MUSCAT: More than quarter of Oman’s population live in Muscat Governorate, according to the monthly bulletin issued by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).
The Sultanate’s population by the end of September 2021 touched 4,418,519 of which 1.34 million are expatriates.
The statistics indicated that the population of the Governorate of Muscat alone amounted to 1,267,390, including 553,231 Omanis and 714,159 expatriates. However, the total population of the Governorate of Muscat decreased by nearly 5% compared to September 2020.
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North Al Batinah Governorate came second in terms of population, reaching 780,899 people, while Al Dakhiliyah Governorate came third with a total of 478,477 people.
