Religion & community impact

🇴🇲 Oman — how its religious make-up changed

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Demographic shift

Share of the population by faith

0% → 6.4% Christian · 1970–2020 ▲ +6.4%
100% → 85.9% Muslim · 1970–2020 ▼ -14.1%
0% → 1% Jewish · 1970–2020 ▲ +1.0%
0% → 1% Unaffiliated · 1970–2020 ▲ +1.0%
0% → 8.7% Other · 1970–2020 ▲ +8.7%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2020
  • Christian
  • Muslim
  • Jewish
  • Unaffiliated
  • Other
Year Christian Muslim Jewish Unaffiliated Other
1970 0% 100% 0% 0% 0%
1975 0% 100% 0% 0% 0%
1980 0.8% 96.6% 0% 0.2% 2.4%
1985 0.8% 93.9% 0% 0% 5.3%
1990 4.7% 85.5% 0% 0.2% 9.6%
1995 4.4% 89.2% 0% 0% 6.4%
2000 2.8% 93.1% 0% 0% 4.1%
2005 3.2% 92.8% 0% 0% 4%
2010 6.5% 85.9% 1% 1% 8.5%
2020 6.4% 85.9% 1% 1% 8.7%

Figures are real national estimates from the Correlates of War World Religion Project. Green up arrows mark a rising share, red down arrows a falling share. The page shows recorded self-identification, not attendance.