Muscat: The Sultanate's population at the end of April 2016 rose by 2.6 percent compared to the same period last year to reach 4,428,946, according to official figures.
The expatriate constitute 45.5 percent of the total population.
The National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) said in its monthly report that the total number of expatriates at the end of April 2016 rose by 4.5 percent to hit 2,014,348 compared with 1,927,938 at the end of last December.
The NCSI data showed that 130,511 expatriates are not registered according to registered population distribution in governorates of the Sultanate.