According to the statistics agency’s annual bulletin, the population density reached another 14. 6 people per square kilometer at the end of December 2021.
Young people and young people under the age of 29 constitute the largest segment of the Omani population with a representation of 63 per cent.
“By gender, the age pyramid of Omanis is almost equal, with a proportion of men reaching 50. 4% and 49. 6%,” said a report through the National Center for Statistics and Information (NCSI).
According to the annual bulletin of the statistics agency, the number of men reached 1,412,508 and that of women to 1,391,609, and the ratio of men to women 102 men consistent with one hundred women.
Oman’s population at the end of 2021, according to the report, recorded an increase from 2. 49% to 2,804,117 people, or 62% of the total population.
The total population of the Sultanate of Oman reached 4,527,446 more people at the end of December 2021 to 4,481,042 more people at the same time in 2020, with a growth of 1. 04%.
The number of expatriates stands at 1,723,329, 1. 25% less than last year to reach 38% of the total population.
According to the statistics agency’s annual bulletin, the population density reached another 14. 6 people per square kilometer at the end of December 2021.
While urban spaces accounted for 79. 5% of the total population, the remaining 20. 5% were in rural areas.
Muscat Governorate leads the governorate in terms of density with 327. 5 inhabitants per square kilometer, while Al Wusta Governorate has the lowest population density of all governorates.
The bulletin indicates that the age pyramid of Omanis by sex for the year 2021 is almost equal, reaching the proportion of men 50. 4% and that of women 49. 6%, and the number of men reaching 1,412,508 and that of women 1,391,609, and that of men to -female proportion 102 men consistent with one hundred women.
Northern Al Batinah Governorate ranked first among the five most sensible governorates in which Omanis are concentrated with a steady percentage of 20. 1 percent, followed by Muscat Governorate in current position with 19. 7 percent and Al Dakhiliyah Governorate in third place with 13. 4 percent. cent. , while the southern governorate of Al Batinah ranked fourth with 12. 9% in line with cent. South Al Sharqiyah occupies the fifth position with 8. 3%.
At the same time, the category of young people over the age of 18 to 29 represents the largest segment of the expatriate population, as the percentage of other young people out of the total number of male expatriates reached 22. 1 per cent, while the percentage of other young people out of the total number of expatriate men reached 17. 4 per cent.
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