Oman - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Oman was 700,833 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 799,611 in 2014 and a minimum value of 461,250 in 1960.

Definition: Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 461,250
1961 466,176
1962 471,125
1963 476,021
1964 480,780
1965 485,392
1966 489,890
1967 494,388
1968 498,990
1969 503,870
1970 509,114
1971 514,638
1972 520,504
1973 527,211
1974 535,288
1975 544,985
1976 556,099
1977 568,221
1978 580,824
1979 593,381
1980 605,330
1981 616,746
1982 627,192
1983 635,708
1984 641,160
1985 643,134
1986 640,958
1987 635,265
1988 627,717
1989 620,443
1990 614,285
1991 609,867
1992 605,949
1993 599,999
1994 608,260
1995 624,491
1996 634,113
1997 638,279
1998 639,325
1999 640,639
2000 644,807
2001 652,939
2002 664,758
2003 679,842
2004 688,977
2005 693,106
2006 697,655
2007 703,430
2008 713,048
2009 729,861
2010 755,462
2011 774,315
2012 784,818
2013 795,052
2014 799,611
2015 795,859
2016 783,863
2017 767,078
2018 746,685
2019 724,210
2020 700,833

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Oman was 13.72 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 83.60 in 1960, while its lowest value was 13.72 in 2020.

Definition: Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 83.60
1961 82.53
1962 81.39
1963 80.21
1964 78.96
1965 77.66
1966 76.31
1967 74.89
1968 73.43
1969 71.91
1970 70.34
1971 68.71
1972 67.04
1973 65.33
1974 63.58
1975 61.79
1976 59.96
1977 58.11
1978 56.24
1979 54.35
1980 52.44
1981 50.53
1982 48.62
1983 46.71
1984 44.80
1985 42.92
1986 41.06
1987 39.22
1988 37.41
1989 35.63
1990 33.90
1991 32.20
1992 30.55
1993 28.96
1994 28.31
1995 28.33
1996 28.35
1997 28.37
1998 28.39
1999 28.41
2000 28.43
2001 28.45
2002 28.47
2003 28.49
2004 28.17
2005 27.60
2006 27.03
2007 26.47
2008 25.92
2009 25.38
2010 24.84
2011 23.82
2012 22.44
2013 21.12
2014 19.86
2015 18.65
2016 17.50
2017 16.44
2018 15.46
2019 14.56
2020 13.72

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization