Oman's Population Change

In 1970, the population Pyramid shows that Oman was LEDC (low economically developed country) due to the high birthrate and low deathrate (triangular pyramid). There are number of reasons for high birthrate at that time. First of all, the religious reasons have affected the country to have high birthrate. The Omani culture at that time used to have many children for families so they have a great prestige and standing in society. Secondly, because Oman was not very developed at that time, the country have not provided enough schools and education for children in order to increase the amount of jobs in the future to increase the employment rate. We also can see the low number of elderly dependents which means that that life expectancy of the Sultanate was low. The low number of deathrate tells us that the country had poor medical services and bad healthcare.
In 1985, the population pyramid shows that there is an increase on the male side between the ages 20-49. This shows that Oman have economically improved as a country which as a result has allowed people to migrate from abroad to work in the country most commonly people from India, Pakistan and the other eastern neighbors of the Sultanate of Oman. The birth rates of the country still remain high as there are probably still more children needed for education. We also can see that the total population is doubled compared to 1970 where it was 729,000 Omani people. This is due to the improvement in medical care and the low number of deathrate.
In 2000, Oman have started enter the MEDC stage as we can see from the population pyramid. At this year, the total population have increased by another 7 million people compared to 1985 which had 1,534,000 people which shows that the medical is still improving at the same rate. This also cause by the better family planning where families have reduced the number of children. The life expectancy in Oman in this year has increased compared to the life expectancy in 1985 since there are still people living at 85-89 years old which also suggests the fall of death rates. We also can see that the bump in the economically active people have even increased more comparing to the past years which shows that there are more immigrants in the country compared to the past years. The reason why there is an increase in the number of immigrants is because of the redundancy of job opportunities in the country as well as the improvement in the economy of the country which offers better quality of life for these people.
In 2015, it is expected that the total number of Omani population will be 3,058,000 people compared to the year 2000 which had 2,264,000 people. It is projected that Oman will be MEDC according to the population pyramid diagram. As we can see, the birthrate is started to drop due to the increase of price per 1 child. This will lead the Omani family to have less number of children. We also can see that the women in the economically active section is bumped. This is because of the improvement in education and job opportunities of the country as well as the age of marriage increases which results a decline in the birthrates. As well men the bump in the economically active stage is increasing more due to the high number of job opportunities that is offered by the country. This will lead to an increase in the employment rate and a decrease in the unemployment rate which results high economic growth of the country. Moreover the life expectancy is increased because of the increase in the age of living for the elderly dependents which lead to a fall in deathrates.