Muscat: Bangladeshi nationals make up the major chunk of the expatriate population in the Sultanate of Oman with 680,242 workers in May this year amid a fall of 3.6 per cent compared to 682,702 in April 2017.
Indians, who occupy the second slot, also registered a fall of 2.4pc to reach 674,758 from 688,696 during the same period, Oman Observer reported.
The number of Pakistanis witnessed the largest drop of 4.5pc. Their population in the Sultanate now stands at 227,079, down from 229,378 in April 2017.
Meanwhile, the number of Filipino expats increased by 9.5pc to 46,458 workers in May from 46,106 in April 2017.
The total number of expatriate workers in Oman at the end of May, 2018 stood at 1,830,394 against 1,836,569 in April last year.
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