Urban population rose 3.20% to 4.55 mil in Oman in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, urban population in Oman reached an all time high of 4.55 mil in 2021 and an all time low of 0.090 mil in 1960. When compared to Oman's main peers, urban population in Iran amounted to 64.9 mil, 29.9 mil in Saudi Arabia, 8.72 mil in United Arab Emirates and 11.8 mil in Yemen in 2021.
Oman has been ranked 98th within the group of 176 countries we follow in terms of urban population, 20 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Urban Population | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Bahrain | mil | 1.21 | 1.26 | 1.30 | 1.33 | 1.34 | ||||||||||||||||
| Djibouti | mil | 0.779 | 0.793 | 0.808 | 0.822 | 0.837 | ||||||||||||||||
| Eritrea | mil | 1.28 | 1.31 | 1.34 | 1.38 | 1.42 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | mil | 60.0 | 61.5 | 62.9 | 64.1 | 65.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | mil | 26.4 | 27.1 | 27.8 | 28.6 | 29.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | mil | 8.57 | 9.02 | 9.27 | 9.52 | 9.76 | ||||||||||||||||
| Oman | mil | 3.41 | 3.63 | 3.80 | 3.89 | 3.93 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | mil | 76.0 | 77.4 | 78.9 | 80.6 | 82.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Qatar | mil | 2.39 | 2.57 | 2.69 | 2.74 | 2.78 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | mil | 27.2 | 27.9 | 28.6 | 29.4 | 30.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | mil | 2.90 | 2.98 | 3.05 | 3.13 | 3.21 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | mil | 7.64 | 7.73 | 7.82 | 7.91 | 7.99 | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | mil | 9.92 | 10.4 | 10.8 | 11.3 | 11.8 |
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