Muscat: There are around 1.1 million Indian and Bangladeshi expatriates in the country, at the end of 2024, making them the most prominent among foreign communities in the Sultanate of Oman.
There are 637,152 Bangladeshi workers in the country (-11 per cent from 2023), 506,630 Indians (-2.7 per cent), 317,296 Pakistanis (+10.1 per cent), 44,913 Filipinos (-3.2 per cent), 45,921 Egyptians (+10.3), 24,156 Sri Lankans (-12.1 per cent), 331,110 Myanmar expatriates (+41.9 per cent), 23,545 Sudanese (+16.1 per cent), 23,530 and Tanzanians (+23 per cent).
Total expatriates in the Sultanate of Oman are 1,808,940, down 0.1 per cent from 1.813.817 in 2023.
The total Population of the Sultanate of Oman as of December 2024 is 2,988,648 Omanis (56.68 per cent) compared to 2,284,336 expatriates.
There has been a decrease of 2.2 per cent in the number of births recorded in the Sultanate of Oman in 2024 compared to 2023, according to the Monthly Statistical Bulletin issued by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).
The total number of births fell to 69,561, with the number of Omani newborns declining by 3.7 per cent, compared to expatriate births which showed an increase of 11.8 per cent.
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