Oman
Population growth in Oman
Population growth in Oman: 1.23% a year in 1950 and 4.59% a year in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 4.59% a year
- Since 1950
- +3.36 percentage points
- Rank, 2023
- 4 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 0.87% a year
- Projected, 2100
- 0.66% a year
- UN projection (medium variant)
% a year · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 0.66% a year in 2100, between -2.97% a year and 5.98% a year (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 18% a year in 2011, the lowest -2.15% a year in 2020.
Every year
% a year · UN
| Year | Oman | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.59 | 0.87 |
| 2022 | 8.6 | 0.88 |
| 2021 | 1.18 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | -2.15 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | -0.87 | 1.03 |
| 2018 | 0.58 | 1.07 |
| 2017 | 2.08 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 4.53 | 1.17 |
| 2015 | 5.09 | 1.18 |
| 2014 | 3.79 | 1.22 |
| 2013 | 4.83 | 1.23 |
| 2012 | 10.96 | 1.27 |
| 2011 | 18 | 1.26 |
| 2010 | 3.13 | 1.27 |
| 2009 | 2.21 | 1.28 |
| 2008 | 2.17 | 1.28 |
| 2007 | 2.17 | 1.28 |
| 2006 | 2.19 | 1.28 |
| 2005 | 2.23 | 1.27 |
| 2004 | 2.29 | 1.28 |
| 2003 | 1.14 | 1.29 |
| 2002 | 1.13 | 1.3 |
| 2001 | 1.19 | 1.33 |
| 2000 | 1.26 | 1.35 |
| 1999 | 1.32 | 1.35 |
| 1998 | 1.4 | 1.37 |
| 1997 | 1.48 | 1.39 |
| 1996 | 1.63 | 1.42 |
| 1995 | 1.78 | 1.45 |
| 1994 | 1.91 | 1.47 |
| 1993 | 3.99 | 1.52 |
| 1992 | 4.45 | 1.57 |
| 1991 | 4.72 | 1.63 |
| 1990 | 4.97 | 1.76 |
| 1989 | 5.24 | 1.78 |
| 1988 | 5.52 | 1.79 |
| 1987 | 5.83 | 1.84 |
| 1986 | 6.2 | 1.83 |
| 1985 | 6.66 | 1.8 |
| 1984 | 5.39 | 1.8 |
| 1983 | 5.53 | 1.78 |
| 1982 | 5.58 | 1.86 |
| 1981 | 5.53 | 1.82 |
| 1980 | 5.37 | 1.8 |
| 1979 | 5.33 | 1.79 |
| 1978 | 5.23 | 1.74 |
| 1977 | 5.02 | 1.75 |
| 1976 | 4.71 | 1.78 |
| 1975 | 4.28 | 1.8 |
| 1974 | 4.07 | 1.88 |
| 1973 | 2.94 | 1.94 |
| 1972 | 2.85 | 1.97 |
| 1971 | 2.79 | 1.97 |
| 1970 | 2.7 | 2.06 |
| 1969 | 2.63 | 2.06 |
| 1968 | 2.54 | 2.09 |
| 1967 | 2.45 | 2 |
| 1966 | 2.34 | 2.04 |
| 1965 | 2.24 | 2.09 |
| 1964 | 2.13 | 2.16 |
| 1963 | 2.01 | 2.28 |
| 1962 | 1.91 | 2.11 |
| 1961 | 1.8 | 1.67 |
| 1960 | 1.71 | 1.58 |
| 1959 | 1.78 | 1.73 |
| 1958 | 1.69 | 2 |
| 1957 | 1.6 | 2.07 |
| 1956 | 1.53 | 1.98 |
| 1955 | 1.46 | 2.01 |
| 1954 | 1.41 | 1.99 |
| 1953 | 1.37 | 1.9 |
| 1952 | 1.32 | 1.94 |
| 1951 | 1.28 | 1.75 |
| 1950 | 1.23 | 1.74 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Oman | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.410.41–9.03 | 0.86 |
| 2025 | 3.52-0.64–9.02 | 0.84 |
| 2026 | 2.82-0.96–9.19 | 0.83 |
| 2027 | 2.18-1.12–9.1 | 0.81 |
| 2028 | 1.73-1.8–8.33 | 0.8 |
| 2029 | 1.51-1.64–7.9 | 0.78 |
| 2030 | 1.34-1.51–8.09 | 0.76 |
| 2031 | 1.31-1.65–8.1 | 0.75 |
| 2032 | 1.29-1.95–8.02 | 0.73 |
| 2033 | 1.27-2.33–7.41 | 0.72 |
| 2034 | 1.25-2.07–7.2 | 0.7 |
| 2035 | 1.24-2.18–7.47 | 0.69 |
| 2036 | 1.24-2.22–7.49 | 0.67 |
| 2037 | 1.23-2.12–7.66 | 0.65 |
| 2038 | 1.23-2.33–7.42 | 0.64 |
| 2039 | 1.23-2.35–7.2 | 0.62 |
| 2040 | 1.23-2.38–7.13 | 0.61 |
| 2041 | 1.23-2.31–7.27 | 0.59 |
| 2042 | 1.23-2.32–6.99 | 0.57 |
| 2043 | 1.23-2.48–7.29 | 0.56 |
| 2044 | 1.22-2.52–6.92 | 0.54 |
| 2045 | 1.22-2.32–6.67 | 0.52 |
| 2046 | 1.21-2.54–7.04 | 0.5 |
| 2047 | 1.21-2.21–6.77 | 0.48 |
| 2048 | 1.2-2.35–6.9 | 0.46 |
| 2049 | 1.19-2.31–6.94 | 0.44 |
| 2050 | 1.19-2.27–6.83 | 0.42 |
| 2051 | 1.18-2.06–7 | 0.4 |
| 2052 | 1.17-2.34–6.94 | 0.38 |
| 2053 | 1.16-2.6–6.96 | 0.36 |
| 2054 | 1.14-2.19–6.98 | 0.34 |
| 2055 | 1.12-2.13–6.67 | 0.33 |
| 2056 | 1.1-2.34–6.87 | 0.31 |
| 2057 | 1.08-2.38–6.49 | 0.3 |
| 2058 | 1.07-2.21–6.39 | 0.28 |
| 2059 | 1.05-2.48–6.27 | 0.27 |
| 2060 | 1.03-2.24–6.44 | 0.25 |
| 2061 | 1.01-2.37–6.4 | 0.24 |
| 2062 | 0.99-2.62–6.53 | 0.23 |
| 2063 | 0.97-2.63–6.31 | 0.22 |
| 2064 | 0.96-2.69–6.56 | 0.21 |
| 2065 | 0.94-2.5–6.67 | 0.2 |
| 2066 | 0.93-2.4–6.45 | 0.19 |
| 2067 | 0.91-2.47–6.22 | 0.18 |
| 2068 | 0.9-2.64–6.15 | 0.17 |
| 2069 | 0.88-2.42–6.23 | 0.16 |
| 2070 | 0.87-2.66–6.41 | 0.15 |
| 2071 | 0.86-2.67–6.18 | 0.14 |
| 2072 | 0.85-2.74–6.37 | 0.13 |
| 2073 | 0.84-2.82–6.12 | 0.12 |
| 2074 | 0.83-3.01–6.29 | 0.1 |
| 2075 | 0.82-2.73–6.03 | 0.09 |
| 2076 | 0.81-2.75–6.06 | 0.08 |
| 2077 | 0.8-2.73–6.49 | 0.07 |
| 2078 | 0.8-2.81–6.07 | 0.06 |
| 2079 | 0.79-2.98–5.99 | 0.05 |
| 2080 | 0.79-2.77–6.14 | 0.04 |
| 2081 | 0.78-2.99–5.83 | 0.03 |
| 2082 | 0.78-2.65–6.18 | 0.02 |
| 2083 | 0.78-2.77–6.27 | 0.01 |
| 2084 | 0.77-2.91–6.1 | -0 |
| 2085 | 0.77-2.79–5.93 | -0.01 |
| 2086 | 0.76-2.9–5.67 | -0.02 |
| 2087 | 0.76-2.86–6.22 | -0.03 |
| 2088 | 0.75-2.97–5.86 | -0.04 |
| 2089 | 0.75-3.02–5.91 | -0.05 |
| 2090 | 0.74-3–5.76 | -0.05 |
| 2091 | 0.74-3.22–6.34 | -0.06 |
| 2092 | 0.73-2.95–5.81 | -0.07 |
| 2093 | 0.72-2.9–5.85 | -0.07 |
| 2094 | 0.71-2.91–6.16 | -0.08 |
| 2095 | 0.71-3.03–6.17 | -0.09 |
| 2096 | 0.7-3.03–5.88 | -0.1 |
| 2097 | 0.69-2.75–5.91 | -0.11 |
| 2098 | 0.68-2.75–6.01 | -0.11 |
| 2099 | 0.67-2.8–5.96 | -0.12 |
| 2100 | 0.66-2.97–5.98 | -0.13 |
Good to know
- How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
- 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