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Oman - Population Growth 1979

Name: Oman Population Growth 1979
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Annual population growth rate · World Bank

5.28% +0.15pp from 1978 Global rank: 205th

Oman's population growth was 5.28% in 1979, increased +0.15pp from 5.13% in 1978. This was the 205th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1979▾

Population Growth by Country - 1979
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Cambodia	-2.39%	71.6%
2nd	Suriname	-1.03%	-10.5%
3rd	Grenada	-0.85%	-15.4%
4th	Palau	-0.83%	-22.1%
5th	St. Kitts and Nevis	-0.43%	-31.0%
6th	New Zealand	-0.39%	-1,322.2%
7th	Curaçao	-0.33%	55.9%
8th	Austria	-0.17%	-110.6%
9th	Barbados	-0.11%	-276.3%
10th	Germany	0.04%	150.8%
11th	United Kingdom	0.09%	1,574.1%
12th	Belgium	0.09%	-3.7%
13th	Bulgaria	0.14%	20.8%
14th	Bermuda	0.16%	-21.2%
15th	Hungary	0.18%	-47.6%
16th	Channel Islands	0.18%	-6.5%
17th	Switzerland	0.20%	2,136.5%
18th	Sweden	0.22%	-25.0%
19th	Luxembourg	0.23%	30.5%
20th	Denmark	0.25%	-20.9%
21st	Finland	0.26%	-11.0%
22nd	Virgin Islands (US)	0.26%	-90.8%
23rd	Italy	0.29%	-18.9%
24th	Croatia	0.30%	-36.6%
25th	Latvia	0.32%	-37.7%
26th	Dominica	0.32%	-26.4%
27th	Afghanistan	0.32%	-83.9%
28th	Norway	0.34%	-10.8%
29th	Tonga	0.35%	-29.3%
30th	Antigua and Barbuda	0.37%	33.7%
31st	Ukraine	0.40%	7.9%
32nd	European Union	0.44%	-4.1%
33rd	France	0.45%	-1.2%
34th	Gibraltar	0.45%	-12.1%
35th	Uruguay	0.48%	-13.2%
36th	Czechia	0.49%	-9.7%
37th	Serbia	0.50%	-8.4%
38th	Kiribati	0.51%	176.5%
39th	Cuba	0.53%	-19.6%
40th	Lithuania	0.54%	-25.6%
41st	Estonia	0.56%	-18.9%
42nd	Belarus	0.62%	-5.4%
43rd	Romania	0.63%	-29.4%
44th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.68%	-10.1%
45th	Netherlands	0.69%	12.2%
46th	Russian Federation	0.70%	0.0%
47th	Aruba	0.70%	110.6%
48th	Guyana	0.71%	-8.4%
49th	British Virgin Islands	0.72%	-8.8%
50th	Georgia	0.74%	26.1%
51st	Cyprus	0.79%	2.2%
52nd	Poland	0.80%	1.0%
53rd	Greenland	0.81%	299.6%
54th	Japan	0.85%	-7.0%
55th	Montenegro	0.85%	6.6%
56th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.86%	-3.8%
57th	Seychelles	0.86%	46.2%
58th	Spain	0.88%	-8.4%
59th	Samoa	0.93%	-8.0%
60th	Iceland	0.98%	25.4%
61st	Canada	0.99%	-0.6%
62nd	Slovak Republic	0.99%	-2.5%
63rd	Moldova	1.00%	-11.3%
64th	Malta	1.01%	-2.6%
65th	Cabo Verde	1.05%	-0.4%
66th	Slovenia	1.07%	-1.7%
67th	Central African Republic	1.07%	2.1%
68th	Portugal	1.07%	-0.6%
69th	Monaco	1.07%	-14.6%
70th	Australia	1.08%	-7.1%
71st	United States	1.10%	4.2%
72nd	Jamaica	1.17%	0.8%
73rd	New Caledonia	1.18%	-4.1%
74th	Equatorial Guinea	1.19%	1,429.3%
75th	Macao SAR, China	1.20%	606.6%
76th	Puerto Rico (US)	1.23%	-6.3%
77th	Greece	1.25%	-3.8%
78th	Singapore	1.26%	4.4%
79th	Trinidad and Tobago	1.30%	1.8%
80th	Faroe Islands	1.31%	9.2%
81st	Ireland	1.33%	-6.1%
82nd	China	1.33%	-0.3%
83rd	Isle of Man	1.34%	-0.3%
84th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	1.39%	0.4%
85th	San Marino	1.39%	-71.8%
86th	North Macedonia	1.41%	-1.5%
87th	St. Lucia	1.45%	-1.7%
88th	Chile	1.48%	-1.5%
89th	Korea	1.52%	-0.2%
90th	Timor-Leste	1.57%	-6.5%
91st	Zimbabwe	1.58%	8.9%
92nd	Azerbaijan	1.58%	-6.4%
93rd	Argentina	1.60%	-0.1%
94th	Namibia	1.63%	-5.4%
95th	Guinea	1.66%	4.4%
96th	American Samoa	1.71%	-5.3%
97th	Mauritius	1.74%	33.2%
98th	Lao PDR	1.76%	5.1%
99th	Kazakhstan	1.80%	-27.0%
100th	Kyrgyz Republic	1.84%	0.8%
101st	Sri Lanka	1.87%	1.5%
102nd	Haiti	1.93%	-0.1%
103rd	Myanmar	1.93%	-0.9%
104th	El Salvador	1.94%	-9.0%
105th	Sierra Leone	1.95%	1.0%
106th	Türkiye	1.96%	-2.7%
107th	Bahamas, The	1.98%	-4.9%
108th	Albania	1.99%	-4.2%
109th	Mali	1.99%	3.0%
110th	Guam	2.08%	1.9%
111th	Papua New Guinea	2.10%	-1.7%
112th	Thailand	2.10%	-3.7%
113th	Lebanon	2.10%	-3.0%
114th	Chad	2.11%	15.7%
115th	Belize	2.11%	2.8%
116th	Armenia	2.16%	-36.1%
117th	Liechtenstein	2.16%	-8.7%
118th	Northern Mariana Islands	2.20%	2.1%
119th	Viet Nam	2.22%	-14.9%
120th	Colombia	2.24%	-0.7%
121st	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	2.28%	-0.9%
122nd	Congo, Republic of	2.29%	-2.5%
123rd	Nauru	2.30%	23.3%
124th	Tunisia	2.30%	-6.4%
125th	India	2.33%	1.0%
126th	Nepal	2.34%	0.7%
127th	Brazil	2.38%	-0.4%
128th	Fiji	2.38%	1.0%
129th	Senegal	2.39%	2.4%
130th	Panama	2.40%	-1.4%
131st	Malaysia	2.40%	0.1%
132nd	Bangladesh	2.41%	-1.3%
133rd	Uganda	2.41%	-9.1%
134th	Indonesia	2.42%	-0.6%
135th	Burundi	2.49%	-14.0%
136th	Peru	2.49%	0.1%
137th	Dominican Republic	2.50%	-1.5%
138th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	2.50%	1.9%
139th	Guatemala	2.50%	1.4%
140th	South Sudan	2.51%	-1.3%
141st	Mongolia	2.51%	-7.2%
142nd	Gabon	2.52%	2.5%
143rd	Turkmenistan	2.54%	0.6%
144th	Paraguay	2.54%	2.0%
145th	Morocco	2.56%	0.8%
146th	Togo	2.56%	5.6%
147th	Israel	2.57%	21.8%
148th	Mexico	2.58%	-2.6%
149th	São Tomé and Principe	2.59%	-4.0%
150th	Burkina Faso	2.59%	3.9%
151st	Eritrea	2.65%	0.2%
152nd	Maldives	2.65%	-3.3%
153rd	Uzbekistan	2.66%	-4.7%
154th	Benin	2.66%	2.7%
155th	Philippines	2.67%	-0.7%
156th	Nicaragua	2.70%	-6.7%
157th	Costa Rica	2.70%	1.4%
158th	South Africa	2.71%	-0.9%
159th	Ecuador	2.71%	-1.1%
160th	Vanuatu	2.76%	-10.7%
161st	Cameroon	2.80%	2.8%
162nd	Kosovo	2.83%	1.3%
163rd	Mauritania	2.83%	-0.1%
164th	Lesotho	2.89%	1.5%
165th	Niger	2.94%	2.7%
166th	Liberia	2.95%	1.3%
167th	Algeria	2.98%	4.8%
168th	Tajikistan	2.98%	-3.9%
169th	Zambia	3.00%	-0.9%
170th	Rwanda	3.02%	2.0%
171st	St. Martin (French part)	3.03%	-7.7%
172nd	Madagascar	3.04%	0.1%
173rd	Ghana	3.05%	0.5%
174th	Honduras	3.08%	-0.6%
175th	Nigeria	3.08%	0.7%
176th	Turks and Caicos Islands	3.10%	-1.3%
177th	Micronesia, Federated States of	3.11%	11.6%
178th	Brunei Darussalam	3.12%	-4.3%
179th	Comoros	3.13%	-3.2%
180th	Marshall Islands	3.17%	-0.3%
181st	French Polynesia	3.18%	2.1%
182nd	Tuvalu	3.21%	-19.2%
183rd	Iraq	3.22%	-4.5%
184th	Yemen, Republic of	3.28%	3.5%
185th	Eswatini	3.30%	0.3%
186th	Jordan	3.32%	5.4%
187th	Gambia, The	3.34%	2.9%
188th	Tanzania	3.37%	-4.7%
189th	Bhutan	3.39%	-0.8%
190th	Syrian Arab Republic	3.40%	-1.0%
191st	Iran, Islamic Republic of	3.44%	5.2%
192nd	Pakistan	3.46%	8.1%
193rd	Kenya	3.47%	0.7%
194th	Guinea-Bissau	3.50%	-46.3%
195th	Solomon Islands	3.51%	0.5%
196th	Angola	3.51%	0.9%
197th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	3.51%	13.3%
198th	Malawi	3.69%	8.1%
199th	Mozambique	3.79%	0.5%
200th	Côte d'Ivoire	3.86%	2.4%
201st	Cayman Islands	3.89%	-3.6%
202nd	Sudan	4.12%	4.2%
203rd	Bahrain	4.59%	-3.4%
204th	Andorra	4.69%	-8.7%
205th	Oman	5.28%	3.0%
206th	Hong Kong SAR, China	5.47%	201.7%
207th	Libya	5.77%	0.1%
208th	Saudi Arabia	5.81%	1.6%
209th	Botswana	6.00%	-0.5%
210th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	6.01%	-4.7%
211th	Kuwait	6.02%	-5.0%
212th	Qatar	6.74%	-4.8%
213th	Djibouti	8.38%	-11.9%
214th	United Arab Emirates	11.95%	-8.5%
215th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	12.37%	73.8%

FAQ

What was Oman's population growth in 1979?▾

Oman's population growth in 1979 was 5.28%. This ranked 205th globally.

How did Oman's population growth change in 1979?▾

Oman's population growth increased by 3.0% in 1979 compared to 1978.

Which country had the highest population growth in 1979?▾

Somalia, Fed. Rep. had the highest population growth in 1979 at 12.37%.

What is the population growth of Oman in 1979?▾

The population growth of Oman in 1979 was 5.28%. This ranked 205th globally.

How does 1979 compare to 1978 for Oman's population growth?▾

Oman's population growth went from 5.13% in 1978 to 5.28% in 1979, a 3.0% increase.

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