Official Languages

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Languages spoken here

Bengali (secondary) · Egyptian Arabic (secondary) · Gujarati (secondary) · Gulf Arabic (secondary) · Hindi (secondary) · Indonesian (secondary) · Levantine Arabic (secondary) · Malayalam (secondary) · Mehri (secondary) · Nepali (secondary) · Sindhi (secondary) · Swahili (secondary) · Tamil (secondary) · Telugu (secondary) · Urdu (secondary) · Urdu (Latin translit.) (secondary)

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Oman

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Arab, Omani	2292000	Arabic, Omani	Islam
Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken	909000	Arabic, Gulf	Islam
Baloch, Southern	665000	Balochi, Southern	Islam
Malayali	258000	Malayalam	Hinduism
South Asian, Bengali-speaking	231000	Bengali	Islam
Arab, Dhofari	145000	Arabic, Dhofari	Islam
Filipino, Tagalog	109000	Tagalog	Christianity
Mahra	103000	Mehri	Islam
Arab, Egyptian general	87000	Arabic, Egyptian	Islam
Urdu	84000	Urdu	Islam
Persian	78000	Persian, Iranian	Islam
Indonesian	77000	Indonesian	Islam
Swahili, Zanzibari	60000	Swahili	Islam
Gujarati	58000	Gujarati	Islam
Shahari, Jibbali	52000	Shehri	Islam
Luwathiya	49000	Luwati	Islam
Arab, Saudi - Najdi	48000	Arabic, Najdi	Islam
Punjabi	45000	Punjabi, Eastern	Islam
Sinhalese, general	41000	Sinhala	Buddhism
Sindhi	31000	Sindhi	Islam
Arab, Sudanese	23000	Arabic, Sudanese	Islam
Arab, Jordanian	21000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam
Shihuh	21000	Arabic, Shihhi	Islam
Arab, Bahraini	21000	Arabic, Baharna	Islam
Arab, Yemeni	19000	Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni	Islam
Hindi	18000	Hindi	Hinduism
Nepali, general	15000	Nepali	Hinduism
British	15000	English	Christianity
Punjabi, Western	15000	Punjabi, Western	Islam
Tamil (Hindu traditions)	15000	Tamil	Hinduism
South Asian, Telugu-speaking	14000	Telugu	Hinduism
Kumzari	6200	Kumzari	Islam
Harasi, Arabized	2900	Arabic, Omani	Islam
Bathari	400	Arabic, Omani	Islam
Hobyot	200	Hobyot	Islam

Languages

33 languages recorded here.

Arabic, Baharna

Arabic, Dhofari

Arabic, Egyptian

Arabic, Gulf

Arabic, Levantine

Arabic, Najdi

Arabic, Omani

Arabic, Shihhi

Arabic, Sudanese

Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni

Balochi, Southern

Bengali

English

Gujarati

Hindi

Hobyot

Indonesian

Kumzari

Luwati

Malayalam

Mehri

Nepali

Persian, Iranian

Punjabi, Eastern

Punjabi, Western

Shehri

Sindhi

Sinhala

Swahili

Tagalog

Tamil

Telugu

Urdu

All catalogue fields

157 fields recorded

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iso3: OMN
iso2: OM
ctry: Oman
poplpeoples: 5626000
cntpeoples: 35
cntpeopleslr: 27
poplpeopleslr: 5011000
jpscalectry: 1
rol3officiallanguage: arb
officiallang: Arabic, Standard
rlg3primary: 6
religionprimary: Islam
percentchristianity: 2.865401826306
percentevangelical: 0.71563025301793
c_10_40window: Y
rog2: ASI
continent: Asia
regioncode: 6
regionname: Africa, North and Middle East
workersneeded: 110
harvest_rog3: MU
harvest_iso3: OMN
harvest_iso2: OM
harvest_owcountrycode: OMAN
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: OM
harvest_countrynumber: 161
harvest_ctry: Oman
harvest_ctryshort: Oman
harvest_countrynamechinese: 阿曼
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 阿曼
harvest_countrynamedutch: Oman
harvest_countrynamefrench: Oman
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Oman
harvest_countrynamegerman: Oman
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Oman
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Oman
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Oman
harvest_countrynameitalian: Oman
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Oman
harvest_countrynamekorean: 오만
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 오만
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Oman
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Oman
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Omã
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Omã
harvest_countrynamerussian: Оман
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Оман
harvest_countrynamespanish: Omán
harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Omán
harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Oman
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: Oman
harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix: 在
harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix: d'
harvest_germanconcatenationprefix: im
harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix: di
harvest_italianconcatenationprefix: -
harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix: 의
harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix: i
harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix: em
harvest_russianconcatenationprefix: B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix: en
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix: ở
harvest_ethnologuemapexists: Y
harvest_rog2: ASI
harvest_regioncode2414: 15
harvest_regioncode: 6
harvest_unsr: 145
harvest_worldabc: A
harvest_capital: Muscat
harvest_population: 5495000
harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_prayercastvideo: https://prayercast.com/oman.html
harvest_waldnerguide: prayer-guide-mu.pdf
harvest_unmap: https://un.org/geospatial/content/oman
harvest_persecutionrankingod: 38
harvest_persecutionrankingodlink: https://www.opendoors.org/en-US/persecution/countries/oman
harvest_jpscale: 1
harvest_c_10_40window: Y
harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal: Y
harvest_biblerestrictionsrank: 19
harvest_bibleshortagerank: 63
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harvest_owevangelicalgrowthrate: 5.9000001
harvest_owcountrypage: oman
harvest_literacyrate: 99
harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized: 85
harvest_rol3officiallanguage: arb
harvest_rol3secondarylanguage: acx
harvest_rlg3primary: 6
harvest_pctanimist: 0
harvest_pctbahai: 0.3
harvest_pctbuddhism: 0.65
harvest_pctchinese: 0
harvest_pcthindu: 6.8
harvest_pctislam: 88.72
harvest_pctsikh: 0.55
harvest_pctjudaism: 0
harvest_pctnonreligious: 0.22
harvest_pctother: 0
harvest_pctchristian: 2.76
harvest_pctchristianprotestant: 0.42
harvest_pctchristianindependent: 0.19
harvest_pctchristiananglican: 0.16
harvest_pctchristianromancatholic: 1.1
harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 0.59
harvest_pctchristianmarginal: 0
harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated: 0.3
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing: 0
harvest_pctchristianother: 0
harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A001
harvest_hdiyear: 2015
harvest_hdivalue: 0.796
harvest_hdirank: 52
harvest_internetusers: 69.8
harvest_flashmapzoom: 650
harvest_flashmapzoomx: -356
harvest_flashmapzoomy: -248
harvest_googlemapzoom: 5
harvest_googlemaplat: 21
harvest_googlemaplng: 57
harvest_ctrylatitude: 21.512583
harvest_ctrylongitude: 55.923255
harvest_securitylevel: 2
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/oman/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 204
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 1.869359690588741
harvest_v59country: Y
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=om&joshua=mu
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-oman
harvest_internetusage: 80
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2017
harvest_voiceofmartyrsurl: https://www.persecution.com/globalprayerguide/oman/
harvest_areasquaremiles: 82031
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 300000
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 33
harvest_countryphonecode: 968
harvest_wincountryprofile: http://win1040.com/page.php?id=601
harvest_owpctchristian1986: 0.5
harvest_owpctevangelical1986: 0.1
harvest_owpctchristian1993: 1.7
harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 0.2
harvest_owpctchristian2001: 2.54
harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 0.3
harvest_stonyground: Y
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .om
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/oman
harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00