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Oman

Sultanate of Oman · سلطنة عمان

Capital: Muscat
Population: 5.49 million 2025
Area: 309,500 km²
Neighbours: 3

Oman hatched, Muscat marked with a triangle, land neighbours shaded. Orthographic projection centred on 21.5°N 55.9°E; the scale bar is true at the centre.

Oman lies in Western Asia and shares land borders with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen. Its area of 309,500 km² puts it 71st in the world and 21st of 47 in Asia.

Its population was 5.49 million in 2025 (World Bank), the 76th-smallest of the 194 countries with data. On average, 18 people live on each km². 79.5% of people lived in urban areas in 2025. It grew by 3.96% in 2025, the 3rd-fastest rate of the 194.

GDP per capita was US$19,947 in 2025 (World Bank, current US$), 57th of 191 and 11th of 46 in Asia. Life expectancy at birth was 80.2 years in 2024. The World Bank records no forest area (2024).

Its main landmass lies entirely in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres. North to south it runs about 1,079 km, between 16.6°N and 26.4°N. Muscat's antipode is in the South Pacific Ocean, about 700 km from the Pitcairn Islands, the nearest land.

How it compares Asia: 47 countries

Ranks run from the largest value (1st) among the countries with data; equal values share a rank.
Measure	Figure	World	Asia
Population	5,494,6912025, World Bank	119th of 194	36th of 47
Area	309,500 km²world-countries	71st of 195	21st of 47
GDP	US$109.6 billion2025, World Bank, current US$	69th of 191	23rd of 46
GDP per capita	US$19,9472025, World Bank, current US$	57th of 191	11th of 46
Population density	18 per km²population 2025, World Bank; area, world-countries	172nd of 194	43rd of 47
Life expectancy	80.2 years2024, World Bank	40th of 194	10th of 47
Urban population	79.5%2025, World Bank	46th of 194	14th of 47
Forest area	0.0% of land2024, World Bank	191st of 194	47th of 47
Population growth	+3.96% a year2025, World Bank	3rd of 194	3rd of 47
Internet users	95.3%2024, World Bank	26th of 188	10th of 45
Fertility rate	2.51 births per woman2024, World Bank	75th of 194	16th of 47
Land neighbours	3world-countries; among the 195	83rd of 195	23rd of 47

Closest in areaPoland, Italy and Ivory Coast

Closest in populationIreland, Central African Republic and Slovakia

Neighbours 3 countries by land, nearest capital first

United Arab Emirates440 km
Muscat to Abu Dhabi, capital to capital
Saudi Arabia1,205 km
Muscat to Riyadh, capital to capital
Yemen1,764 km
Muscat to Sana'a, capital to capital

Where on Earth main landmass

Hemispheres: Northern and Eastern
Capital: Muscat
23.61°N 58.59°E
Northernmost latitude: 26.36°N
Southernmost latitude: 16.65°N
Westernmost longitude: 51.98°E
Easternmost longitude: 59.84°E
North to south: about 1,079 km
Antipode of Muscat: 23.61°S 121.41°W
in the South Pacific Ocean, about 700 km from the nearest land (Pitcairn Islands)