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🇰🇲 Comoros

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3COM
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2KM
UN M49 numeric174
IOC codeCOM
Official nameUnion of the Comoros
Native name(s)ara: official: الاتحاد القمري; common: جزر القمر; fra: official: Union des Comores; common: Comores; zdj: official: Udzima wa Komori; common: Komori
Alt spellingsKM, Union of the Comoros, Union des Comores, Udzima wa Komori, al-Ittiḥād al-Qumurī
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAfrica
SubregionEastern Africa
UN regional groupAfrican Group
CapitalMoroni
Area (km²)1,862
Lat / Lng-12.1667, 44.2500
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)
Top-level domain.km
Calling coderoot: +2; suffixes: 69

Demographics

Population (World Bank)882,847 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)67.023 (2024)
Languagesara: Arabic; fra: French; zdj: Comorian
Demonymseng: f: Comoran; m: Comoran; fra: f: Comorienne; m: Comorien
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)1,814,920,856.27 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)2,055.759 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)3.819 (2025)
CurrenciesKMF: name: Comorian franc; symbol: Fr

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
1950161,938
1951165,533
1952168,976
1953172,600
1954176,138
1955179,587
1956182,958
1957186,566
1958190,563
1959194,286
1960197,700
1961201,201
1962204,702
1963208,185
1964211,644
1965214,967
1966218,663
1967223,859
1968230,244
1969237,001
1970244,185
1971251,865
1972260,077
1973268,820
1974278,075
1975287,692
1976297,538
1977307,579
1978317,688
1979327,791
1980337,721
1981347,382
1982357,139
1983367,233
1984377,637
1985388,352
1986399,318
1987410,439
1988421,687
1989433,103
1990444,596
1991455,556
1992465,113
1993473,682
1994482,142
1995490,586
1996499,107
1997507,777
1998516,597
1999525,886
2000536,080
2001547,220
2002558,923
2003569,798
2004580,704
2005592,677
2006604,753
2007616,927
2008629,307
2009641,947
2010654,836
2011668,056
2012681,630
2013696,192
2014711,503
2015726,682
2016741,741
2017756,669
2018771,590
2019786,578
2020802,163
2021818,174
2022834,188
2023850,387

Full raw record (JSON)

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        "common": "جزر القمر"
      },
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      },
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      },
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      },
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        "common": "Comore-szigetek"
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        "common": "Comore"
      },
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        "common": "コモロ"
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      "per": {
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        "common": "اتحاد قُمُر"
      },
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