Territorial change of Oman (Sultanate of Oman)

“Oman”(Sultanate of Oman) — appears in this map’s data from AD 1744 to 2024. Its territory was largest in AD 1973 – 2023, at ≈ 314 thousand km².

Territory by period

Period	Area
AD 1744 – 1747	≈ 101 thousand km²
AD 1748 – 1756	≈ 105 thousand km²
AD 1757 – 1798	≈ 121 thousand km²
AD 1799 – 1799	≈ 121 thousand km²
AD 1800 – 1802	≈ 106 thousand km²
AD 1803 – 1810	≈ 105 thousand km²
AD 1811 – 1811	≈ 85 thousand km²
AD 1812 – 1814	≈ 105 thousand km²
AD 1815 – 1819	≈ 76 thousand km²
AD 1820 – 1829	≈ 79 thousand km²
AD 1830 – 1855	≈ 176 thousand km²
AD 1856 – 1869	≈ 79 thousand km²
AD 1870 – 1879	≈ 119 thousand km²
AD 1880 – 1897	≈ 192 thousand km²
AD 1898 – 1899	≈ 119 thousand km²
AD 1973 – 2023	≈ 314 thousand km²
AD 2024 – 2024	≈ 314 thousand km²

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1973 – 2023 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

Frame	Area	Rank
AD 1744	≈ 101 thousand km²	56 of 129
AD 1748	≈ 105 thousand km²	56 of 132
AD 1752	≈ 105 thousand km²	56 of 132
AD 1757	≈ 121 thousand km²	51 of 132
AD 1762	≈ 121 thousand km²	49 of 131
AD 1763	≈ 121 thousand km²	50 of 132
AD 1769	≈ 121 thousand km²	49 of 128
AD 1772	≈ 121 thousand km²	48 of 127
AD 1775	≈ 121 thousand km²	48 of 132
AD 1776	≈ 121 thousand km²	49 of 132
AD 1778	≈ 121 thousand km²	48 of 131
AD 1780	≈ 121 thousand km²	48 of 131
AD 1781	≈ 121 thousand km²	48 of 131
AD 1783	≈ 121 thousand km²	47 of 130
AD 1788	≈ 121 thousand km²	52 of 129
AD 1791	≈ 121 thousand km²	51 of 128
AD 1792	≈ 121 thousand km²	51 of 130
AD 1794	≈ 121 thousand km²	48 of 125
AD 1796	≈ 121 thousand km²	47 of 124
AD 1797	≈ 121 thousand km²	47 of 125
AD 1799	≈ 121 thousand km²	46 of 124
AD 1800	≈ 106 thousand km²	50 of 123
AD 1803	≈ 105 thousand km²	48 of 123
AD 1805	≈ 105 thousand km²	48 of 125
AD 1806	≈ 105 thousand km²	47 of 138
AD 1807	≈ 105 thousand km²	46 of 132
AD 1809	≈ 105 thousand km²	48 of 131
AD 1811	≈ 85 thousand km²	59 of 131
AD 1812	≈ 105 thousand km²	55 of 133
AD 1814	≈ 105 thousand km²	58 of 142
AD 1815	≈ 76 thousand km²	63 of 139
AD 1820	≈ 79 thousand km²	60 of 148
AD 1822	≈ 79 thousand km²	64 of 147
AD 1824	≈ 79 thousand km²	64 of 148
AD 1825	≈ 79 thousand km²	67 of 150
AD 1828	≈ 79 thousand km²	66 of 144
AD 1830	≈ 176 thousand km²	52 of 143
AD 1834	≈ 176 thousand km²	54 of 143
AD 1836	≈ 176 thousand km²	56 of 145
AD 1840	≈ 176 thousand km²	58 of 155
AD 1842	≈ 176 thousand km²	58 of 156
AD 1846	≈ 176 thousand km²	54 of 152
AD 1848	≈ 176 thousand km²	52 of 147
AD 1849	≈ 176 thousand km²	52 of 144
AD 1853	≈ 176 thousand km²	54 of 144
AD 1856	≈ 79 thousand km²	74 of 149
AD 1857	≈ 79 thousand km²	72 of 150
AD 1859	≈ 79 thousand km²	75 of 146
AD 1860	≈ 79 thousand km²	74 of 142
AD 1861	≈ 79 thousand km²	74 of 140
AD 1862	≈ 79 thousand km²	73 of 138
AD 1863	≈ 79 thousand km²	73 of 139
AD 1864	≈ 79 thousand km²	73 of 139
AD 1865	≈ 79 thousand km²	71 of 139
AD 1866	≈ 79 thousand km²	71 of 133
AD 1868	≈ 79 thousand km²	68 of 134
AD 1870	≈ 119 thousand km²	58 of 132
AD 1871	≈ 119 thousand km²	58 of 113
AD 1873	≈ 119 thousand km²	55 of 108
AD 1877	≈ 119 thousand km²	55 of 104
AD 1880	≈ 192 thousand km²	44 of 104
AD 1884	≈ 192 thousand km²	45 of 105
AD 1885	≈ 192 thousand km²	45 of 101
AD 1890	≈ 192 thousand km²	47 of 99
AD 1895	≈ 192 thousand km²	46 of 90
AD 1898	≈ 119 thousand km²	54 of 87
AD 1973	≈ 314 thousand km²	63 of 152
AD 1974	≈ 314 thousand km²	63 of 152
AD 1976	≈ 314 thousand km²	65 of 157
AD 1979	≈ 314 thousand km²	65 of 161
AD 1983	≈ 314 thousand km²	65 of 162
AD 1987	≈ 314 thousand km²	65 of 164
AD 1990	≈ 314 thousand km²	67 of 164
AD 1991	≈ 314 thousand km²	68 of 164
AD 1992	≈ 314 thousand km²	72 of 185
AD 1996	≈ 314 thousand km²	72 of 186
AD 2000	≈ 314 thousand km²	72 of 188
AD 2006	≈ 314 thousand km²	71 of 187
AD 2008	≈ 314 thousand km²	71 of 187
AD 2011	≈ 314 thousand km²	71 of 187
AD 2014	≈ 314 thousand km²	73 of 191
AD 2022	≈ 314 thousand km²	73 of 191
AD 2024	≈ 314 thousand km²	72 of 191

Its highest rank was in AD 1880: number 104 of 44.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

Kingdom of England — 50 frames
Qatar — 34 frames
Qajar dynasty — 29 frames
Saudi Arabia — 17 frames
United Arab Emirates — 17 frames
First Saudi state — 11 frames
Yemen — 11 frames
South Yemen — 6 frames
Second Saudi state — 1 frames
Afsharid Iran — 1 frames
Omanis — 1 frames

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 1 by area.

Frame		Other country	Area
AD 1811	lost	First Saudi state	≈ 22 thousand km²

Preceded and succeeded by

Preceded by: Oman proper

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

Oman, officially the Sultanate of Oman, is a country in the southeastern Arabian Peninsula in West Asia. It shares land borders with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen, and maritime borders with Iran and Pakistan.

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