Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Muscat
- Region
- Asia, Western Asia
- Population
- 5,494,691 (2025)
- Area
- 309,500 km²
- Currency
- Omani rial (OMR)
- Languages
- Arabic, English, Baluchi, Urdu
- Calling code
- +968
- Internet domain
- .om
- ISO codes
- OM, OMN, 512
- Time zone
- UTC+4:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- ### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Oman covers about 309,500 square kilometres. By area it ranks 72nd among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Poland and a little larger than Italy. It shares a land border with 3 neighbours: United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Yemen. Its centre lies at about 21° north, 57° east, in the northern hemisphere.
Neighbours
People
About 5.49 million people live in Oman (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 121st most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 18 people to each square kilometre. About 79 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 80 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Arabic, English, Baluchi, Urdu. A person from Oman is called Omani.
Money and economy
The currency is the Omani rial (code OMR, symbol ر.ع.). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 11 billion (2025), which is about US$ 19,947 for each person (2025).
Time
Oman uses one time zone, UTC+4:00 (Asia/Muscat). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
Time now: loading
Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Muscat | 797,000 |
| Seeb | 470,878 |
| Bawshar | 383,257 |
| ‘Ibrī | 163,473 |
| Şalālah | 163,140 |
| Şaḩam | 140,000 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Western Asia
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Georgia, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.