Oman vs Somalia: Population growth rate

Oman

4.6%

in 2023

Somalia

3.6%

in 2023

Oman rank

5th

Somalia rank

7th

Population growth rate over time

Oman currently reports 4.6% against 3.6% in Somalia, a difference of 1.0%.

That makes Oman's figure about 1.3 times Somalia's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Somalia ahead.

Globally, Oman ranks 5th and Somalia ranks 7th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Population growth rate
Unit: %
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The annual rate at which the population is growing, expressed as a percentage.