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🇴🇲 Oman

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3OMN
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2OM
UN M49 numeric512
IOC codeOMA
Official nameSultanate of Oman
Native name(s)ara: official: سلطنة عمان; common: عمان
Alt spellingsOM, Sultanate of Oman, Salṭanat ʻUmān
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAsia
SubregionWestern Asia
UN regional groupAsia and the Pacific Group
CapitalMuscat
Area (km²)309,500
Lat / Lng21.0000, 57.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)SAU, ARE, YEM
Top-level domain.om
Calling coderoot: +9; suffixes: 68

Demographics

Population (World Bank)5,494,691 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)80.246 (2024)
Languagesara: Arabic
Demonymseng: f: Omani; m: Omani; fra: f: Omanaise; m: Omanais
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)109,604,780,696.23 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)19,947.397 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)3.251 (2025)
CurrenciesOMR: name: Omani rial; symbol: ر.ع.

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
1950456,988
1951462,757
1952468,820
1953475,164
1954481,817
1955488,801
1956496,169
1957503,978
1958512,333
1959521,317
1960530,485
1961539,854
1962549,941
1963560,827
1964572,577
1965585,236
1966598,804
1967613,318
1968628,798
1969645,255
1970662,680
1971681,119
1972700,593
1973721,179
1974746,988
1975778,864
1976814,701
1977855,314
1978900,304
1979949,116
19801,001,248
19811,057,320
19821,117,678
19831,181,459
19841,247,716
19851,325,480
19861,413,419
19871,500,996
19881,588,568
19891,676,228
19901,763,954
19911,851,473
19921,938,238
19932,021,675
19942,081,834
19952,120,528
19962,156,926
19972,190,720
19982,222,489
19992,252,909
20002,282,131
20012,310,217
20022,337,140
20032,363,796
20042,404,821
20052,459,802
20062,514,795
20072,570,174
20082,626,529
20092,684,659
20102,757,446
20113,076,763
20123,547,106
20133,833,913
20144,002,439
20154,184,895
20164,390,877
20174,537,396
20184,597,877
20194,591,241
20204,522,497
20214,500,424
20224,730,226
20235,049,269

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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