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Comoros Union of the Comoros
Capital Moroni
Languages Arabic, French, Comorian
Currency Comorian franc
People 882,847 (2025)
Neighbours none by land Greetings from
Comoros
8th highest road deaths 29 per 100k · #8 of 193 · 2021 13th lowest alcohol consumption 0.1 litres · #13 of 195 · 2023 16th lowest economy size (GDP) $1.81 billion · #16 of 207 · 2025 COM COUNTRYDUEL AFRICA
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Picked for surprise among the Comoros’s neighbours, its region and the world median.
The Comoros among 213 countries & territories Each dot shows where the Comoros sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the
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Total area 1,861 km² 173rd of 205 2023 Coastline 340 km 121st of 213 2026 edition Highest point 2,360 m 105th of 213 2026 edition Forest cover 17% 134th of 207 2023 Population 882,847 162nd of 210 2025 Population density 474 per km² 23rd of 209 2025 Height of men 167.7 cm 167th of 196 2019 Height of women 156.5 cm 166th of 196 2019 Median age 20.3 years 170th of 213 2023 Fertility rate 3.82 children per woman 30th of 210 2024 Aged 65 and over 4.5% 150th of 210 2025 Economy size (GDP) $1.81 billion 192nd of 207 2025 GDP per person (PPP) Int$4,238 172nd of 198 2025 Income inequality (Gini) 30.3 121st of 155 2024 Unemployment 3.8% 121st of 186 2025 Health spending per person $102 144th of 193 2023 Life expectancy 67 years 172nd of 210 2024 Infant mortality 35 per 1,000 32nd of 194 2024 Doctors 0.4 per 1,000 142nd of 190 2022 Adult obesity 16.1% 139th of 195 2024 Smoking 8.9% 140th of 166 2024 Life satisfaction 3.93 145th of 163 2025 Alcohol consumption 0.1 litres 183rd of 195 2023 Meat supply 26.6 kg 137th of 189 2023 Daily calories 2,390 kcal 166th of 189 2023 Years of schooling 6 years 155th of 193 2023 Internet users 33% 180th of 208 2024 Access to electricity 91.7% 153rd of 209 2024 Urban population 34% 180th of 210 2025 Mobile subscriptions 110 118th of 208 2023 CO₂ per person 0.6 t 159th of 203 2024 Renewable electricity 0% 196th of 201 2023 Air pollution (PM2.5) 10.5 µg/m³ 159th of 213 2024 Road deaths 29 per 100k 8th of 193 2021 Average temperature 25.3°C 61st of 187 2016–2025 avg Rainfall 1,369 mm 62nd of 187 2016–2025 avg Tourists per resident 0.06 138th of 179 2019 Official languages 3 8th of 213 2026 Price level (US = 100) 49% 85th of 198 2025
World twins The countries most like the Comoros across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.
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The Comoros has no land borders: these are the 5 nearest countries by distance between capitals.
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