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Comoros
Union of the Comoros
Quick facts
- Capital
- Moroni
- Population
- 851,000
- Area
- 1,862 km²
- Region
- Eastern Africa
- Languages
- Arabic, French, Comorian
- Currency
- Comorian franc (Fr)
- Demonym
- Comoran
- UN member
- Yes
How Comoros compares
Economy size$1.4 B
176th of 178 worldwide · 17th of 17 in Eastern Africa
Income per person$1,663
143rd of 178 worldwide · 6th of 17 in Eastern Africa
Life expectancy67.0 yrs
143rd of 179 worldwide · 9th of 17 in Eastern Africa
Internet access32.5%
151st of 179 worldwide · 6th of 17 in Eastern Africa
Highlights
GDP
$1.4 B
World Bank2024
Gross Domestic Product — the total market value of all goods and services produced in a year, at current prices.
GDP per capita
$1,663
World Bank2024
GDP divided by population — a rough measure of average economic output per person.
Life expectancy
67.0 yrs
World Bank2024
Years a newborn would live if current mortality patterns held throughout its life.
Internet users
32.5%
ITU / World Bank2024
Share of the population that used the internet in the last three months.
Resource rents
1.6%
World Bank2021
Total natural-resource rents (oil, gas, mineral, forest) as a share of GDP.
The history journey
An Indian Ocean archipelago of Swahili-Muslim sultanates, drawn into the spice and slave trades, colonised by France, and independent since 1975 amid coups, secessions and an unresolved dispute over Mayotte.
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