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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Mauritius is 8% bigger than the Comoros

Comoros: 1,870 km² (2024) · Mauritius: 2,010 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

The Comoros’ coastline is 92% longer than Mauritius’

Comoros: 340 km (2026 edition) · Mauritius: 177 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

The Comoros’ highest peak towers 1,532 m above Mauritius’

Comoros: 2,360 m (2026 edition) · Mauritius: 828 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 79% of the Comoros, versus 41% of Mauritius

Comoros: 78.9% (2024) · Mauritius: 40.9% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Mauritius has 41% more people than the Comoros

Comoros: 882,847 (2025) · Mauritius: 1.24 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Mauritius is 32% more densely populated than the Comoros

Comoros: 472 per km² (2025) · Mauritius: 622 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Mauritius are 5.3 cm taller than in the Comoros

Comoros: 167.7 cm (2019) · Mauritius: 173 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Mauritius are 2.4 cm taller than in the Comoros

Comoros: 156.5 cm (2019) · Mauritius: 158.9 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Mauritius is 17 years older than in the Comoros

Comoros: 20.3 years (2023) · Mauritius: 36.9 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in the Comoros have 2.4 more children on average than in Mauritius

Comoros: 3.82 children per woman (2024) · Mauritius: 1.44 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

14% of people in Mauritius are 65 or older, versus 4.5% in the Comoros

Comoros: 4.5% (2025) · Mauritius: 14.1% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Mauritius hosts 3.4 times as many refugees per resident as the Comoros

Comoros: 0.0057 per 1,000 (2025) · Mauritius: 0.019 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Comoros: no data · Mauritius: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

The Comoros and Mauritius are practically level

Comoros: 3 (2026) · Mauritius: 3 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Mauritius’ economy is 8.9 times the size of the Comoros’

Comoros: $1.81 billion (2025) · Mauritius: $16.2 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Mauritius produces 7.9 times as much per person as the Comoros

Comoros: Int$4,238 (2025) · Mauritius: Int$33,667 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Mauritius than in the Comoros (Gini 6.5 points higher)

Comoros: 30.3 (2024) · Mauritius: 36.8 (2017)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

5.1% of people in the Comoros live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.5% in Mauritius

Comoros: 5.1% (2024) · Mauritius: 0.5% (2017)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 5.6% in Mauritius, versus 3.8% in the Comoros

Comoros: 3.8% (2025) · Mauritius: 5.6% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Comoros: no data · Mauritius: 0.1% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Comoros: no data · Mauritius: 20.5% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

The Comoros’ price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Mauritius’

Comoros: 49% (2025) · Mauritius: 39% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Mauritius spends 6 times as much on health per person as the Comoros

Comoros: $102 (2023) · Mauritius: $616 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Mauritius live 6.8 years longer than in the Comoros

Comoros: 67 years (2024) · Mauritius: 73.8 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in the Comoros is 2.5 times as likely to die before turning one as in Mauritius

Comoros: 35 per 1,000 (2024) · Mauritius: 13.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Mauritius has 3.4 times as many doctors per person as the Comoros

Comoros: 0.4 per 1,000 (2022) · Mauritius: 1.4 per 1,000 (2022)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Comoros: no data · Mauritius: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in the Comoros is 2 times that in Mauritius

Comoros: 20.8 per 100k (2023) · Mauritius: 10.5 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

21% of adults in Mauritius are obese, versus 16% in the Comoros

Comoros: 16.1% (2024) · Mauritius: 21.1% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

18% of adults in Mauritius smoke, versus 8.9% in the Comoros

Comoros: 8.9% (2024) · Mauritius: 17.7% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Mauritius rate their lives 2.01 points higher than in the Comoros

Comoros: 3.93 (2025) · Mauritius: 5.94 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Mauritius drink 61 times as much alcohol as in the Comoros

Comoros: 0.1 litres (2023) · Mauritius: 8.5 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Mauritius has 2.4 times as much meat per person as the Comoros

Comoros: 26.6 kg (2023) · Mauritius: 64.5 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Mauritius has 865 kcal more food per person per day than the Comoros

Comoros: 2,390 kcal (2023) · Mauritius: 3,256 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Comoros: no data · Mauritius: 1,990 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Mauritius went to school 4.1 years longer than in the Comoros

Comoros: 6 years (2023) · Mauritius: 10.1 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Mauritius welcomed 19 times as many tourists per resident as the Comoros (2019)

Comoros: 0.06 (2019) · Mauritius: 1.11 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Mauritius has 1 more World Heritage site than the Comoros (2 against 1)

Comoros: 1 (2026) · Mauritius: 2 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Mauritius has won 1 Olympic medal, the Comoros none

Comoros: 0 (2026 edition) · Mauritius: 1 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

73% of people in Mauritius are online, versus 33% in the Comoros

Comoros: 33% (2024) · Mauritius: 73% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Comoros: no data · Mauritius: 90 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Mauritius have electricity, versus 92% in the Comoros

Comoros: 91.7% (2024) · Mauritius: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

39% of people in Mauritius live in cities, versus 34% in the Comoros

Comoros: 34% (2025) · Mauritius: 39% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Mauritius has 173 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, the Comoros 110

Comoros: 110 (2023) · Mauritius: 173 (2024)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Comoros: no data · Mauritius: 1.21 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 19% of Mauritius, but only 18% of the Comoros

Comoros: 17.8% (2024) · Mauritius: 19.1% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Mauritius emits 5.8 times as much CO₂ as someone in the Comoros

Comoros: 0.6 t (2024) · Mauritius: 3.7 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

18% of Mauritius’ electricity is renewable, versus 0% in the Comoros

Comoros: 0% (2023) · Mauritius: 17.9% (2024)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Mauritius carries 24% more fine dust than in the Comoros

Comoros: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Mauritius: 13 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

Comoros: no data · Mauritius: 2.3 per 100k (2022)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in the Comoros are 2.1 times as deadly as in Mauritius

Comoros: 41.1 per 100k (2023) · Mauritius: 19.8 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

The Comoros is on average 1.5 °C warmer than Mauritius

Comoros: 25.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Mauritius: 23.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

The Comoros gets 21% more rain than Mauritius

Comoros: 1,369 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Mauritius: 1,136 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is the Comoros bigger than Mauritius?

Mauritius is larger. Mauritius is 8% bigger than the Comoros.

Which has more people, the Comoros or Mauritius?

Mauritius has 41% more people than the Comoros (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, the Comoros or Mauritius?

People in Mauritius live 6.8 years longer than in the Comoros. Life expectancy at birth is 67.0 years in the Comoros and 73.8 in Mauritius.

Are people taller in the Comoros or Mauritius?

Men in Mauritius are 5.3 cm taller than in the Comoros (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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