page_title: Demographics of Oman
section_title: CIA World Factbook demographic statistics
hierarchical_section_title: Demographics of Oman / CIA World Factbook demographic statistics
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: A population pyramid illustrates the age and sex structure of a country's population and may provide insights about political and social stability, as well as economic development. The population is distributed along the horizontal axis, with males shown on the left and females on the right. The male and female populations are broken down into 5-year age groups represented as horizontal bars along the vertical axis, with the youngest age groups at the bottom and the oldest at the top. The shape of the population pyramid gradually evolves over time based on fertility, mortality, and international migration trends.
context_page_description: About 50% of the population in Oman lives in Muscat and the Batinah coastal plain northwest of the capital; about 200,000 live in the Dhofar region; and about 30,000 live in the remote Musandam Peninsula on the Strait of Hormuz. Some 2 million expatriates live in Oman, most of whom are workers from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Morocco, Jordan, and the Philippines.
  Since 1970, the government has given high priority to education in order to develop a domestic work force, which the government considers a vital factor in the country's economic and social progress. In 1986, Oman's first university, Sultan Qaboos University, opened. Other post secondary institutions include a law school, technical college, banking institute, teachers' training college, and health sciences institute. Some 200 scholarships are awarded each year for study abroad.
  Nine private colleges exist, providing two-year post secondary diplomas. Since 1999, the government has embarked on reforms in higher education designed to meet the needs of a growing population.
context_section_description: The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.
  Age structure
  0-14 years: 30.1% (male 528,554/female 502,272)
  15-24 years: 18.69% (male 335,764/female 304,207)
  25-54 years: 43.8% (male 864,858/female 635,006)
  55-64 years: 3.92% (male 71,477/female 62,793)
  65 years and over: 3.49% (male 58,561/female 60,894) (2017 est.)
  Median age
  total: 25.6 years
  male: 26.6 years
  female: 24.2 years (2017 est.)
  Birth rate
  24 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)
  Death rate
  3.3 deaths/1,000 population (2017 est.)
  Population growth rate
  2.03% (2017 est.)
  Urbanization
  urban population: 84.5% of total population (2018)
  rate of urbanisation: 5.25% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)
  Sex ratio
  at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
  0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
  15-24 years: 1.1 male(s)/female
  25-54 years: 1.38 male(s)/female
  55-64 years: 1.14 male(s)/female
  65 years and over: 0.99 male(s)/female
  total population: 1.19 male(s)/female (2017 est.)
  Infant mortality rate
  total: 12.8 deaths/1,000 live births
  male: 13.1 deaths/1,000 live births
  female: 12.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2017 est.)
  Life expectancy at birth
  total population: 75.7 years
  male: 73.7 years
  female: 77.7 years (2017 est
  Obesity - adult prevalence rate
  27% (2016)
  Children under the age of 5 years underweight
  9.7% (2014)
caption: Population pyramid 2016
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