Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Oman

Urban population share in Oman in 2025 — 79.5%. Ranked 61 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 63.1 pp.

2025 79.5% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 61of 217
Period maximum 80.1%2021
Period minimum 16.4%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Oman, 1960–2025025507510019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 16.4%1962: 18.7%1964: 21.7%1966: 25.1%1968: 29%1970: 33.2%1972: 37.6%1974: 42.1%1976: 46.6%1978: 51%1980: 55.3%1982: 59.3%1984: 62.9%1986: 66%1988: 68.5%1990: 70.4%1992: 71.4%1994: 71.7%1996: 71.6%1998: 71.6%2000: 71.5%2002: 71.5%2004: 71.5%2006: 72.4%2008: 73.8%2010: 75.2%2012: 76.1%2014: 76.9%2016: 77.8%2018: 79%2020: 80%2022: 80%2024: 79.4%2025: 79.5%
Change over the period: +63.1 pp Annual average: 0.97 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Oman

Oman 79.5%
World 57.8%
Western Asia computed 76.2%
High-income countries computed 80.3%
Urban population share — Oman, by year Oman All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 79.5 +0 pp
2024 79.4 −0.1 pp
2023 79.6 −0.4 pp
2022 80 −0.1 pp
2021 80.1 +0.1 pp
2020 80 +0.4 pp
2019 79.6 +0.6 pp
2018 79 +0.7 pp
2017 78.3 +0.6 pp
2016 77.8 +0.4 pp
2015 77.3 +0.4 pp
2014 76.9 +0.4 pp
2013 76.5 +0.4 pp
2012 76.1 +0.4 pp
2011 75.7 +0.5 pp
2010 75.2 +0.6 pp
2009 74.5 +0.7 pp
2008 73.8 +0.7 pp
2007 73.1 +0.7 pp
2006 72.4 +0.5 pp
2005 71.9 +0.3 pp
2004 71.5 +0.1 pp
2003 71.5 −0 pp
2002 71.5 −0 pp
2001 71.5 −0 pp
2000 71.5 −0 pp
1999 71.6 −0 pp
1998 71.6 −0 pp
1997 71.6 −0 pp
1996 71.6 −0 pp
1995 71.7 −0 pp
1994 71.7 +0 pp
1993 71.6 +0.2 pp
1992 71.4 +0.4 pp
1991 71 +0.6 pp
1990 70.4 +0.8 pp
1989 69.5 +1 pp
1988 68.5 +1.2 pp
1987 67.3 +1.3 pp
1986 66 +1.5 pp
1985 64.5 +1.6 pp
1984 62.9 +1.7 pp
1983 61.1 +1.9 pp
1982 59.3 +1.9 pp
1981 57.3 +2 pp
1980 55.3 +2.1 pp
1979 53.2 +2.2 pp
1978 51 +2.2 pp
1977 48.8 +2.2 pp
1976 46.6 +2.3 pp
1975 44.3 +2.3 pp
1974 42.1 +2.3 pp
1973 39.8 +2.2 pp
1972 37.6 +2.2 pp
1971 35.4 +2.2 pp
1970 33.2 +2.1 pp
1969 31.1 +2.1 pp
1968 29 +2 pp
1967 27 +1.9 pp
1966 25.1 +1.8 pp
1965 23.3 +1.7 pp
1964 21.7 +1.5 pp
1963 20.1 +1.4 pp
1962 18.7 +1.2 pp
1961 17.5 +1.1 pp
1960 16.4

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.