Demographics of Comoros

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date24 Jul 2024

There are 436k males and 431k females in Comoros. The percentage of the male population is 50.29%, compared to 49.71% of the female population. Comoros has 5,002 more males than females. The sex ratio in Comoros in 2024 will be 101.161 males per 100 females. Comoros is in the 177th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Comoros population

Year Population Growth (%)
1950161,9382.44
1955179,5871.90
1960197,7001.76
1965214,9671.49
1970244,1853.04
1975287,6923.38
1980337,7212.89
1985388,3522.80
1990444,5962.58
1995490,5861.72
2000536,0802.00
2005592,6772.03
2010654,8361.99
2015726,6822.08
2020802,1632.01
2021818,1741.94
2024866,6281.87
  • Total
  • Crude

Comoros death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
19504,1437,28325.58644.976
19554,6428,74825.85148.711
19604,8799,76524.67749.392
19654,97010,43423.11948.538
19705,06811,52520.75647.197
19755,61913,37119.53346.477
19805,71315,80916.91746.810
19855,80418,00614.94646.366
19905,82619,43613.10443.716
19955,65919,06111.53538.854
20005,68618,95510.60635.359
20055,60520,4159.45634.445
20105,70122,5508.70634.437
20155,85923,8218.06332.780
20206,14624,0537.66229.985
20216,49024,1347.93229.498
20226,08924,2437.30029.062
20236,11924,3667.19628.653
20246,17324,4677.12328.232
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Comoros

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
195010,526148,9336.601
195516,095159,8089.150
196023,988167,13312.551
196535,217172,20716.978
197044,607185,44719.390
197554,647202,64321.239
198071,463236,36623.215
198590,500264,83725.469
1990114,709296,88527.869
1995134,543340,85128.301
2000152,293390,06428.080
2005170,493441,13427.875
2010192,925496,76727.973
2015221,334556,09028.470
2020255,487614,11429.380
2021263,083625,32429.613
2022270,954636,35229.864
2023279,115647,19730.132
2024287,574657,83230.418
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Comoros population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 58,206 56,712 114,918 13.26 102.634
05-09 54,489 53,127 107,615 12.42 102.564
10-14 50,392 48,779 99,171 11.44 103.307
15-19 44,709 42,634 87,343 10.08 104.867
20-24 40,085 38,676 78,761 9.09 103.643
25-29 31,897 32,974 64,871 7.49 96.734
30-34 27,641 29,491 57,132 6.59 93.727
35-39 26,973 27,113 54,086 6.24 99.484
40-44 24,409 23,602 48,011 5.54 103.419
45-49 20,405 19,472 39,877 4.60 104.791
50-54 16,464 15,110 31,573 3.64 108.961
55-59 12,879 12,334 25,212 2.91 104.419
60-64 9,505 9,796 19,300 2.23 97.029
65-69 6,970 7,790 14,759 1.70 89.474
70-74 4,987 5,885 10,871 1.25 84.741
75-79 3,381 4,137 7,518 0.87 81.726
80-84 1,760 2,235 3,995 0.46 78.747
85-89 531 732 1,263 0.15 72.541
90-94 119 194 314 0.04 61.340
95-99 13 22 35 0.00 59.091
100+ 0 1 1 0.00 0.000
Total 435,815 430,816 866,626 101.160