0.6-32.2–57.1 |
| 2056 | 0.6-32–58.3 |
| 2057 | 0.6-32.3–55.1 |
| 2058 | 0.6-31–55.2 |
| 2059 | 0.6-32.4–51.4 |
| 2060 | 0.6-30.3–56.2 |
| 2061 | 0.6-31.7–54.4 |
| 2062 | 0.6-35–56.7 |
| 2063 | 0.6-32.6–54.1 |
| 2064 | 0.6-34.1–56.7 |
| 2065 | 0.6-31–57.5 |
| 2066 | 0.6-31.7–56.2 |
| 2067 | 0.6-29.8–54 |
| 2068 | 0.6-31.3–53.6 |
| 2069 | 0.6-30.7–55.3 |
| 2070 | 0.6-30.1–57.1 |
| 2071 | 0.6-31.1–55.9 |
| 2072 | 0.5-30.5–58.6 |
| 2073 | 0.5-31.6–53 |
| 2074 | 0.5-34.2–55.4 |
| 2075 | 0.5-30.8–52.2 |
| 2076 | 0.5-29.6–53.1 |
| 2077 | 0.5-29.9–57.9 |
| 2078 | 0.5-30.8–53.3 |
| 2079 | 0.5-31.7–53.4 |
| 2080 | 0.5-30–55.7 |
| 2081 | 0.5-30.1–53.3 |
| 2082 | 0.5-29.1–56.5 |
| 2083 | 0.5-29.8–56.5 |
| 2084 | 0.5-30.3–55.7 |
| 2085 | 0.5-30.9–52.4 |
| 2086 | 0.4-31.5–51.3 |
| 2087 | 0.4-31.6–54.7 |
| 2088 | 0.4-32.5–52.6 |
| 2089 | 0.4-33.6–53.5 |
| 2090 | 0.4-30.7–51.6 |
| 2091 | 0.4-32.8–55.5 |
| 2092 | 0.4-29.7–52.2 |
| 2093 | 0.4-30.4–53.6 |
| 2094 | 0.4-29.2–56 |
| 2095 | 0.4-31.9–55.9 |
| 2096 | 0.4-30.2–51.7 |
| 2097 | 0.4-30.5–57.6 |
| 2098 | 0.4-27.2–54.3 |
| 2099 | 0.4-28.7–55 |
| 2100 | 0.4-31.6–52.8 |
Good to know
- People moving in minus people moving out in a year, per 1,000 residents; below zero, more left than arrived.
- 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.
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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