Population in Oman

The population of Oman was 5,494,691 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Population (UN estimates) Unit: People Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Oman, 2025 5,494,691 People
Change from 2024 +4.0% 2024: 5,281,538 people
World, 2025 8,215,424,893 people Official aggregate
Position in 2025 120th of 217 See the full ranking

Population in Oman over time

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People. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population (UN estimates) (people), 2001 to 2025
Period OmanWorld
2025 5,494,691 people 8,215,424,893 people
2024 5,281,538 people 8,140,897,523 people
2023 5,049,269 people 8,062,923,417 people
2022 4,730,226 people 7,988,550,201 people
2021 4,500,424 people 7,919,567,995 people
2020 4,522,497 people 7,853,863,139 people
2019 4,591,241 people 7,777,162,476 people
2018 4,597,877 people 7,696,159,728 people
2017 4,537,396 people 7,613,788,655 people
2016 4,390,877 people 7,528,221,579 people
2015 4,184,895 people 7,441,084,771 people
2014 4,002,439 people 7,353,532,223 people
2013 3,833,913 people 7,265,404,737 people
2012 3,547,106 people 7,176,482,165 people
2011 3,076,763 people 7,086,704,141 people
2010 2,757,446 people 7,000,860,073 people
2009 2,684,659 people 6,916,168,196 people
2008 2,626,529 people 6,830,080,867 people
2007 2,570,174 people 6,744,049,498 people
2006 2,514,795 people 6,659,536,021 people
2005 2,459,802 people 6,575,410,029 people
2004 2,404,821 people 6,492,354,627 people
2003 2,363,796 people 6,409,352,386 people
2002 2,337,140 people 6,327,171,255 people
2001 2,310,217 people 6,244,739,668 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +4.0% from 5,281,538 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 4,184,895 people, the figure has changed by +31.3%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Oman has the 120th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 8,215,424,893 people.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.TOTL · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Oman
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects