Oman Urban Population 1960-2023

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 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.
  • Oman urban population for 2019 was 3,932,743, a 1.1% increase from 2018.
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name Urban Population
United States 276,908,634
Japan 115,058,684
Germany 65,286,292
United Kingdom 56,522,531
France 55,373,677
Argentina 42,696,478
Italy 42,175,051
South Korea 42,039,227
Spain 38,712,927
Canada 31,825,973
Saudi Arabia 30,848,829
Poland 22,587,292
Australia 22,468,661
Chile 17,234,034
Netherlands 16,443,692
Belgium 11,453,911
Sweden 9,280,104
Israel 8,859,423
Greece 8,490,947
UAE 8,265,048
Czech Republic 7,828,977
Hong Kong 7,346,100
Hungary 7,025,577
Portugal 6,993,479
Switzerland 6,497,677
Singapore 5,637,022
Austria 5,358,240
Denmark 5,216,337
Finland 4,761,190
Norway 4,565,651
New Zealand 4,452,023
Kuwait 4,268,873
Oman 4,015,701
Uruguay 3,275,203
Ireland 3,264,982
Panama 3,048,137
Puerto Rico 3,015,917
Slovak Republic 2,928,203
Qatar 2,676,741
Croatia 2,243,760
Lithuania 1,939,613
Bahrain 1,321,226
Latvia 1,290,868
Slovenia 1,175,639
Estonia 936,080
Cyprus 837,383
Trinidad and Tobago 816,659
Macao 695,168
Luxembourg 597,938
Malta 496,592
Iceland 358,955
Brunei 354,056
Bahamas 342,304
New Caledonia 200,181
French Polynesia 190,414
Guam 163,342
Curacao 133,534
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 101,340
Barbados 88,219
Andorra 70,094
Cayman Islands 68,706
Bermuda 63,532
Seychelles 58,431
Channel Islands 54,099
Greenland 49,707
Aruba 46,891
Northern Mariana Islands 45,578
Isle of Man 45,024
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 43,389
Turks and Caicos Islands 42,982
Monaco 36,469
San Marino 32,897
Gibraltar 32,649
Antigua and Barbuda 22,828
Faroe Islands 22,711
British Virgin Islands 15,443
Palau 14,797
St. Kitts and Nevis 14,769
Liechtenstein 5,717
Oman Urban Population - Historical Data
Year Population % of Total Change
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 %