Comoros Demographics: Median age, Gender, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Comoros vs World

Table

Year	Median age
	Comoros	World
1960	19.7	22.5
1961	19.6	22.5
1962	19.5	22.4
1963	19.3	22.2
1964	19.2	22
1965	19	21.8
1966	18.7	21.7
1967	18.4	21.6
1968	18	21.5
1969	17.6	21.5
1970	17.4	21.4
1971	17.2	21.4
1972	17.1	21.5
1973	17	21.5
1974	16.9	21.6
1975	16.8	21.7
1976	16.8	21.9
1977	16.7	22
1978	16.6	22.2
1979	16.6	22.3
1980	16.5	22.5
1981	16.5	22.6
1982	16.5	22.7
1983	16.5	22.9
1984	16.5	23
1985	16.5	23.2
1986	16.4	23.3
1987	16.4	23.4
1988	16.4	23.6
1989	16.4	23.8
1990	16.5	23.9
1991	16.5	24.1
1992	16.4	24.3
1993	16.3	24.5
1994	16.1	24.7
1995	16	25
1996	16	25.2
1997	16	25.4
1998	16.1	25.7
1999	16.2	25.9
2000	16.3	26.1
2001	16.4	26.3
2002	16.5	26.5
2003	16.6	26.7
2004	16.8	27
2005	17.1	27.2
2006	17.4	27.4
2007	17.7	27.6
2008	18	27.8
2009	18.3	28
2010	18.6	28.2
2011	18.9	28.4
2012	19.1	28.6
2013	19.4	28.9
2014	19.6	29.1
2015	19.8	29.3
2016	19.9	29.5
2017	20	29.8
2018	20.3	30
2019	20.5	30.3
2020	20.8	30.6
2021	21	30.8
2022	21.2	31
2023	21.4	31.3
2024	21.5	31.6
2025	21.6	31.9
2026	21.7	32.1
2027	21.9	32.3
2028	22	32.6
2029	22.1	32.8
2030	22.3	33
2031	22.5	33.2
2032	22.6	33.4
2033	22.8	33.6
2034	23	33.8
2035	23.2	34
2036	23.4	34.2
2037	23.6	34.4
2038	23.8	34.6
2039	24	34.8
2040	24.3	35
2041	24.5	35.2
2042	24.7	35.4
2043	24.9	35.6
2044	25.1	35.8
2045	25.3	36
2046	25.6	36.2
2047	25.8	36.4
2048	26	36.6
2049	26.2	36.8
2050	26.4	37.1

In 1960, the median age in Comoros was 19.7 years compared to the world's average of 22.5 years. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 21.5 years compared to the world's average of 31.6 years. Ranked 95th for median age 64 years ago (old to young), Comoros ranks 152nd currently.

According to the United Nations projections, the median age in Comoros is expected to increase to around 26.4 years by 2050. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Comoros demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Comoros
	Male	Female
0-4	6.72%	6.54%
5-9	6.29%	6.13%
10-14	5.81%	5.63%
15-19	5.16%	4.92%
20-24	4.63%	4.46%
25-29	3.68%	3.8%
30-34	3.19%	3.4%
35-39	3.11%	3.13%
40-44	2.82%	2.72%
45-49	2.35%	2.25%
50-54	1.9%	1.74%
55-59	1.49%	1.42%
60-64	1.1%	1.13%
65-69	0.8%	0.9%
70-74	0.58%	0.68%
75-79	0.39%	0.48%
80+	0.28%	0.37%

The chart above is a variation of the population pyramid and represents the age and gender structure. Comoros has average demographic potential with 70.4% of people in the 0-34 age group (ranked 48/196).

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Comoros			World
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	82.4%	75.9%	6.5%	73.5%	64.9%	8.62%
1961	83.9%	77.3%	6.62%	73.8%	65.1%	8.67%
1962	85.7%	79%	6.76%	74.1%	65.4%	8.73%
1963	87.9%	80.9%	6.92%	74.9%	66.1%	8.79%
1964	90.2%	83.1%	7.11%	75.5%	66.6%	8.85%
1965	92.1%	84.8%	7.31%	75.8%	66.8%	8.93%
1966	93.6%	86.1%	7.46%	75.9%	66.9%	9%
1967	95.2%	87.6%	7.57%	75.9%	66.8%	9.07%
1968	96.7%	89%	7.66%	75.8%	66.6%	9.14%
1969	97.9%	90.2%	7.77%	75.7%	66.5%	9.2%
1970	98.9%	91%	7.9%	75.5%	66.2%	9.26%
1971	99.8%	91.7%	8.06%	75.2%	65.9%	9.33%
1972	100.6%	92.4%	8.25%	74.9%	65.6%	9.39%
1973	101.5%	93.1%	8.47%	74.6%	65.1%	9.46%
1974	102.5%	93.8%	8.7%	74.4%	64.9%	9.54%
1975	103.4%	94.5%	8.91%	74.2%	64.6%	9.64%
1976	104.2%	95.1%	9.08%	74%	64.3%	9.72%
1977	104.8%	95.7%	9.18%	73.5%	63.7%	9.79%
1978	105.2%	96%	9.2%	72.4%	62.5%	9.84%
1979	105.4%	96.3%	9.13%	71.3%	61.4%	9.88%
1980	105.2%	96.3%	8.95%	70.4%	60.5%	9.89%
1981	104.9%	96.1%	8.8%	69.5%	59.6%	9.85%
1982	104.7%	96%	8.74%	68.7%	58.9%	9.79%
1983	104.5%	95.8%	8.67%	67.9%	58.1%	9.72%
1984	104.3%	95.7%	8.59%	67%	57.3%	9.68%
1985	104.2%	95.7%	8.52%	66.3%	56.6%	9.68%
1986	104.2%	95.7%	8.45%	65.7%	55.9%	9.71%
1987	104.2%	95.8%	8.4%	65.2%	55.4%	9.75%
1988	104.2%	95.8%	8.36%	64.8%	54.9%	9.81%
1989	104.2%	95.9%	8.32%	64.4%	54.5%	9.89%
1990	104.2%	95.9%	8.29%	64.2%	54.3%	9.97%
1991	104.2%	95.8%	8.34%	64%	53.9%	10.1%
1992	105%	96.6%	8.45%	63.7%	53.6%	10.2%
1993	106.6%	98%	8.55%	63.5%	53.2%	10.3%
1994	107.8%	99.1%	8.63%	63.1%	52.7%	10.4%
1995	108.5%	99.8%	8.7%	62.7%	52.2%	10.5%
1996	108.9%	100.1%	8.75%	62.1%	51.5%	10.6%
1997	108.8%	100%	8.79%	61.5%	50.8%	10.7%
1998	108.1%	99.3%	8.79%	60.7%	50%	10.7%
1999	106.7%	97.9%	8.72%	60%	49.2%	10.8%
2000	104.9%	96.3%	8.57%	59.3%	48.4%	10.9%
2001	103.5%	95.1%	8.37%	58.5%	47.6%	11%
2002	102.4%	94.2%	8.16%	57.8%	46.7%	11.1%
2003	101.1%	93.1%	8.03%	57%	45.9%	11.1%
2004	99%	91.1%	7.99%	56.3%	45.1%	11.2%
2005	96.5%	88.5%	8%	55.6%	44.3%	11.3%
2006	94%	86%	8.03%	55%	43.6%	11.4%
2007	91.6%	83.6%	8.04%	54.5%	43.1%	11.4%
2008	89.2%	81.2%	8%	54.1%	42.6%	11.5%
2009	86.8%	78.9%	7.9%	53.8%	42.2%	11.6%
2010	84.6%	76.8%	7.76%	53.5%	41.9%	11.6%
2011	82.5%	74.9%	7.62%	53.4%	41.6%	11.8%
2012	80.7%	73.2%	7.51%	53.3%	41.4%	11.9%
2013	79.6%	72.1%	7.48%	53.4%	41.2%	12.1%
2014	79.1%	71.6%	7.55%	53.5%	41.1%	12.4%
2015	78.8%	71.1%	7.66%	53.6%	40.9%	12.7%
2016	78.4%	70.6%	7.79%	53.7%	40.7%	13%
2017	77.6%	69.8%	7.84%	53.9%	40.6%	13.3%
2018	76.5%	68.6%	7.82%	54.1%	40.4%	13.7%
2019	75.5%	67.7%	7.82%	54.2%	40.1%	14%
2020	74.6%	66.8%	7.8%	54.2%	39.8%	14.4%
2021	73.8%	66%	7.74%	54.2%	39.5%	14.7%
2022	72.9%	65.2%	7.7%	54%	39%	15%
2023	72%	64.3%	7.7%	53.9%	38.5%	15.4%
2024	71.2%	63.6%	7.66%	53.7%	38%	15.7%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64. Age dependency in Comoros decreased from 99% to 71.2% between 2004 and 2024 with a decreased share of children and an increased proportion of people aged 65+

Comoros working age demographic chart

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Comoros	World
1960	54.8%	57.6%
1961	54.4%	57.5%
1962	53.8%	57.4%
1963	53.2%	57.2%
1964	52.6%	57%
1965	52.1%	56.9%
1966	51.7%	56.8%
1967	51.2%	56.9%
1968	50.8%	56.9%
1969	50.5%	56.9%
1970	50.3%	57%
1971	50.1%	57.1%
1972	49.8%	57.2%
1973	49.6%	57.3%
1974	49.4%	57.3%
1975	49.2%	57.4%
1976	49%	57.5%
1977	48.8%	57.7%
1978	48.7%	58%
1979	48.7%	58.4%
1980	48.7%	58.7%
1981	48.8%	59%
1982	48.8%	59.3%
1983	48.9%	59.6%
1984	48.9%	59.9%
1985	49%	60.1%
1986	49%	60.4%
1987	49%	60.5%
1988	49%	60.7%
1989	49%	60.8%
1990	49%	60.9%
1991	49%	61%
1992	48.8%	61.1%
1993	48.4%	61.2%
1994	48.1%	61.3%
1995	48%	61.5%
1996	47.9%	61.7%
1997	47.9%	61.9%
1998	48%	62.2%
1999	48.4%	62.5%
2000	48.8%	62.8%
2001	49.1%	63.1%
2002	49.4%	63.4%
2003	49.7%	63.7%
2004	50.2%	64%
2005	50.9%	64.3%
2006	51.5%	64.5%
2007	52.2%	64.7%
2008	52.8%	64.9%
2009	53.5%	65%
2010	54.2%	65.1%
2011	54.8%	65.2%
2012	55.3%	65.2%
2013	55.7%	65.2%
2014	55.8%	65.2%
2015	55.9%	65.1%
2016	56%	65.1%
2017	56.3%	65%
2018	56.7%	64.9%
2019	57%	64.9%
2020	57.3%	64.8%
2021	57.5%	64.9%
2022	57.8%	64.9%
2023	58.1%	65%
2024	58.4%	65.1%
2025	58.7%	65.2%
2026	59%	65.3%
2027	59.3%	65.4%
2028	59.6%	65.4%
2029	59.9%	65.4%
2030	60.2%	65.4%
2031	60.5%	65.4%
2032	60.7%	65.4%
2033	61%	65.4%
2034	61.3%	65.3%
2035	61.6%	65.2%
2036	61.8%	65%
2037	62%	64.9%
2038	62.2%	64.7%
2039	62.4%	64.6%
2040	62.6%	64.5%
2041	62.8%	64.4%
2042	62.9%	64.3%
2043	63%	64.2%
2044	63.1%	64.1%
2045	63.2%	63.9%
2046	63.2%	63.8%
2047	63.3%	63.7%
2048	63.4%	63.6%
2049	63.5%	63.4%
2050	63.6%	63.3%

The share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 in Comoros changed from 50.2% to 58.4% between 2004 and 2024.

Share of young population (0-14 years)

Table

Year	Share of population 0-14 years old
	Comoros	World
1960	41.6%	37.4%
1961	42%	37.5%
1962	42.5%	37.6%
1963	43.1%	37.8%
1964	43.7%	38%
1965	44.1%	38%
1966	44.5%	38%
1967	44.9%	38%
1968	45.3%	37.9%
1969	45.6%	37.8%
1970	45.8%	37.7%
1971	45.9%	37.6%
1972	46%	37.5%
1973	46.2%	37.3%
1974	46.3%	37.2%
1975	46.4%	37.1%
1976	46.6%	36.9%
1977	46.7%	36.7%
1978	46.8%	36.3%
1979	46.9%	35.9%
1980	46.9%	35.5%
1981	46.9%	35.2%
1982	46.9%	34.9%
1983	46.9%	34.6%
1984	46.8%	34.3%
1985	46.9%	34%
1986	46.9%	33.8%
1987	46.9%	33.6%
1988	46.9%	33.4%
1989	47%	33.2%
1990	47%	33%
1991	46.9%	32.9%
1992	47.1%	32.7%
1993	47.5%	32.5%
1994	47.7%	32.3%
1995	47.9%	32.1%
1996	47.9%	31.8%
1997	47.9%	31.5%
1998	47.7%	31.1%
1999	47.4%	30.8%
2000	47%	30.4%
2001	46.7%	30%
2002	46.6%	29.6%
2003	46.3%	29.2%
2004	45.7%	28.8%
2005	45%	28.5%
2006	44.3%	28.1%
2007	43.6%	27.9%
2008	42.9%	27.6%
2009	42.2%	27.5%
2010	41.6%	27.3%
2011	41%	27.1%
2012	40.5%	27%
2013	40.2%	26.9%
2014	40%	26.8%
2015	39.8%	26.6%
2016	39.6%	26.5%
2017	39.3%	26.4%
2018	38.9%	26.2%
2019	38.6%	26%
2020	38.3%	25.8%
2021	38%	25.6%
2022	37.7%	25.3%
2023	37.4%	25%
2024	37.1%	24.7%
2025	36.9%	24.4%
2026	36.6%	24.1%
2027	36.3%	23.8%
2028	36%	23.4%
2029	35.7%	23.1%
2030	35.3%	22.8%
2031	35%	22.6%
2032	34.7%	22.3%
2033	34.4%	22.1%
2034	34%	21.9%
2035	33.7%	21.7%
2036	33.4%	21.6%
2037	33.1%	21.5%
2038	32.8%	21.4%
2039	32.5%	21.3%
2040	32.2%	21.2%
2041	32%	21.1%
2042	31.7%	21%
2043	31.5%	21%
2044	31.2%	20.9%
2045	31%	20.8%
2046	30.8%	20.7%
2047	30.6%	20.7%
2048	30.3%	20.6%
2049	30.1%	20.5%
2050	29.9%	20.4%

The share of children aged 0-14 in Comoros decreased from 45.7% to 37.1% between 2004 and 2024 due to changes in birth rates.

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Comoros	World
1960	3.56%	4.97%
1961	3.6%	4.99%
1962	3.64%	5.01%
1963	3.68%	5.02%
1964	3.74%	5.04%
1965	3.8%	5.08%
1966	3.86%	5.12%
1967	3.88%	5.16%
1968	3.89%	5.2%
1969	3.92%	5.24%
1970	3.97%	5.28%
1971	4.04%	5.32%
1972	4.11%	5.37%
1973	4.2%	5.42%
1974	4.29%	5.47%
1975	4.38%	5.53%
1976	4.45%	5.59%
1977	4.48%	5.65%
1978	4.48%	5.71%
1979	4.44%	5.77%
1980	4.36%	5.81%
1981	4.3%	5.81%
1982	4.27%	5.8%
1983	4.24%	5.79%
1984	4.2%	5.8%
1985	4.17%	5.82%
1986	4.14%	5.86%
1987	4.11%	5.91%
1988	4.09%	5.95%
1989	4.07%	6.01%
1990	4.06%	6.07%
1991	4.09%	6.14%
1992	4.12%	6.21%
1993	4.14%	6.29%
1994	4.15%	6.37%
1995	4.17%	6.45%
1996	4.19%	6.53%
1997	4.21%	6.61%
1998	4.22%	6.68%
1999	4.22%	6.76%
2000	4.18%	6.84%
2001	4.12%	6.92%
2002	4.03%	7.01%
2003	3.99%	7.1%
2004	4.02%	7.18%
2005	4.07%	7.26%
2006	4.14%	7.34%
2007	4.2%	7.41%
2008	4.23%	7.47%
2009	4.23%	7.52%
2010	4.21%	7.58%
2011	4.18%	7.66%
2012	4.16%	7.78%
2013	4.16%	7.92%
2014	4.21%	8.08%
2015	4.29%	8.26%
2016	4.36%	8.45%
2017	4.41%	8.65%
2018	4.43%	8.88%
2019	4.46%	9.1%
2020	4.47%	9.33%
2021	4.46%	9.53%
2022	4.46%	9.74%
2023	4.47%	9.98%
2024	4.47%	10.2%
2025	4.45%	10.4%
2026	4.44%	10.6%
2027	4.44%	10.8%
2028	4.45%	11.1%
2029	4.46%	11.5%
2030	4.49%	11.7%
2031	4.52%	12%
2032	4.57%	12.3%
2033	4.62%	12.6%
2034	4.68%	12.8%
2035	4.75%	13.1%
2036	4.82%	13.4%
2037	4.9%	13.7%
2038	4.98%	13.9%
2039	5.07%	14.1%
2040	5.17%	14.3%
2041	5.28%	14.5%
2042	5.4%	14.7%
2043	5.54%	14.9%
2044	5.68%	15%
2045	5.83%	15.2%
2046	5.99%	15.4%
2047	6.13%	15.7%
2048	6.27%	15.9%
2049	6.41%	16.1%
2050	6.55%	16.3%

The share of older people aged 65 and over in Comoros increased from 4.02% to 4.47% between 2004 and 2024 due to changes in life expectancy.