Oman Urban Population 1960-2024

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.
  • Oman urban population for 2023 was 4,105,635, a 2.24% increase from 2022.
  • Oman urban population for 2022 was 4,015,701, a 2.06% increase from 2021.
  • Oman urban population for 2021 was 3,934,799, a 0.38% increase from 2020.
  • Oman urban population for 2020 was 3,919,863, a 0.33% decline from 2019.
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name Urban Population
United States 278,977,409
Japan 114,608,860
Germany 65,697,635
United Kingdom 57,852,807
France 55,747,567
Argentina 43,138,225
Italy 42,292,160
South Korea 42,123,031
Spain 39,449,423
Canada 32,824,829
Saudi Arabia 31,386,498
Australia 23,073,508
Poland 22,091,485
Chile 17,276,395
Netherlands 16,659,928
Belgium 11,608,485
Sweden 9,349,997
Israel 9,059,486
Greece 8,358,768
UAE 8,353,814
Czech Republic 8,106,553
Hong Kong 7,536,100
Portugal 7,147,342
Hungary 6,987,564
Switzerland 6,566,767
Singapore 5,917,648
Austria 5,436,508
Denmark 5,262,755
Finland 4,789,791
Norway 4,636,183
New Zealand 4,543,314
Kuwait 4,310,108
Oman 4,105,635
Ireland 3,392,447
Uruguay 3,278,345
Panama 3,105,857
Puerto Rico 3,001,617
Slovak Republic 2,931,905
Qatar 2,698,843
Croatia 2,257,012
Lithuania 1,972,821
Bahrain 1,335,012
Latvia 1,292,217
Slovenia 1,189,591
Estonia 953,736
Cyprus 844,129
Trinidad and Tobago 820,255
Macao 704,149
Luxembourg 615,639
Malta 525,227
Iceland 370,149
Brunei 358,168
Bahamas 345,056
New Caledonia 194,843
French Polynesia 192,390
Guam 164,592
Curacao 131,631
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 100,958
Barbados 88,617
Seychelles 70,450
Andorra 70,296
Cayman Islands 69,310
Bermuda 63,489
Channel Islands 54,636
Greenland 50,007
Aruba 47,032
Northern Mariana Islands 45,850
Isle of Man 45,305
Turks and Caicos Islands 43,412
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 41,163
Monaco 36,297
San Marino 32,914
Gibraltar 32,688
Antigua and Barbuda 22,945
Faroe Islands 22,899
British Virgin Islands 15,690
Palau 14,881
St. Kitts and Nevis 14,850
Liechtenstein 5,786
Oman Urban Population - Historical Data
Year Population % of Total Change
2023 4,105,635 88.40 2.21%
2022 4,015,701 87.75 2.04%
2021 3,934,799 87.04 0.38%
2020 3,919,863 86.28 -0.33%
2019 3,932,743 85.44 1.10%
2018 3,889,772 84.54 2.46%
2017 3,795,173 83.56 4.49%
2016 3,628,408 82.50 6.21%
2015 3,410,010 81.35 5.94%
2014 3,213,227 80.15 6.51%
2013 3,010,674 78.88 9.34%
2012 2,742,336 77.56 11.55%
2011 2,443,090 76.18 12.03%
2010 2,166,075 75.16 7.33%
2009 2,013,010 74.62 2.47%
2008 1,963,882 74.08 2.47%
2007 1,915,893 73.53 2.51%
2006 1,868,429 72.97 2.57%
2005 1,820,999 72.40 2.65%
2004 1,773,304 71.83 1.96%
2003 1,738,813 71.51 1.13%
2002 1,719,313 71.53 1.19%
2001 1,699,040 71.55 1.26%
2000 1,677,758 71.57 1.33%
1999 1,655,567 71.59 1.40%
1998 1,632,490 71.61 1.48%
1997 1,608,492 71.63 1.57%
1996 1,583,413 71.65 1.67%
1995 1,557,132 71.67 1.78%
1994 1,529,589 71.69 3.84%
1993 1,471,938 71.04 6.55%
1992 1,378,681 69.45 7.05%
1991 1,284,861 67.80 7.43%
1990 1,192,826 66.10 7.82%
1989 1,103,129 64.37 8.21%
1988 1,016,172 62.59 8.64%
1987 932,017 60.78 9.11%
1986 850,825 58.94 9.66%
1985 772,444 57.08 9.44%
1984 702,827 55.20 9.05%
1983 641,993 53.29 9.31%
1982 584,916 51.39 9.46%
1981 532,122 49.47 9.49%
1980 483,925 47.56 9.56%
1979 439,808 45.65 9.63%
1978 399,438 43.76 9.62%
1977 362,802 41.89 9.49%
1976 329,954 40.04 9.25%
1975 300,810 38.21 9.02%
1974 274,876 36.42 8.45%
1973 252,597 34.67 7.92%
1972 233,357 32.96 7.96%
1971 215,506 31.29 7.99%
1970 198,961 29.67 8.03%
1969 183,614 28.09 8.07%
1968 169,383 26.58 8.12%
1967 156,170 25.11 8.15%
1966 143,950 23.69 8.18%
1965 132,645 22.34 8.20%
1964 122,205 21.04 8.23%
1963 112,549 19.79 8.22%
1962 103,667 18.61 8.22%
1961 95,491 17.48 8.18%
1960 87,995 16.40 %