Muscat: Speaking at a press conference held on Monday at the Ministry of Interior, Sayyid Hamoud bin Faisal al Busaidy, Minister of Interior said the Electronic Census of Population, Housings and Establishments 2020 was conducted with minimum staff as only 74 employees took part.
Sayyid Hamoud bin Faisal al Busaidy, Minister of Interior and Head of the Supreme National Committee of Electronic Census 2020 launched the E-Census 2020 e-portal.
The total population number of the Sultanate stood at 4,471,148 in 2020 compared to 2,773,479 in 2010, a 61 per cent increase.
Of that total, Omani population stood at 2,731,456 in 2020 compared to the 1,957,336 figure registered in 2010, a 40 per cent increase.
Expat population stood at 1,739,692 up from 816,143, a 113 per cent increase.
The number of Omani families stood at 406,303 compared to 260,120 in 2010 census, a 55 per cent increase.
Minister of Interior: The Sultanate’s population has reached 4,471,148 in 2020, an increase of 61 per cent over the figure of 2,773,479 registered in 2010.
Dr Khalifa al Barwani: The e-census is marked by a great information accuracy and the expats number has seen a significant decline in 2020.
Minister of Interior: There has been a significant reduction in terms of the human resources and financial cost of E-Census 2020.
Muscat Governorate maintained its lead in terms of population number with 1,302,440 in 2020 up from 775,878 in 2010, an increase of 68 per cent.
The number of residential and non-residential units stood at 1,312,327 compared with 731,968 units registered in 2010.
The number of profit and non-profit institutions stood at 307,462 compared to 115,581 in 2010, a 165 per cent increase.
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