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Oman: Population by nationality (Omani/ non-Omani), sex and age group (mid-2014)

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Omani Expatriate Total
Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total
0 – 4 167,543 161,293 328,836 16,864 16,095 32,959 184,407 177,388 361,795
5 – 9 130,576 125,606 256,182 16,421 15,688 32,109 146,997 141,294 288,291
10 – 14 106,249 102,640 208,889 13,492 12,216 25,708 119,741 114,856 234,597
15 – 19 113,228 108,148 221,376 9,447 8,397 17,844 122,675 116,545 239,220
20 – 24 127,283 123,253 250,536 116,953 24,380 141,333 244,236 147,633 391,869
25 – 29 120,811 117,731 238,542 385,831 67,543 453,374 506,642 185,274 691,916
30 – 34 100,108 98,425 198,533 304,155 49,321 353,476 404,263 147,746 552,009
35 – 39 73,742 73,305 147,047 199,906 39,667 239,573 273,648 112,972 386,620
40 – 44 48,724 45,702 94,426 149,145 26,411 175,556 197,869 72,113 269,982
45 – 49 34,546 35,036 69,582 101,365 15,671 117,036 135,911 50,707 186,618
50 – 54 31,049 32,554 63,603 62,429 10,141 72,570 93,478 42,695 136,173
55 – 59 22,866 26,357 49,223 43,401 5,545 48,946 66,267 31,902 98,169
60 – 64 18,334 20,841 39,175 12,694 2,540 15,234 31,028 23,381 54,409
65 – 69 14,645 14,987 29,632 3,012 1,126 4,138 17,657 16,113 33,770
70 – 74 13,349 13,516 26,865 710 589 1,299 14,059 14,105 28,164
75 – 79 9,326 7,438 16,764 246 328 574 9,572 7,766 17,338
+80 11,200 10,294 21,494 161 298 459 11,361 10,592 21,953
Total 1,143,579 1,117,126 2,260,705 1,436,232 295,956 1,732,188 2,579,811 1,413,082 3,992,893

Source: General Directorate of Civil Status
ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

The table refers to the population registered in the Sultanate as of mid-2014.

The civil status system in Oman was created by Royal Decree No. 66/99, which established the General Directorate of Civil Status as part of the Royal Oman Police.
This civil database served as a basis for creating a comprehensive civil register (National Registration System (NRS)), an integrated computer system linking all 12 civil status directorates throughout the Sultanate and maintained by the D.G of civil Status.
The DGCS is entrusted with the following responsibilities:
1- Registration of births, deaths, marriages, divorces of Omani nationals
2- Registration of births and deaths of resident expatriates; registration of foreign marriages and divorces if one party is a Omani national
3- Issuance of birth and death certificates; as well as identity cards for Omanis and residence cards to foreign residents
4- Assessment of documents provided by Omani nationals requesting to marry a foreign national and certification of such marriages
5- Assessment of documents provided by applicants to recognition and restoration of Omani citizenship, as well as to naturalisation.

The National Registration System thus includes data on births, deaths, marriages and divorces in the Sultanate. It also includes data on identity cards for Omanis and residence cards for residents.
Registration in the civil register is mandatory for Omanis and residents of the Sultanate. The civil register records the name, gender, age, marital status, nationality, address, telephone numbers, civil number, educational level and occupation.
http://www.civilstatus.gov.om/english/system.asp#register
http://www.civilstatus.gov.om/download.asp?filename=stats2004-2009.pdf
2. Institution which provides data

National Center for Statistics and Information (NCSI)

3. Data availability

The National Center for Statistics and Information (NCSI) processes and disseminates all statistical data of use to the public and to government action.
Since 2010 the NCSI publishes annually a “Population Statistics Bulletin”, presenting data pertaining to registered Omani and expatriates population by sex, nationality and age group by administrative divisions
(governorates and wilayat), as of the mid of the given year.
The publication is bilingual (English and Arabic) and is available in PDF format. It can be dowloaded from NCSI’s website:
http://www.ncsi.gov.om/NCSI_website/N_viewPublications_Ar.aspx?id=2343

Date of access: October 2014.

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