Oman
Urban population in Oman
Urban population in Oman: 8.6% in 1950 and 79.5% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 79.5%
- Since 1950
- +70.9 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 66 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 95.5%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 95.5% in 2050.
- The highest was 80.1% in 2021, the lowest 8.6% in 1950.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Oman |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 79.5 |
| 2024 | 79.4 |
| 2023 | 79.6 |
| 2022 | 80 |
| 2021 | 80.1 |
| 2020 | 80 |
| 2019 | 79.6 |
| 2018 | 79 |
| 2017 | 78.3 |
| 2016 | 77.8 |
| 2015 | 77.3 |
| 2014 | 76.9 |
| 2013 | 76.5 |
| 2012 | 76.1 |
| 2011 | 75.7 |
| 2010 | 75.2 |
| 2009 | 74.5 |
| 2008 | 73.8 |
| 2007 | 73.1 |
| 2006 | 72.4 |
| 2005 | 71.9 |
| 2004 | 71.5 |
| 2003 | 71.5 |
| 2002 | 71.5 |
| 2001 | 71.5 |
| 2000 | 71.5 |
| 1999 | 71.6 |
| 1998 | 71.6 |
| 1997 | 71.6 |
| 1996 | 71.6 |
| 1995 | 71.7 |
| 1994 | 71.7 |
| 1993 | 71.6 |
| 1992 | 71.4 |
| 1991 | 71 |
| 1990 | 70.4 |
| 1989 | 69.5 |
| 1988 | 68.5 |
| 1987 | 67.3 |
| 1986 | 66 |
| 1985 | 64.5 |
| 1984 | 62.9 |
| 1983 | 61.1 |
| 1982 | 59.3 |
| 1981 | 57.3 |
| 1980 | 55.3 |
| 1979 | 53.2 |
| 1978 | 51 |
| 1977 | 48.8 |
| 1976 | 46.6 |
| 1975 | 44.3 |
| 1974 | 42.1 |
| 1973 | 39.8 |
| 1972 | 37.6 |
| 1971 | 35.4 |
| 1970 | 33.2 |
| 1969 | 31.1 |
| 1968 | 29 |
| 1967 | 27 |
| 1966 | 25.1 |
| 1965 | 23.3 |
| 1964 | 21.7 |
| 1963 | 20.1 |
| 1962 | 18.7 |
| 1961 | 17.5 |
| 1960 | 16.4 |
| 1959 | 15.4 |
| 1958 | 14.5 |
| 1957 | 13.6 |
| 1956 | 12.8 |
| 1955 | 12 |
| 1954 | 11.2 |
| 1953 | 10.5 |
| 1952 | 9.8 |
| 1951 | 9.2 |
| 1950 | 8.6 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Oman |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 79.6 |
| 2027 | 79.7 |
| 2028 | 79.8 |
| 2029 | 80 |
| 2030 | 80.2 |
| 2031 | 80.5 |
| 2032 | 80.8 |
| 2033 | 81.2 |
| 2034 | 81.6 |
| 2035 | 82.1 |
| 2036 | 82.6 |
| 2037 | 83.1 |
| 2038 | 83.7 |
| 2039 | 84.4 |
| 2040 | 85.1 |
| 2041 | 85.9 |
| 2042 | 86.7 |
| 2043 | 87.6 |
| 2044 | 88.6 |
| 2045 | 89.6 |
| 2046 | 90.6 |
| 2047 | 91.8 |
| 2048 | 93 |
| 2049 | 94.2 |
| 2050 | 95.5 |
Good to know
- 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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- 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