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Comoros
Community
Area 2,235 square kilometres (land area 2,235 square kilometres)
Population,
63,000 (1900)
82,000 (1910)
128,608 (1936)
148,000 (1950)
191,000 (1960) +29.1%
230,000 (1970) +20.4%
307,800 (1980) +33.8%
411,600 (1990) +33.7%
542,300 (2000) +31.8%
689,600 (2010) +27.2%
870,000 (2020) +26.2%
Religion,
|
|
Christian |
Muslim, Sunni |
|
1900 |
0.1 |
99.9 |
|
1970 |
0.6 |
99.2 |
|
1990 |
|
99.0 |
|
2000 |
|
98.0 |
|
2010 |
2.0 |
98.0 |
Birth and death rates Below replacement rate = 2.1
|
|
Fertility Rate |
Birth Rate |
Infant Mortality |
Death Rate |
% Aged Under 15 |
% Aged Over 65 |
% Urban |
|
1952 |
|
47.0 (+23.0) |
180.0 |
24.0 |
43.5 |
3.4 |
3.8 |
|
1962 |
6.9 |
52.0 (+29.4) |
|
22.6 |
42.4 |
3.2 |
14.2 |
|
1972 |
7.0 |
49.0 (+30.5) |
145.0 |
18.5 |
44.6 |
3.1 |
20.1 |
|
1980 |
7.1 |
49.0 (+33.3) |
119.0 |
15.7 |
44.8 |
3.2 |
23.2 |
|
1990 |
5.6 |
37.0 (+25.5) |
88.0 |
11.5 |
45.9 |
3.1 |
27.9 |
|
2000 |
5.3 |
40.0 (+30.5) |
73.2 |
9.5 |
44.0 |
3.0 |
28.1 |
|
2010 |
4.9 |
43.0 (+34.8) |
63.8 |
8.2 |
41.0 |
3.0 |
27.9 |
|
2015 |
4.4 |
33.3 (+25.8) |
56.5 |
7.5 |
40.1 |
2.9 |
28.3 |
|
2017 |
4.3 |
32.4 (+25.1) |
52.8 |
7.3 |
|
|
|
|
2018 |
|
|
51.3 |
|
39.5 |
3.0 |
29.0 |
Life expectancy,
40.5 (1952); 40.0 (M), 41.0 (F)
41.4 (1960); 40.0 (M), 43.0 (F)
45.6 (1970); 44.1 (M), 47.3 (F)
50.6 (1980); 49.0 (M), 52.3 (F)
55.1 (1990); 54.0 (M), 58.3 (F)
57.9 (2000); 58.8 (M), 61.0 (F)
60.3 (2010); 59.0 (M), 63.5 (F)
64.4 (2020); 62.7 (M), 66.2 (F)
Population of islands and cities, 1,000s
|
|
Mwali (Moheli) 290 km2 |
Njazidja (Grande Comore) 1,148 km2 |
Nzwani (Anjouan) 424 km2 |
MORONI City |
Mutsamudu City |
|
1910 |
9 |
50 |
12 |
|
|
|
1966 |
10 |
126 |
80 |
12 |
|
|
1980 |
17 |
192 |
138 |
20 |
11 |
|
1991 |
24 |
234 |
189 |
|
20 |
|
1995 |
28 |
251 |
212 |
|
|
|
2003 |
36 |
296 |
244 |
39 |
22 |
|
2006 |
38 |
|
278 |
|
|
|
2009 |
|
|
|
46 |
|
|
2011 |
|
|
|
54 |
26 |
|
2015 |
|
400 |
|
|
|
Wealth; Gross Domestic Product (nominal values)
|
|
GDP, US$ million |
Total GDP, % of USA |
GDP per capita, US$ |
GDP per capita % of USA |
|
1958 |
13 |
0.00 |
|
|
|
1970 |
20 |
0.00 |
74 |
1.45 |
|
1975 |
60 |
0.00 |
195 |
2.58 |
|
1980 |
140 |
0.01 |
384 |
3.05 |
|
1985 |
120 |
0.00 |
291 |
1.59 |
|
1990 |
250 |
0.00 |
542 |
2.26 |
|
1995 |
210 |
0.00 |
467 |
1.55 |
|
2000 |
160 |
0.00 |
359 |
0.98 |
|
2005 |
400 |
0.00 |
620 |
1.40 |
|
2010 |
530 |
0.00 |
770 |
1.59 |
|
2015 |
565 |
0.00 |
728 |
1.30 |
|
2016 |
613 |
0.00 |
775 |
1.35 |
GDP by primary sector
|
|
Agriculture % GDP |
Agriculture % employed |
Industry % GDP |
Industry % employed |
Services % GDP |
Services % employed |
|
1970 |
|
87.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
44.0 |
63.0 |
4.9 |
|
|
|
|
1991 |
|
|
|
6.0 |
|
11.0 |
|
2002 |
40.9 |
80.0 |
11.0 |
|
47.2 |
|
|
2010 |
41.8 |
80.0 |
8.6 |
|
49.6 |
|
|
2014 |
|
80.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
2016 |
49.7 |
|
11.9 |
|
38.4 |
|
Communications
Language� Official Arabic and French
Literacy
59.0% (1980); 66.1% (M), 51.7% (F)
75.1% (2010); 80.3% (M), 69.8% (F)
77.8% (2015); 81.8% (M), 73.7% (F)
Physical communications � roads,
|
|
Roads (km) |
Surfaced (km) |
Motor vehicles |
Cars |
Commercial Vehicles |
|
1973 |
750 |
262 |
3,600 |
|
|
|
1983 |
|
295 |
|
|
2,000 |
|
1988 |
|
398 |
|
|
|
|
1992 |
|
|
|
2,100 |
|
|
1996 |
|
|
|
9,100 |
|
|
2002 |
880 |
673 |
|
|
|
Railways, none
Electronic communications, TV broadcasts began 1984
|
|
Telephones (landlines) |
Mobile Telephones |
Radios |
Televisions |
PCs |
Internet Users |
|
1950 |
|
|
100 |
|
|
|
|
1960 |
|
|
500 |
|
|
|
|
1975 |
450 |
|
36,000 |
|
|
|
|
1980 |
900 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1990 |
3,265 |
|
69,000 |
250 |
37 |
|
|
1995 |
|
|
84,000 |
1,000 |
162 |
|
|
1997 |
|
|
90,000 |
|
|
|
|
2000 |
6,773 |
|
|
|
3,000 |
1,500 |
|
2002 |
|
|
|
|
|
3,200 |
|
2003 |
13,200 |
2,000 |
|
13,000 |
4,500 |
|
|
2005 |
|
16,100 |
|
|
5,000 |
20,000 |
|
2009 |
25,400 |
|
|
|
|
24,300 |
|
2010 |
25,000 |
165,300 |
|
|
|
30,000 |
|
2016 |
13,049 |
454,200 |
|
|
|
63,000 |
|
2017 |
|
|
|
|
|
65,600 |
Tourism: Visitors to Comoros,
9,000 (1982)
5,000 (1988)
8,000 (1990)
23,000 (1995)
24,000 (2000)
25,900 (2005)
15,300 (2010)
23,600 (2015)