Oman population pyramid 2026
5,671,458 people in 2026 (projected). Oman’s pyramid carries a broad male shelf at ages 25–44 built by labour migration, with about 236 men for every 100 women at ages 30–34.
- 2026 population
- 5.7Mrank 120 of 237
- Median age
- 29.8 yearsoldest rank 136
- Fertility rate
- 2.44births per woman · above replacement
- Structure
- Transitional2.7% age 65+
Oman population pyramid
2026 · Share of total by five-year age group and sex
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Oman age distribution in 2026
Children under 15 account for 24.0% of the population, while 2.7% are aged 65 or older. The remaining 73.2% are in the conventional working-age range of 15–64. On these shares, the site classifies Oman’s age structure as transitional; the guide to population pyramid types explains what that shape implies.
The total age dependency ratio is 36.6: about 37 people under 15 or 65+ for every 100 people aged 15–64 (32.8 children and 3.7 older people). This is an age-balance indicator, not a literal count of economic dependants per worker.
What shapes Oman’s population pyramid
From isolation to rapid change
In 1950 Oman had about 457,000 inhabitants, a life expectancy of about 29 years and an infant mortality rate of about 230 per 1,000 live births. Oil exports began in the late 1960s, and after 1970 the modernisation programme under Sultan Qaboos brought rapid improvements in health: life expectancy reached 69 by 1990 and about 80 by 2023. Fertility stayed very high for longer, peaking at about 7.9 children per woman around 1980, before falling to 3.9 in 2000 and about 2.4 in 2026.
A shelf of working-age men
Oil revenue paid for construction and services staffed largely by workers recruited abroad, chiefly from South Asia. By 2000 men already outnumbered women by about two to one at ages 30–49, and net immigration of about 1.4 million between 2000 and 2023 helped the population more than double, from 2.3 million to 5.0 million. In 2026 the sex ratio rises from 104 males per 100 females at 10–14 to 187 at 20–24 and 236 at 30–34, then falls back to 135 at 60–64 and below parity from 70, largely because most migrants leave when their contracts end. Men aged 30–39 alone make up about 17% of residents; women of the same ages, about 7%. Omani citizens are commonly reported to be a little over half of all residents, a larger share than in Qatar, where the imbalance is even greater.
The 15–19 band, born about 2007–11, forms a notch about 25% smaller than its neighbours. It sits in the gap between resident families’ children and the recruited workers who arrive from about age 20, and below it the 0–14 bands are wider, reflecting a rise in births in the 2010s that the chart alone cannot attribute to Omani or expatriate families.
Why so few deaths
With about 10,500 deaths against 91,000 births in 2026, Oman’s crude death rate is under 2 per 1,000. That reflects the age structure more than exceptional longevity: when most residents are in their twenties to forties, few die in any year, as the guide to median age and life expectancy explains.
Under the medium scenario net immigration slows to about 254,000 over 2026–2050, yet the population still reaches about 7.8 million in 2050 and 12.1 million in 2100, with the male shelf clearly visible throughout. Saudi Arabia and Bahrain have the most similar structures.
What to notice across the years
Distinctive cohorts and turning points
Comparing each five-year band with its neighbours picks out the cohorts that break a smooth slope. These irregularities usually record past surges or deficits in births, or migration concentrated at particular ages; the pattern alone does not identify which. The guide to baby booms and echo cohorts explains how to date and interpret them.
| Age band in 2026 | Born about | Feature | Versus neighbouring bands |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15–19 | 2007–2011 | Notch (smaller cohort) | −25% |
| 35–39 | 1987–1991 | Bulge (larger cohort) | +14% |
In the UN medium scenario births outnumber deaths in every year through 2100. Children under 15 outnumber people aged 65 and older in every pyramid year through 2100.
Births, deaths, and migration
A pyramid changes in only three ways: births add to the base, deaths remove people at every age, and migration adds or removes people mainly in young adulthood. In 2026, Oman is projected to record 90,828 births (about 249 births a day) and 10,553 deaths, a natural increase of 80,275. Net migration adds +79,740 people, ranking #4 in the net migration rate ranking.
Between 2000 and 2023 the UN estimates 1,677,499 births, 195,462 deaths, and cumulative net migration of +1,415,293. Over that period the balance of births and deaths moved the total more than migration did. See how migration shapes a pyramid and birth rate versus fertility rate. The medium scenario assumes net migration of +253,987 between 2026 and 2050.
Annual values 1950–2100; dashed lines after 2023 are the UN medium projection. The trend table below lists the values by decade.
Life expectancy and mortality
- Life expectancy, women
- 82.4 years31.8 in 1950
- Life expectancy, men
- 79.2 years27.2 in 1950
- Further years at 65
- 19.3 yearsboth sexes
- Infant mortality
- 7.7per 1,000 births · 230 in 1950
- Under-five mortality
- 9.4per 1,000 births
- Mother’s mean age at birth
- 31.8 yearssex ratio at birth 104.4
Women in Oman are projected to live 3.2 years longer than men, which is why the female side of the pyramid widens relative to the other at older ages (see the life expectancy gap ranking). Infant mortality has fallen from 230 to 7.7 deaths per 1,000 live births since 1950, ranking #144 of 237 in the infant mortality ranking (highest first). A mean age at childbearing of 31.8 years sets the spacing between generations, and so how far apart echo cohorts sit in the pyramid.
Median age, fertility rate, and global ranks for Oman
The median age of 29.8 years splits the population into two equal halves. A total fertility rate of 2.44 births per woman is above the replacement level of roughly 2.1, and life expectancy at birth is 80.7 years.
These ranks compare all 237 countries and areas in this dataset using the same 2026 UN medium projection. Ranks use the stored source precision, so displayed rounding can make adjacent values look identical; small differences should not be overinterpreted.
| Indicator | 2026 value | Global rank | Ranking direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 5,671,458 | #120 | Largest first |
| Median age | 29.8 years | #136 | Oldest first |
| Fertility rate | 2.44 | #81 | Highest first |
| Annual growth | +2.8% | #10 | Fastest first |
| Life expectancy | 80.7 years | #57 | Highest first |
| Population aged 65+ | 2.7% | #221 | Highest share first |
Largest age groups in Oman
The five largest cohorts identify where the 2026 population is concentrated. They can reflect past birth patterns, survival, and migration; the chart alone does not establish which cause dominates.
| Rank | Age group | Population | Share of total | Male / female |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 35–39 | 709,516 | 12.5% | 501.4K / 208.1K |
| 2 | 30–34 | 692,118 | 12.2% | 485.9K / 206.2K |
| 3 | 25–29 | 586,651 | 10.3% | 409K / 177.7K |
| 4 | 40–44 | 549,067 | 9.7% | 376.7K / 172.3K |
| 5 | 5–9 | 476,105 | 8.4% | 242.3K / 233.8K |
Sex ratio and the balance by age
In the 2026 projection, Oman has 3,543,631 males and 2,127,827 females. That is 166.5 males per 100 females, ranking #3 when the dataset is ordered from the highest male-to-female ratio to the lowest.
Males account for 62.5% of the population and females for 37.5%. There are 1,415,804 more males than females overall. Among people aged 65 and older, the ratio is 91.1 males per 100 females.
The overall balance can conceal large differences by age; how sex ratios change with age explains the usual pattern. The ratio reflects the male/female categories in the UN source and is not a measure of gender identity. Compare all profiles in the sex-ratio ranking.
At birth, 104.4 boys are projected to be born for every 100 girls in 2026, close to the biological norm of about 105 (compare the sex ratio at birth ranking). The ratio at birth sets the balance at the base of the pyramid; how it changes with age then depends on survival and migration.
How Oman has changed since 1950
The population has increased from 456,988 in 1950 to 5,671,458 in 2026, a change of 1141%. Over the same span, median age moved from 17.8 to 29.8 years.
The under-15 share changed from 42.2% to 24.0%, while the share aged 65 and older changed from 3.1% to 2.7%. These shifts show why total population growth and age-structure change need to be read separately.
How the population could change by 2050
Under the UN medium scenario, Oman’s population is projected to grow by about 38%, reaching 7,827,002 in 2050. The median age changes from 29.8 to 31.5 years.
The 65+ share is projected to rise by 3.8 percentage points to 6.5%. At the same time, the under-15 share is projected at 20.0%. How UN projections work explains the assumptions behind these figures.
The population is still rising at the end of the UN medium projection in 2100, when it reaches 12,094,996. The page therefore does not assign a peak year beyond the available horizon.
Population trend: 1950–2100
Mid-year population for every year. Estimates through 2023; dashed line shows the UN medium projection.
| Year | Population | Median age | Fertility | Life exp. | Births | Deaths | Net migration | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 456,988 | 17.8 | 7.26 | 29.3 | 23,743 | 16,127 | −2,010 | +1.2% |
| 1960 | 530,484 | 17.8 | 7.28 | 35.4 | 27,987 | 15,952 | −2,996 | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 662,680 | 16.1 | 7.52 | 46.6 | 34,161 | 13,268 | −2,996 | +2.7% |
| 1980 | 1,001,248 | 15.4 | 7.89 | 59.6 | 51,693 | 10,583 | +12,626 | +5.4% |
| 1990 | 1,763,954 | 17.3 | 6.46 | 69.0 | 64,380 | 8,381 | +31,722 | +5.0% |
| 2000 | 2,282,132 | 19.9 | 3.85 | 73.6 | 54,409 | 7,199 | −18,588 | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 2,757,446 | 24.2 | 2.97 | 77.2 | 64,393 | 6,773 | +28,717 | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 4,522,496 | 28.8 | 2.64 | 77.8 | 85,276 | 11,051 | −171,635 | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 5,049,269 | 29.3 | 2.53 | 80.0 | 85,065 | 9,597 | +156,285 | +4.6% |
| 2024* | 5,281,538 | 29.5 | 2.51 | 80.2 | 88,613 | 10,054 | +154,219 | +4.4% |
| 2026* | 5,671,458 | 29.8 | 2.44 | 80.7 | 90,828 | 10,553 | +79,740 | +2.8% |
| 2030* | 6,112,706 | 29.9 | 2.29 | 81.4 | 89,262 | 11,098 | +3,847 | +1.3% |
| 2040* | 6,931,974 | 30.1 | 2.03 | 83.3 | 93,714 | 12,961 | +4,393 | +1.2% |
| 2050* | 7,827,002 | 31.5 | 1.91 | 84.9 | 104,817 | 16,855 | +5,014 | +1.2% |
| 2060* | 8,752,186 | 32.6 | 1.84 | 86.2 | 108,387 | 23,933 | +5,278 | +1.0% |
| 2070* | 9,617,882 | 33.5 | 1.80 | 87.4 | 112,705 | 34,349 | +5,294 | +0.9% |
| 2080* | 10,441,469 | 34.2 | 1.76 | 88.4 | 120,483 | 43,368 | +5,104 | +0.8% |
| 2090* | 11,272,548 | 34.9 | 1.75 | 89.4 | 127,259 | 48,384 | +4,811 | +0.7% |
| 2100* | 12,094,996 | 35.5 | 1.74 | 90.4 | 132,347 | 56,986 | +4,546 | +0.7% |
* 2024 onward is the UN medium projection. Fertility is births per woman; life expectancy is years at birth; births, deaths, and net migration are counts for that calendar year.
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2026 population by age and sex
The table provides the counts behind the chart. Age groups are five-year bands, with everyone aged 100 or older combined.
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–4 | 227,010 | 218,023 | 445,033 | 7.8% |
| 5–9 | 242,276 | 233,829 | 476,105 | 8.4% |
| 10–14 | 225,912 | 216,767 | 442,679 | 7.8% |
| 15–19 | 170,294 | 164,038 | 334,332 | 5.9% |
| 20–24 | 290,993 | 155,587 | 446,580 | 7.9% |
| 25–29 | 408,964 | 177,687 | 586,651 | 10.3% |
| 30–34 | 485,924 | 206,194 | 692,118 | 12.2% |
| 35–39 | 501,418 | 208,098 | 709,516 | 12.5% |
| 40–44 | 376,743 | 172,324 | 549,067 | 9.7% |
| 45–49 | 241,185 | 125,338 | 366,523 | 6.5% |
| 50–54 | 155,315 | 78,626 | 233,941 | 4.1% |
| 55–59 | 90,695 | 50,944 | 141,639 | 2.5% |
| 60–64 | 52,919 | 39,157 | 92,076 | 1.6% |
| 65–69 | 31,575 | 31,539 | 63,114 | 1.1% |
| 70–74 | 17,724 | 20,380 | 38,104 | 0.7% |
| 75–79 | 13,076 | 14,279 | 27,355 | 0.5% |
| 80–84 | 7,197 | 8,570 | 15,767 | 0.3% |
| 85–89 | 3,184 | 4,307 | 7,491 | 0.1% |
| 90–94 | 1,014 | 1,653 | 2,667 | 0.0% |
| 95–99 | 202 | 429 | 631 | 0.0% |
| 100+ | 10 | 58 | 68 | 0.0% |
Countries with the most similar age structure
These profiles have the 2026 age distributions closest to Oman’s, measured by the total difference in the share of the population in each five-year band. Similar shapes can arise from very different histories, so the match is a starting point for comparison, not an explanation.
- Saudi Arabia96% overlap · median age 29.7
- Bahrain91% overlap · median age 33.4
- Maldives90% overlap · median age 33.4
- United Arab Emirates89% overlap · median age 31.6
- Bhutan88% overlap · median age 31.0
- South Africa88% overlap · median age 28.9
To calculate school-age, working-age, or older groups with other boundaries, use the age-group calculator for Oman.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the population of Oman in 2026?
Under the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, Oman's population in 2026 is projected at 5,671,458.
What is the median age in Oman?
The projected median age in Oman in 2026 is 29.8 years: half the population is younger and half is older.
What is the fertility rate in Oman?
The projected total fertility rate in 2026 is 2.44 births per woman, above the replacement level of about 2.1 in low-mortality populations.
Is Oman's population projected to grow?
Between 2026 and 2050, the UN medium scenario indicates the population will grow by about 38%, from 5.7M to 7.8M.
What share of Oman is aged 65 or older?
In 2026, 2.7% of the projected population is aged 65 or older. By 2050, the medium scenario places the share at 6.5%.
How many babies are born in Oman each year?
The UN medium scenario projects 90,828 births and 10,553 deaths in 2026, about 249 births a day. Births exceed deaths by 80,275.
What is life expectancy in Oman for men and women?
Life expectancy at birth in 2026 is projected at 82.4 years for women and 79.2 years for men, a gap of 3.2 years in favour of women.
Does Oman have more immigrants or emigrants?
Oman is projected to gain about 79,740 more people through migration than it loses in 2026. Between 2000 and 2023 the UN estimates cumulative net migration of +1,415,293.
What is the sex ratio in Oman?
The projected 2026 population sex ratio is 166.5 males per 100 females. This all-age ratio is different from the sex ratio at birth and can vary substantially by age.
Sources and notes
- United Nations, DESA, Population Division: World Population Prospects 2024, medium scenario.
- Population values are mid-year figures. Source values published in thousands are converted to people; displayed figures may imply more precision than is appropriate for planning.
- Historical values through 2023 are estimates. Values from 2024 onward are projections.
- Calculations follow the site methodology.