Oman

Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
4,829,946 1
Urban
84.50% 1
Rural
15.50% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
41.1% 2
Level of Public Corruption
64 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
133 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5
Fertility Rate
2.71 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
1.20% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
77 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
86.94% 6
Internet Users
70% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$16,870 6
  • 1 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition.
  • 2 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2015 revision.
  • 3 United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Homicide Statistics 2015.
  • 4 Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index 2016.
  • 5 World Economic Forum, The Global Gender Gap Report, 2016.
  • 6 UNICEF, State of the World's Children, 2016.

These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022). The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.

Baptized Catholics
98,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
2.12
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
75
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
4
Confirmations per Year
267
Church Marriages per Year
8
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
2
Priests
10
Catholics per Priest
9,802
Parishes
4
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
30