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Oman: Population aged 10 and above, by nationality (Omanis/ non-Omanis), sex, age group and education level (2022)

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  Males Females
Illiterate Read and write Less than general diploma General diploma Higher Diploma Bachelor or more Unknown Total males Illiterate Read and write Less than general diploma General diploma Higher Diploma Bachelor or more Unknown Total females
Omanis 10-14 383 91 158,546 4 – 1 1,539 160,564 206 67 153,796 – – – 1,214 155,283
15-19 349 81 99,886 18,539 8 335 441 119,639 247 75 87,582 26,902 4 494 417 115,721
20-24 353 214 28,229 69,725 1,601 9,736 119 109,977 271 175 12,839 71,429 2,311 19,660 172 106,857
25-29 546 478 37,711 43,793 8,050 27,691 77 118,346 486 475 14,883 30,154 11,321 57,171 115 114,605
30-34 739 848 29,333 55,662 8,972 27,515 125 123,194 751 1,096 14,126 50,746 12,079 41,221 175 120,194
35-39 858 1,557 29,419 51,030 6,036 24,832 127 113,859 1,051 2,260 18,298 50,246 8,774 31,059 188 111,876
40-44 927 1,828 25,511 38,490 2,671 19,385 102 88,914 1,493 2,915 22,632 36,166 4,577 20,100 263 88,146
45-49 796 2,210 19,716 25,514 2,211 11,188 95 61,730 2,026 3,866 22,410 22,104 2,556 8,761 279 62,002
50-54 1,062 3,102 15,756 14,233 1,667 5,531 121 41,472 3,663 5,825 18,219 7,935 1,643 2,499 332 40,116
55-59 1,727 4,763 12,044 8,685 635 2,937 135 30,926 6,559 7,299 13,618 3,803 411 715 409 32,814
60-64 3,310 6,890 9,217 5,012 183 1,085 176 25,873 9,623 8,185 9,442 2,026 64 168 284 29,792
65-69 4,428 5,807 4,412 2,346 27 295 102 17,417 10,056 6,346 4,920 978 5 44 113 22,462
70-74 4,471 4,481 2,399 1,233 14 91 59 12,748 8,472 4,316 2,337 501 3 18 65 15,712
75-79 4,030 2,959 1,111 530 9 43 37 8,719 6,333 2,590 993 218 1 2 31 10,168
80+ 6,440 3,241 740 373 6 31 35 10,866 9,325 2,433 733 167 – 3 46 12,707
Total 30,419 38,550 474,030 335,169 32,090 130,696 3,290 1,044,244 60,562 47,923 396,828 303,375 43,749 181,915 4,103 1,038,455
  Males Females
Illiterate Read and write Less than general diploma General diploma Higher Diploma Bachelor or more Unknown Total males Illiterate Read and write Less than general diploma General diploma Higher Diploma Bachelor or more Unknown Total females
Non-Omanis 10-14 82 1,490 20,628 1 – – 2,631 24,832 54 1,177 19,363 – – – 2,395 22,989
15-19 61 1,372 14,064 1,034 10 39 1,942 18,522 63 1,178 12,923 1,036 7 31 1,845 17,083
20-24 530 63,500 41,633 12,882 576 2,070 5,358 126,549 268 13,871 6,890 4,943 245 812 2,458 29,487
25-29 591 103,980 92,010 44,933 2,958 8,618 4,677 257,767 390 23,414 12,059 9,140 920 3,498 2,771 52,192
30-34 554 111,819 124,620 60,962 5,621 16,869 3,425 323,870 498 29,832 17,402 12,909 1,985 6,842 2,075 71,543
35-39 443 99,755 114,174 58,887 7,008 23,785 2,388 306,440 497 26,951 16,805 12,825 2,694 8,795 1,376 69,943
40-44 340 65,964 76,935 40,637 5,938 21,703 1,488 213,005 354 18,983 12,700 10,005 2,080 7,091 880 52,093
45-49 156 35,771 44,777 25,502 4,542 17,135 764 128,647 251 10,866 9,088 6,541 1,552 5,263 605 34,166
50-54 100 22,400 28,311 16,298 3,454 13,096 443 84,102 194 5,746 5,416 3,823 904 3,267 439 19,789
55-59 58 11,480 14,442 8,070 2,091 8,028 330 44,499 195 3,134 3,196 2,030 504 1,583 283 10,925
60-64 30 4,605 5,798 3,815 1,147 4,499 247 20,141 158 1,840 1,887 1,188 228 727 177 6,205
65-69 50 2,055 2,245 1,532 560 2,234 232 8,908 162 1,219 1,083 642 118 283 121 3,628
70-74 33 612 546 401 153 778 251 2,774 112 773 609 369 42 108 81 2,094
75-79 37 318 203 138 47 228 215 1,186 92 410 279 140 14 49 44 1,028
80+ 34 227 114 88 24 63 402 952 87 307 194 102 17 10 69 786
Total 3,099 525,348 580,500 275,180 34,129 119,145 24,793 1,562,194 3,375 139,701 119,894 65,693 11,310 38,359 15,619 393,951

Source: National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI)

 

ANNEXED NOTE

 

  1. Technical Notes and Definitions

 

Period of reference: 01/01/2023.

Source of the data: data updated from e-census 2020, based on administrative records. Population data: based on vital statistics records (births and deaths) produced by the Ministry of Health (MOH), and the National Registration System (Royal Oman Police).

The civil registration records all Omani and expatriate residents. It is based on the civil status system and is maintained by the General Directorate of Civil Status, a part of the Royal Oman Police.

Since 2004, registration of all vital events taking place in the Sultanate (births, death, marriages and divorces) in the civil register is mandatory for Omanis and foreign residents of the Sultanate.

e-census 2020:

Population data and statistics: methodology explained in publication “Electronic Census System for the E-Census for Population, Residences & Establishments 2020”, especially pp. 15-16; 19-20

https://portal.ecensus.gov.om/ecen-portal/indicators/83/viewer

Portal of e-census 2020 and data updates for December 2021 and 2022:

https://portal.ecensus.gov.om/ecen-portal/

 

Characteristics of data:

Figures refer to:

  1. Omanis holding an official valid document registered in the National Registration System, or expired for less than ten years
  2. Foreign residents holding valid visas, or visas expired for lesss than two years; dependents holding valid visas, providing that they are in the country.

Residence visa for expatriates includes residence visa for a wife of an Omani, student resident, multiple entry visa, employment visa, employment contracting visa, official visit visa, investor visa. The dependent visa includes Family Reunion visas and relat​ive/ friend visit visa.

 

  1. Institution which provides data

 

National Center for Statistics and Information (NCSI)

 

  1. Data availability

 

Data retrieved from e-census portal, datasets building tool:

https://portal.ecensus.gov.om/ecen-portal/indicators/261/viewer

 

Date of access: 5 June 2023.

 

GLMM and GRC cannot guarantee that the link to access the source will not change; that the information will not be removed from the website it was obtained from; that no geo-blockages will be imposed; or that the information will not be available for any another reason.

 

Keywords: Oman, Foreign & National Population, Education

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