Friday 21 / January / 2022
Muscat: The average population density in the Sultanate in 2018 was about 14.8 persons per square kilometre, slightly up from 2017, according to data provided by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).
At the governorate level, the highest population density in the Sultanate was in the Governorate of Muscat, where the rate was 363.6 people per square kilometre, a slight decrease from 2017 when the rate was 364.8 people per square kilometre.
The Governorate of North Al Batinah came second in terms of population density, with an average of 96.3 persons per square kilometre, up from 2017, followed by the Governorate of South Al Batinah, where the population density rose to 80 persons per square kilometre compared to 78.5 people per square kilometre in 2017.
The average population density in the Governorate of South A’Sharqiya was 26.3 persons per square kilometre, up 0.3 from 2017. It increased by 0.1 in the Governorate of Musandam to 22.4 persons per square kilometre, while in the Governorate of A’Dhakhiliya, it was 0.4% to 14.8 people per square kilometre.
In the Governorate of Al Buraimi, the rate was 14.3 persons per square kilometre, up 0.1 from 2017, and the rate also increased by 0.1 in both the Governorates of North A’Sharqiya and A’Dhahirah to 13.3 and 6.1 persons per square kilometre, respectively. The rate was stable at 4.6 people per square kilometre in the Governorate of Dhofar, while the lowest population density was in the Governorate of Al Wusta by 0.6 persons per square kilometre.
