Oman Rural Population 1960-2024

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.
  • Oman rural population for 2023 was 538,749, a 3.9% decline from 2022.
  • Oman rural population for 2022 was 560,597, a 4.28% decline from 2021.
  • Oman rural population for 2021 was 585,672, a 6.07% decline from 2020.
  • Oman rural population for 2020 was 623,536, a 6.94% decline from 2019.
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name Rural Population
United States 55,937,486
Germany 18,784,632
Italy 16,468,986
Poland 14,594,364
France 12,422,661
United Kingdom 10,497,193
Japan 9,907,790
South Korea 9,589,588
Spain 8,923,913
Canada 7,272,932
Saudi Arabia 5,560,527
Austria 3,695,875
Australia 3,565,036
Argentina 3,516,356
Portugal 3,378,005
Czech Republic 2,767,136
Hungary 2,602,308
Slovak Republic 2,494,835
Chile 2,353,195
Switzerland 2,283,085
Greece 2,002,527
Ireland 1,869,935
Croatia 1,596,188
Panama 1,362,230
Netherlands 1,219,560
Sweden 1,186,635
UAE 1,163,057
Slovenia 931,346
Lithuania 899,076
Norway 883,411
Finland 794,473
Trinidad and Tobago 714,682
Israel 697,214
Denmark 684,197
New Zealand 679,786
Latvia 589,533
Oman 538,749
Cyprus 416,009
Estonia 412,452
Belgium 214,107
Puerto Rico 204,074
Barbados 193,378
Bahrain 150,497
Uruguay 144,763
Channel Islands 120,710
French Polynesia 116,482
Brunei 94,356
New Caledonia 73,097
Antigua and Barbuda 71,353
Bahamas 67,567
Aruba 59,245
Luxembourg 52,967
Seychelles 49,323
Isle of Man 39,405
Liechtenstein 33,798
St. Kitts and Nevis 32,905
Faroe Islands 30,371
Malta 27,987
Iceland 23,451
Qatar 17,548
Curacao 16,231
British Virgin Islands 15,848
Andorra 9,792
Guam 8,360
Greenland 6,858
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 3,959
Northern Mariana Islands 3,946
Palau 3,177
Turks and Caicos Islands 2,650
San Marino 728
Oman Rural Population - Historical Data
Year Population % of Total Change
2023 538,749 11.60 -3.98%
2022 560,597 12.25 -4.38%
2021 585,672 12.96 -6.26%
2020 623,536 13.72 -7.19%
2019 670,025 14.56 -5.99%
2018 711,385 15.46 -4.84%
2017 746,681 16.44 -3.03%
2016 769,662 17.50 -1.56%
2015 781,766 18.65 -1.81%
2014 796,040 19.86 -1.24%
2013 806,006 21.12 1.60%
2012 793,243 22.44 3.79%
2011 763,780 23.82 6.48%
2010 715,839 24.84 4.47%
2009 684,527 25.38 -0.38%
2008 687,146 25.92 -0.39%
2007 689,807 26.47 -0.35%
2006 692,220 27.03 -0.28%
2005 694,193 27.60 -0.20%
2004 695,551 28.17 0.40%
2003 692,787 28.49 1.23%
2002 684,346 28.47 1.28%
2001 675,613 28.45 1.36%
2000 666,495 28.43 1.43%
1999 657,033 28.41 1.50%
1998 647,237 28.39 1.58%
1997 637,096 28.37 1.67%
1996 626,545 28.35 1.77%
1995 615,540 28.33 1.88%
1994 604,086 28.31 0.69%
1993 599,930 28.96 -1.10%
1992 606,546 30.55 -0.62%
1991 610,326 32.20 -0.22%
1990 611,698 33.90 0.16%
1989 610,709 35.63 0.57%
1988 607,261 37.41 0.98%
1987 601,334 39.22 1.46%
1986 592,621 41.06 2.01%
1985 580,845 42.92 1.80%
1984 570,479 44.80 1.38%
1983 562,633 46.71 1.66%
1982 553,385 48.62 1.80%
1981 543,502 50.53 1.85%
1980 533,537 52.44 1.89%
1979 523,543 54.35 1.97%
1978 513,312 56.24 1.97%
1977 503,322 58.11 1.84%
1976 494,127 59.96 1.58%
1975 486,384 61.79 1.36%
1974 479,800 63.58 0.80%
1973 476,000 65.33 0.28%
1972 474,688 67.04 0.29%
1971 473,297 68.71 0.33%
1970 471,732 70.34 0.37%
1969 469,979 71.91 0.42%
1968 467,996 73.43 0.45%
1967 465,872 74.89 0.49%
1966 463,588 76.31 0.52%
1965 461,163 77.66 0.55%
1964 458,619 78.96 0.56%
1963 456,054 80.21 0.57%
1962 453,472 81.39 0.56%
1961 450,952 82.53 0.53%
1960 448,558 83.60 %