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Oman: Omani population by sex, age group and administrative region (governorate) of residence (2010)

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Muscat Al-Batinah Musandam Adh – Dhahirah Ad -Dakhliyah Ash – Sharqiyah Al – Wusta Dhofar Al-Buraymi Total
Total
Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Total
0 – 4 26,338 25,356 42,282 40,969 1,356 1,285 7,726 7,411 20,239 19,046 21,795 21,093 1,332 1,254 10,565 9,882 2,908 2,692 134,541 128,988 263,529
5 – 9 21,484 20,732 33,073 32,164 1,034 1,042 6,512 6,196 16,272 15,930 17,965 17,440 1,180 1,101 8,798 8,230 2,419 2,289 108,737 105,124 213,861
10 – 14 20,133 19,300 35,541 34,222 1,071 989 6,642 6,529 15,545 14,712 17,631 16,790 1,223 1,156 8,780 8,281 2,423 2,343 108,989 104,322 213,311
15 – 19 23,968 21,946 42,341 40,709 1,325 1,223 7,792 7,221 17,012 16,743 18,751 17,946 1,303 1,266 9,777 9,225 2,855 2,545 125,124 118,824 243,948
20 – 24 27,340 23,741 40,360 38,439 1,418 1,320 7,178 6,924 15,672 16,265 16,420 16,693 1,229 1,213 10,717 10,126 2,887 2,550 123,221 117,271 240,492
25 – 29 22,989 21,598 33,033 32,682 1,401 1,243 6,357 6,460 13,168 13,667 13,622 14,424 891 837 9,607 9,504 2,434 2,264 103,502 102,679 206,181
30 – 34 18,128 17,381 22,982 23,246 988 861 4,606 5,057 9,950 10,361 9,889 10,788 502 520 7,248 6,824 1,812 1,699 76,105 76,737 152,842
35 – 39 13,081 12,663 15,226 14,901 563 548 3,059 3,002 6,812 6,479 6,654 7,110 344 383 4,499 3,928 1,127 1,054 51,365 50,068 101,433
40 – 44 9,953 9,551 10,444 10,535 425 368 2,187 2,125 4,223 4,584 4,941 5,128 337 359 3,137 3,067 900 750 36,547 36,467 73,014
45 – 49 7,838 7,230 8,342 9,120 317 302 1,600 1,533 3,483 3,933 3,931 4,369 255 266 2,834 2,689 626 640 29,226 30,082 59,308
50 – 54 5,805 5,785 7,304 8,679 287 314 1,499 1,796 2,880 3,481 3,397 4,138 264 249 2,589 2,528 555 569 24,580 27,539 52,119
55 – 59 3,752 3,836 5,120 6,025 295 291 1,095 1,222 2,209 2,499 2,518 2,971 198 151 1,523 1,592 466 390 17,176 18,977 36,153
60 – 64 3,141 2,993 5,159 4,997 290 251 1,034 1,170 2,229 2,287 2,593 2,618 201 173 1,336 1,348 362 282 16,345 16,119 32,464
65 – 69 1,960 2,013 3,800 3,544 246 171 788 833 1,567 1,465 1,911 1,760 157 105 1,019 963 231 196 11,679 11,050 22,729
70 – 74 1,646 1,710 3,861 3,068 200 133 794 701 1,518 1,270 2,082 1,624 167 105 755 829 197 160 11,220 9,600 20,820
75 – 79 754 865 2,044 1,576 99 80 378 365 725 686 933 762 63 49 354 416 92 86 5,442 4,885 10,327
80 – 84 439 700 1,405 1,364 60 41 255 318 535 631 725 731 68 59 251 344 68 52 3,806 4,240 8,046
85+ 313 544 1,087 1,306 33 28 214 298 409 582 605 646 39 44 232 276 53 50 2,985 3,774 6,759
Total 209,062 197,944 313,404 307,546 11,408 10,490 59,716 59,161 134,448 134,621 146,363 147,031 9,753 9,290 84,021 80,052 22,415 20,611 990,590 966,746 1,957,336

Source: Ministry of National Economy

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

The table refers to the population recorded during census 2010.

The Ministry of National Economy of Oman has conducted three censuses in 1993, 2003 and 2010.
The date of reference for census 2010 is December 12, 2010. Period of implemention: December 12 to 21, 2010. The Sultanate uses the de jure and the de facto approach in the enumeration.
For information on technical means used in Oman’s censuses, please see:
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/meetings/Conferences/Korea/2012/docs/s07-5-1-Oman.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.
1993′ and 2003’s census results are not available online. However, they are quoted in recent publications released by NCSI (Annual Statistical Yearbooks, survey results, studies).
2010’s census results are available on NCSI’s website, in several thematic publications, in the “publications” section
http://www.ncsi.gov.om/NCSI_website/N_publications_ar.aspx
http://www.ncsi.gov.om/NCSI_website/N_publications.aspx

The present data is published in 2011′ Statistical Yearbook, available online on NSCI’s website. Each thematic section is presented in PDF format.
The “population” section is available at:
http://www.ncsi.gov.om/NCSI_website/book/SYB2011/2-population.pdf

Date of access: October 2014.

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