Oman population tops 4.4 million in May

Muscat: The Sultanate’s total population exceeded 4.44 million in May, posting a 0.3 per cent increase over figures for April 2016, according to the data published by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).
Expatriates numbered over 2.02 million, forming 45.5 per cent of the total population.
The Governorate of Muscat recorded the highest number of expatriates at 891,942, against 503,470 nationals, followed by the Governorate of North Al Batinah with 241,142 expatriates.
The Governorate of Dhofar came third with and expatriate population of 217,874.
The Governorate of Muscat registered the largest population at over 1.39 million people, marking a growth of 0.3 per cent over prior month’s population.
The Governorate of North Al Batinah came second with a population of 719,309 while the Governorate of Al Dakhiliyah took the third spot with 436,458 people.
The Governorate of North Al Batinah and the Governorate of A'Dakhiliyah logged a monthly population growth of 0.5 per cent and 0.4 per cent respectively.
Population of the Governorate of Dhofar population rose 0.9 per cent to 420,836 in May 2016 while the Governorate of Musandam population increased by 0.2 per cent to 42,854. The Governorate of Al Buraimi
witnessed a population growth of 0.3 per cent taking the number of people to 107,484.