Home›Sources›Oman, Religions (The World Factbook, 2021 Archive, Central Intelligence Agency)SourcesOman, Religions (The World Factbook, 2021 Archive, Central Intelligence Agency)cia.gov World Factbook archive, read 2026-08-23Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Oman, Religions (The World Factbook, 2021 Archive, Central Intelligence Agency)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/cia-world-factbook-oman-religions-2021.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Oman, Religions (The World Factbook, 2021 Archive, Central Intelligence Agency). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/cia-world-factbook-oman-religions-2021Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-oman-religions-the-world-factbook-2021-a, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Oman, Religions (The World Factbook, 2021 Archive, Central Intelligence Agency)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/cia-world-factbook-oman-religions-2021}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXThe CIA World Factbook's Oman country page (2021 archived edition), giving Oman's religious composition as Muslim 85.9%, Christian 6.4%, Hindu 5.7%, other/unaffiliated 2% (2020 est.), and noting that among Omani citizens Ibadhi and Sunni sects each constitute about 45% and Shia about 5%; Oman's government publishes no official census of citizens' religious affiliation, so this remains an outside US government estimate.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (12 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationPublisherWell-attestedCentral Intelligence Agency (The World Factbook)URLWell-attestedhttps://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/about/archives/2021/countries/oman/Source TypeWell-attestedGovernment reportAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1Tier 1: the primary US government reference publication itself, the same source Wikipedia's own Oman religion figures ultimately trace to; verified live via an archive mirror (worldfactbookarchive.org) after the primary site blocked automated access.SourcesOman, Religions (The World Factbook, 2021 Archive, Central Intelligence Agency)tier 1Central Intelligence Agency (The World Factbook)View the SourceClaims Backed By This Source (12 claims)This source backs 12 claims across the atlas. As facts: 5 well-attested, 6 scholarly debate. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicDenominations, 7 claims: 6 scholarly debate, 1 general references.Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.Well-attested5SourcesOman, Religions (The World Factbook, 2021 Archive, Central Intelligence Agency)Scholarly debate6DenominationsIbadismGeneral References1DenominationsIbadismComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year