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title: "Oman — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Oman: capital Muscat, area 309,500 km², population 5,494,691 (2025), currency Omani rial. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/oman/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Oman

**Oman: Capital Muscat**

309,500 km² · 5,494,691 people (2025) · Omani rial

The Al Hajar mountains reach 3,009 m at Jebel Shams above a canyon often called the Grand Canyon of Arabia. Oman contains the largest exposed section of oceanic crust and upper mantle on land anywhere, which is why geologists and Mars mission teams both use it as a field site.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Muscat
- **Area:** 309,500 km² — 119,499 sq mi
- **Population:** 5,494,691 (2025)
- **Density:** 17.8 people per km²
- **Currency:** Omani rial (OMR, ر.ع.)
- **Official language:** Arabic
- **Time zone:** UTC+04:00
- **Calling code:** +968
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** OM · OMN
- **Continent:** Asia

## How it compares

- **By area:** 71 of 200
- **By population:** 121 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ivory Coast | 322,463 | 32,711,547 |
| Poland | 312,685 | 36,435,861 |
| Oman ← | 309,500 | 5,494,691 |
| Italy | 301,340 | 58,915,656 |
| Philippines | 300,000 | 116,786,962 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Oman?

Muscat

### What currency does Oman use?

The Omani rial (OMR).

### How big is Oman?

309,500 km², or 119,499 square miles — 71 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Oman drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Ivory Coast](https://atoneplace.net/country/ivory-coast/)
- [Poland](https://atoneplace.net/country/poland/)
- [Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country/italy/)
- [Philippines](https://atoneplace.net/country/philippines/)
- [India](https://atoneplace.net/country/india/)
- [China](https://atoneplace.net/country/china/)
- [Indonesia](https://atoneplace.net/country/indonesia/)
- [Pakistan](https://atoneplace.net/country/pakistan/)
- [Bangladesh](https://atoneplace.net/country/bangladesh/)
- [Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country/japan/)
- [Philippines](https://atoneplace.net/country/philippines/)
- [Vietnam](https://atoneplace.net/country/vietnam/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]