What is the population of Muscat?
Muscat has a city population of 797,000. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
23.584, 58.408
About Muscat
Muscat's nearest city, Bawshar, sits just 1 km away with a population of 383,257, while Seeb lies 24 km distant at 470,878 residents. The national capital holds 797,000 people in its city proper and accounts for 14.5% of Oman's national population, ranking first among 26 listed cities in the country.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Muscat
Rank in region
#1of 4
Coordinates
23.584, 58.408
Record updated
5 September 2019
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 26 in OmanClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Muscat | 797K |
Muscat Population FAQ
Where is Muscat?
Muscat is in Muscat, Oman. Its coordinates are 23.584, 58.408.
How big is Muscat compared with other cities in Oman?
It is the 1st largest of the 26 cities listed in Oman, holding 14.5% of the national population.