Muscat, August 22 (ONA) - The National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) said that non-Omanis represented 39.8 percent of the total population of the Sultanate at the end of July of 2020, and their number reached 1,801,739 people, compared to 42.5 percent at the end of last year as their number reached 1,972,088 expatriates.
The centre stated in its monthly statistical bulletin that the total population of the Sultanate reached 4,527,934 people at the end of last July, among them 2,726,195 Omanis, representing 60.2 percent of the total population, while the population of the Sultanate at the end of last year reached 4,617,927 people.
The bulletin indicated that the Governorate of Muscat, which includes the wilayats of Muscat, Muttrah, Bowsher, Al-Seeb, Al-Amerat, and Quriyat acquired 30.5 percent of the total population of the Sultanate, where it is inhabited by 1,380,509 people. Among them, the Omanis accounted for 41.7 percent, and their number reached 575,108 people, while non-Omanis accounted for 58.3 percent, and their number reached 805,401 expatriates, while its population at the end of last year reached 1,421,409 409 people. The North Batinah Governorate, which includes the wilayats of Suhar, Shinas, Liwa, Saham, Al Khaboura, and Al Suwaiq came in second place, as it is home to 17.1 percent of the total population of the Sultanate, and its population at the end of last July reached 772,204 people, of whom 69.1 percent were Omani, as their number reached 533,591 people, while non-Omanis constituted 30.9 percent and totalled 238,613 people.
The Governorate of Al Dakhiliya, which includes the wilayats of Nizwa, Bahla, Al Hamra, Adam, Manah, Izki, Samail and Bidbid came in third place in terms of population, with 10.7 percent, with a population of 485,343 people, including 374,022 Omanis which constitute 77.1 percent of the total population of the governorate, while its non-Omani population is 111,321. Dhofar Governorate, which includes 10 wilayats, accounted for 9.7 percent of the total population of the Sultanate, and its population reached 437,381 people, including 229,531 Omanis, representing 52.5 percent of the total, while the number of non-Omani residents reached 207,850.
The population of South Al-Batinah Governorate, which includes the wilayats of Rustaq, Barka, Al Masna'a, Nakhl, Al Awabi and Wadi Al Ma'awil, accounted for 9.6 percent of the total population of the Sultanate. Their number reached 434,651 people. The Omanis represented 74.8 percent of them, and their number reached 324,960 Omanis, while the number of non-Omanis reached 109,691 people, representing a ratio of 25.2 percent.
The statistics indicated that the total population of the South Sharqiyah Governorate, which includes the wilayats of Sur, Al Kamil and Al Wafi, Jaalan Bani Bu Hasan, Jaalan Bani Bu Ali and Masirah Island reached 315,184 people, representing 7 percent of the total population of the Sultanate, including 219,499 Omanis and 95,685 non-Omanis, representing 30.5 percent of the total population. The population of the North Sharqiyah Governorate, which includes the wilayats of Ibra, Al Mudhaibi, Al Qabil, Bidiyah, Wadi Bani Khalid, Dima and Al Ta’ayin, reached 276,387 people, representing 6.1 percent of the total population of the Sultanate, including 188,348 Omanis and 88,039 non-Omanis.
In the Al Dhahirah Governorate (Ibri, Yanqul, and Dhank), which accounted for 4.9 percent of the total population of the Sultanate, with a total of 219,770 people, the Omanis accounted for 74.9 percent of them, and their number reached 164,653 Omanis, while the number of non-Omanis reached 55,117 people at the end of last July, compared to 65,607 people at the end of June of this year. The population of Al Buraimi Governorate (Al Buraimi, Mahdha, and Al Sunina) reached 111,142 people, representing 2.5 percent of the total population of the Sultanate. The number of Omanis reached 59,628 people, while the number of non-Omanis reached 51,514 people, constituting 46 percent of the total population of the governorate. Their number decreased during July by 3.44 percent compared to last June.
The governorates of Al-Wusta (Haima, Duqm, Al-Jazir, and Mahout) and Musandam (Khasab, Bakha, Dibba, and Madha) came as the least populous governorates with a percentage of 1.1 percent and one percent, respectively. The population of Al-Wusta Governorate reached 50,279 people, of whom 25,928 are Omanis and 24,351 are non-Omanis, as the expatriates accounted for 48 percent of the total population of the governorate. The population of Musandam Governorate reached 4,508 people, of whom 30,927 are Omanis and 14,157 are non-Omanis, representing 31 percent of the total population of the governorate.
The National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) said in its monthly bulletin that the total population of the Sultanate decreased at the end of last July by 2.21 percent compared to their number at the end of the same period last year due to the decrease in the number of non-Omanis from 1,968,847 people at the end of July 2019 to 1,801,739 people at the end of last July. He added that the population of Muscat Governorate decreased at the end of last July by 3.8 percent compared to the month of July of last year, and their number decreased compared to last June by 29,247 people.
The total population also decreased by 3.3%, 3.44%, 2.28%, and 2.33% in the governorates of Dhofar, Buraimi, South and North Sharqiya respectively at the end of last July compared to the same month last year due to a decrease in the number of non-Omanis in those governorates, while it increased in Al Wusta by a slight rate of 0.95%.
(ONA)