Oman: Governorates, Major Cities & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information

Governorates

The population of the governorates of Oman by census years.

Name	Abbr.	Native	Capital	Area A (km²)	Population Census (Cf) 1993-12-01	Population Census (Cf) 2003-12-07	Population Census (Cf) 2010-12-12	Population Census (C) 2020-12-12
Oman	OMN	عُمان	Masqaṭ	309,500	2,018,074	2,340,815	2,773,479	4,471,148
Ad-Dākhilīyah	DA	الداخلية	Nizwā	31,800	229,791	267,140	326,651	478,501	3180000	→
Al-Buraymī	BU	البريمي	Al-Buraymī	7,460	56,618	76,838	72,917	121,802	746000	→
Al-Wusṭa	WU	الوسطى	Haymā'	82,500	16,623	22,983	42,111	52,344	8250000	→
Aẓ-Ẓāhirah [Ad Dhahirah]	ZA	الظاهرة	'Ibrī	35,900	124,606	130,177	151,664	213,043	3590000	→
Janūb al-Bāṭinah [Al Batinah South]	BJ	جنوب الباطنة	Ar-Rustāq	5,320	206,199	244,542	289,008	465,550	532000	→
Janūb ash-Sharqīyah [Ash Sharqiyah South]	SJ	جنوب الشرقية	Ṣūr	12,000	139,985	173,670	188,032	315,445	1200000	→
Masqaṭ [Muscat]	MA	مسقط	Masqaṭ	3,800	549,273	632,073	775,878	1,302,440	380000	→
Musandam (Ru'us al-Gibā)	MU	مسندم	Khaṣab	1,620	28,727	28,378	31,425	49,062	162000	→
Shamāl al-Bāṭinah [Al Batinah North]	BS	شمال الباطنة	Ṣuḥār	7,900	358,478	408,963	483,582	784,681	790000	→
Shamāl ash-Sharqīyah [Ash Sharqiyah North]	SS	شمال الشرقية	Ibrā'	21,100	118,680	140,091	162,482	271,822	2110000	→
Ẓufār [Dhofar]	JA	ظفار	Ṣalālah	99,100	189,094	215,960	249,729	416,458	9910000	→

The 2020 census was organized as an electronic census.
Sultanate of Oman, Ministry of National Economy (web).

Major Cities

	Name	Adm.	Population Census (C) 2020-12-12
1	As-Sīb	MA	470,878
2	Bawshar	MA	362,523
3	Ṣalālah	JA	293,962
4	Maṭraḥ	MA	230,881
5	Ṣuḥār	BS	219,264
6	Al-'Āmrāt	MA	96,384
7	Al-Buraymī	BU	92,223
8	Ṣūr	SJ	83,763

Contents: Cities & Towns

The population of all Omani cities and towns with more than 7,500 inhabitants by census years.

Name	Native	Adm.	Population Census (Cf) 2003-12-07	Population Census (C) 2010-12-12	Population Census (C) 2020-12-12	Area
Ādam	أدم	DA	9,778	11,014	18,654	4406	→
Ad-Darīz	الدريز	ZA	7,117	8,183	11,037	2985	→
Al-'Āmrāt [Amarat]	العامرات	MA	33,008	47,383	96,384	5396	→
Al-'Arāqī	العراقي	ZA	7,717	8,436	9,827	1760	→
Al-Āshkharah	الاشخرة	SJ	8,454	9,476	13,199	1074	→
Al-'Awābī	العوابي	BJ	4,231	5,600	10,929	965	→
Al-Budāyah	البداية	BS	7,363	8,085	14,106	2761	→
Al-Buraymī	البريمي	BU	62,332	60,174	92,223	3717	→
Al-Ghalīl	الغليل	BS	4,647	5,405	7,111	829	→
Al-Ḥamrā'	الحمراء	DA	8,130	9,356	14,035	1286	→
Al-Ḥuwayl	الحويل	BS	5,884	5,882	10,058	486	→
Al-Kāmil wal-Wāfī	الكامل والوافي	SJ	15,754	17,815	30,853	8106	→
Al-Khābūrah	الخابورة	BS	37,265	42,119	63,750	11476	→
Al-Maghsar	المغسر	BJ	4,376	7,339	5,694	962	→
Al-Maṣna'ah	المصنعة	BJ	5,921	6,291	10,809	377	→
Al-Mintirib	المنترب	SS	9,034	11,197	25,683	2162	→
Al-Muḍaībī [Mudhaibi]	المضيبي	SS	4,773	5,252	15,430	1086	→
Al-Muladdah	الملدة	BJ	8,426	11,442	16,387	3352	→
Anjartī	انجرتي	JA	1	74	7,529	1405	→
Ar-Rumays	الرميس	BJ	5,772	9,751	12,089	5471	→
Ar-Rustāq	الرستاق	BJ	25,869	28,078	45,367	3026	→
Ash-Shakhākhīṭ	الشخاخيط	BJ	1,240	2,028	14,974	2956	→
As-Sīb [Seeb]	السيب	MA	221,115	284,877	470,878	33112	→
Aṣ-Ṣubaykhī	الصبيخي	BS	4,700	5,254	8,975	2757	→
As-Suwādī as-Sāḥil	السوادي الساحل	BJ	5,074	5,445	7,588	300	→
As-Suwaīq	السويق	BS	24,688	27,872	60,868	10288	→
Aṣ-Ṣuwamḥān	الصومحان	BJ	6,156	9,426	15,671	4250	→
As-Suwaydīfī	السويديفي	MA	116	1,559	12,822	354	→
Az-Zāhyah	الزاهية	BS	3,720	4,441	11,218	1361	→
Bahlā'	بهلاء	DA	20,657	24,069	39,576	5017	→
Barka'	بركاء	BJ	13,008	12,935	36,427	422	→
Bawshar	بوشر	MA	148,335	187,871	362,523	10145	→
Bidbid	بدبد	DA	2,986	4,091	7,672	549	→
Birkat al-Mawz	بركة الموز	DA	6,648	7,623	9,828	792	→
Ḍank	ضنك	ZA	8,493	8,759	13,279	4621	→
Dibā al-Bay'ah	دباء البيعة	MU	5,263	6,402	9,863	2108	→
Dīl al-'Abd as-Salām	دِيل آل عبدالسلام	BS	5,913	6,646	10,426	1791	→
Ḍiyān al-Bū Sa'īd	ضيان البوسعيد	BS	6,640	7,016	11,637	2994	→
Fanjā	فنجا	DA	9,238	10,396	14,755	1109	→
Ghaḍfān	غضفان	BS	4,164	7,323	5,561	1565	→
Haymā'	هيماء	WU	1,294	3,063	7,814	9065	→
Ḥilf	حلف	SJ	8,872	8,467	12,217	2465	→
Ibrā'	إبراء	SS	12,494	14,551	29,599	2706	→
'Ibrī	عبري	ZA	25,000	30,273	55,419	4650	→
Izkī	إزكي	DA	13,339	15,883	23,159	2633	→
Ja'alān Banī Bū 'Alī	جعلان بني بو علي	SJ	22,608	30,291	66,284	5344	→
Ja'alān Banī Bū Ḥassan	جعلان بني بوحسن	SJ	16,782	20,325	34,466	6268	→
Khaḍrā' al-Bū Rashīd	خضراء آل بورشيد	BS	6,199	6,942	8,863	2283	→
Khaḍrā' ās-Sa'd	خضراء ال سعد	BS	21,514	23,512	36,271	11295	→
Khaṣab	خصب	MU	12,049	12,069	21,651	1302	→
Liwa	لوى	BS	3,795	5,339	18,321	1724	→
Manaḥ	منح	DA	6,153	7,749	12,553	1114	→
Masqaṭ [Muscat]	مسقط	MA	19,891	20,272	24,099	810	→
Maṭraḥ [Muttrah]	مطرح	MA	153,526	150,067	230,881	4293	→
Mirbāṭ	مرباط	JA	7,869	7,300	9,886	2432	→
Mukhaylīf	مخيليف	BS	6,974	7,744	13,060	3226	→
Murtaf'āt Ṣaḥam	مرتفعات صحم	BS	7,174	10,431	22,273	6027	→
Nakhal	نخل	BJ	9,392	10,250	15,580	1023	→
Nizwā	نزوى	DA	37,029	42,087	64,599	3350	→
Qarn al-'Alam	قرن العلم	DA	1,088	5,034	...	9358	→
Qurayyāt	قريات	MA	19,105	21,467	31,325	3297	→
Ṣaḥam	صحم	BS	12,260	12,364	23,923	1063	→
Ṣalālah	صلالـــــــــة	JA	133,727	155,309	293,962	19442	→
Samad ash-Shan	سمد الشأن	SS	4,544	5,500	9,398	711	→
Samā'il	سمائل	DA	18,367	21,297	29,691	2709	→
Sanāw	سناو	SS	8,346	10,828	19,643	2156	→
Shināṣ	شناص	BS	3,119	3,219	9,720	377	→
Ṣuḥār [Sohar]	صحار	BS	95,728	129,759	219,264	31391	→
Ṣūr	صور	SJ	47,727	48,634	83,763	5080	→
Ṭāqah	طاقة	JA	7,953	8,756	12,538	1894	→
Thumrayt	ثمريت	JA	4,947	4,745	10,552	11141	→
Wādī Ṣāy	وادي صاي	WU	1,058	6,183	12,805	6568	→
Wudām as-Sāḥil	ودام الساحل	BJ	4,714	5,311	7,457	537	→
Yanqul	ينقل	ZA	7,193	8,428	12,241	1494	→

Sultanate of Oman, Ministry of National Economy (web).