Oman: Administrative Division (Governorates and Districts) (original) (raw)

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Contents: Governorates and Districts

The registered population (Omani and foreigners) of governorates (muhafazah) and districts (wilayat).

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Name Status Native PopulationCensus2003-12-07 PopulationCensus2010-12-12 PopulationCensus2020-12-12
Ad-Dākhilīyah [Ad Dakhiliyah] Governorate الداخلية 267,140 326,651 478,501 →
Ādam District أدم 16,871 27,321 28,163 →
Al-Ḥamrā' District الحمراء 17,221 19,509 28,228 →
Bahlā' District بهلا 51,278 58,234 88,286 →
Bidbid District بدبد 20,683 24,705 37,434 →
Izkī District إزكي 35,173 41,402 58,905 →
Manaḥ District منح 12,568 15,056 25,320 →
Nizwā District نزوى 68,785 84,528 131,763 →
Samā'il District سمائل 44,561 55,896 80,402 →
Al-Buraymī [Al Buraimi] Governorate البريمي 76,838 72,917 121,802 →
Al-Buraymī District البريمي 67,963 63,159 110,171 →
As-Sunaynah [← Al-Buraymī] District السنينة ... 1,385 1,471 →
Maḥḍah District محضة 8,875 8,373 10,160 →
Al-Wusṭa [Al Wusta] Governorate الوسطى 23,307 42,111 52,344 →
Ad-Duqm District الدقم 4,269 11,217 19,221 →
Al-Jāzer District الجازر 5,820 7,933 5,645 →
Haymā [Haima] District هيما 3,207 10,473 10,093 →
Maḥūt [Mahout] District محوت 10,011 12,488 17,385 →
Aẓ-Ẓāhirah [Ad Dhahirah] Governorate الظاهرة 130,177 151,664 213,043 →
Ḍank [Dhank] District ضنك 16,493 17,191 23,436 →
'Ibrī District عبري 97,429 116,416 163,179 →
Yanqul District ينقل 16,255 18,057 26,428 →
Janūb al-Bāṭinah [Al Batinah South] Governorate جنوب الباطنة 244,542 289,008 465,550 →
Al-'Awābī District العوابي 10,469 13,326 18,802 →
Al-Maṣna'ah [Musannah] District المصنعة 56,659 68,571 99,008 →
Ar-Rustāq District الرستاق 74,224 79,720 117,899 →
Barka' District بركاء 75,501 96,407 181,630 →
Nakhal [Nakhal] District نخل 16,372 18,118 28,037 →
Wādī al-M'āwil [Wadi al Maawil] District وادي المعاول 11,317 12,866 20,174 [→](/en/oman/admin/janūb%5Fal%5Fbāṭinah/0704%5F%5Fwādī al%5Fmāwil/)
Janūb ash-Sharqīyah [Ash Sharqiyah South] Governorate جنوب الشرقية 173,670 188,032 315,445 →
Al-Kāmil & Al-Wāfī [Al Kamil w'al Wafi] District الكامل والوافي 20,176 22,816 38,456 →
Ja'alan Banī Bū 'Alī [Jalan Bani Bu Ali] District جعلان بني بو علي 51,444 61,356 107,637 →
Ja'alan Banī Bū Ḥassan [Jalan Bani Bu Hassan] District جعلان بني بو حسن 25,973 30,146 44,503 →
Maṣīrah [Masirah] District مصيرة 9,292 8,726 13,874 →
Ṣūr District صور 66,785 64,988 110,975 →
Masqaṭ [Muscat] Governorate مسقط 632,073 775,878 1,302,440 →
Al-'Āmrāt [Amarat] District العامرات 41,138 58,400 121,103 →
As-Sīb [Seeb] District السيب 223,449 302,992 478,517 →
Bawshar District بوشر 150,420 192,235 382,184 →
Masqaṭ [Muscat] District مسقط 24,893 27,216 31,317 →
Maṭraḥ [Muttrah] District مطرح 153,526 150,124 230,881 →
Qurayyāt District قريات 38,647 44,911 58,438 →
Musandam Governorate مسندم 28,378 31,425 49,062 →
Bukhā District بخا 2,835 3,025 4,466 →
Dibā al-Bay'ah [Dibba Al-Baya] District دبا البيعة 5,553 6,991 10,416 →
Khaṣab District خصب 17,730 18,151 29,688 →
Madḥā District مدحاء 2,260 3,258 4,492 →
Shamāl al-Bāṭinah [Al Batinah North] Governorate شمال الباطنة 408,963 483,582 784,681 →
Al-Khābūrah [Al Khaboura] District الخابورة 46,652 52,294 78,775 →
As-Suwaīq District السويق 101,122 111,711 184,561 →
Liwa District لوى 25,777 34,001 55,698 →
Ṣaḥam District صحم 85,010 93,438 150,057 →
Shināṣ District شناص 46,091 52,132 82,741 →
Ṣuḥār [Sohar] District صحار 104,311 140,006 232,849 →
Shamāl ash-Sharqīyah [Ash Sharqiyah North] Governorate شمال الشرقية 139,767 162,482 271,822 →
Al-Muḍaībī [Al Mudhaibi] District المضيبي 58,605 69,377 114,806 →
Al-Qābil [Al Kabil] District القابل 13,569 16,033 24,824 →
Bidiyah [Bidiya] District بدية 17,900 20,946 42,530 →
Dimā' & Aṭ-Ṭā'yīn [Dima W'aattayeen] District دماء والطائيين 17,222 19,442 26,493 [→](/en/oman/admin/shamāl%5Fash%5Fsharqīyah/0906%5F%5Fdimā %5F aṭ%5Fṭāyī/)
Ibra District إبراء 24,473 27,216 50,189 →
Wādī Banī Khālid District وادي بني خالد 7,998 9,468 12,980 [→](/en/oman/admin/shamāl%5Fash%5Fsharqīyah/0905%5F%5Fwādī banī khālid/)
Ẓufār [Dhofar] Governorate ظفار 215,960 249,729 416,458 →
Al-Mazyūnah [← Muqshin] District المزيونة ... 8,039 8,399 →
Ḍalkūt [Dhalkut] District ضلكوت 2,952 2,809 3,179 →
Mirbāṭ District مرباط 14,987 13,919 16,364 →
Muqshin District مقشن 529 1,069 627 →
Rakhyūt District رخيوت 4,488 4,501 4,985 →
Sadaḥ District سدح 5,463 6,384 6,016 →
Ṣalālah District صلالة 156,530 172,570 331,949 →
Shalīm & Juzur al-Ḥallāniyyāt [Shalim and the Hallaniyat Islands] District شليم وجزر الحلانيات 5,123 8,697 6,339 [→](/en/oman/admin/ẓufār/0209%5F%5Fshalīm %5Fjuzur al%5Fḥa/)
Ṭāqah District طاقة 17,458 18,218 21,487 →
Ṭumrayt [Thumrait] District ثمريت 8,430 13,523 17,113 →
ʻUmān [Oman] Sultanate عمان‎ 2,340,815 2,773,479 4,617,927

Source: Sultanate of Oman, National Centre for Statistics and Information (web).

Explanation: The 2020 census was organized as an electronic census.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2020)
Males 2,739,954
Females 1,731,194
Age Groups (C 2020)
0-14 years 1,186,008
15-64 years 3,169,523
65+ years 115,617
Age Distribution (C 2020)
0-9 years 863,490
10-19 years 574,973
20-29 years 837,321
30-39 years 1,126,691
40-49 years 609,327
50-59 years 267,425
60-69 years 119,642
70-79 years 49,482
80+ years 22,797
Citizenship (C 2020)
Omani 2,731,456
Foreign Citizenship 1,739,692