The latest officially reported population of Comoros was 866,628 in 2024 vs 3,535,603 people in Eritrea in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Comoros' population is 899,184 people compared to 3,683,508 in Eritrea.
Population statistics:
- Eritrea's population is 4.1 times bigger than Comoros'.
- Comoros is ranked the 160th most populous country in the world, while Eritrea is the 131st.
- The countries together account for 0.06% of the world: 0.01% for Comoros vs 0.04% for Eritrea.
- For the last 10 years, Comoros has had an average growth rate of +2.01% per year vs +1.28% in Eritrea.
- Since 2006, the population of Comoros has increased from 605K people to 899K (48.7% growth), while Eritrea has grown from 2.7M to 3.68M (36.2% growth).
- Comoros is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 1.91M people compared to the peak of 8.44M people in 2100 for Eritrea.
Comoros vs Eritrea: live population counter
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| Current population |
899184
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3683508
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| Population rank | 160/197 | 131/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.01% | 0.04% |
| One net population change |
32.4 minutes
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8.06 minutes
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| One birth every |
21.6 minutes
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5.31 minutes
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| One death every |
1.43 hours
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25 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
4.27 hours
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41.4 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -2,051 | -12,696 |
| Daily growth/decline | +44 | +179 |
| Annual growth/decline | +16,241 | +65,213 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.91% | +1.88% |
| Population growth rate rank | 56/197 | 58/197 |
Comoros and Eritrea: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 197,700 | 972,547 | - | - |
| 1961 | 201,201 | 995,573 | 1.77% | 2.37% |
| 1962 | 204,702 | 1,019,788 | 1.74% | 2.43% |
| 1963 | 208,185 | 1,045,092 | 1.7% | 2.48% |
| 1964 | 211,644 | 1,071,287 | 1.66% | 2.51% |
| 1965 | 214,967 | 1,098,335 | 1.57% | 2.52% |
| 1966 | 218,663 | 1,124,957 | 1.72% | 2.42% |
| 1967 | 223,859 | 1,152,339 | 2.38% | 2.43% |
| 1968 | 230,244 | 1,181,737 | 2.85% | 2.55% |
| 1969 | 237,001 | 1,212,005 | 2.93% | 2.56% |
| 1970 | 244,185 | 1,243,453 | 3.03% | 2.59% |
| 1971 | 251,865 | 1,276,154 | 3.15% | 2.63% |
| 1972 | 260,077 | 1,309,235 | 3.26% | 2.59% |
| 1973 | 268,820 | 1,342,669 | 3.36% | 2.55% |
| 1974 | 278,075 | 1,375,688 | 3.44% | 2.46% |
| 1975 | 287,692 | 1,408,210 | 3.46% | 2.36% |
| 1976 | 297,538 | 1,443,807 | 3.42% | 2.53% |
| 1977 | 307,579 | 1,482,565 | 3.37% | 2.68% |
| 1978 | 317,688 | 1,522,378 | 3.29% | 2.69% |
| 1979 | 327,791 | 1,563,332 | 3.18% | 2.69% |
| 1980 | 337,721 | 1,605,797 | 3.03% | 2.72% |
| 1981 | 347,382 | 1,649,939 | 2.86% | 2.75% |
| 1982 | 357,139 | 1,695,461 | 2.81% | 2.76% |
| 1983 | 367,233 | 1,736,160 | 2.83% | 2.4% |
| 1984 | 377,637 | 1,771,730 | 2.83% | 2.05% |
| 1985 | 388,352 | 1,807,816 | 2.84% | 2.04% |
| 1986 | 399,318 | 1,845,164 | 2.82% | 2.07% |
| 1987 | 410,439 | 1,888,669 | 2.78% | 2.36% |
| 1988 | 421,687 | 1,938,255 | 2.74% | 2.63% |
| 1989 | 433,103 | 1,987,017 | 2.71% | 2.52% |
| 1990 | 444,596 | 2,032,737 | 2.65% | 2.3% |
| 1991 | 455,556 | 1,919,571 | 2.47% | -5.57% |
| 1992 | 465,113 | 1,798,748 | 2.1% | -6.29% |
| 1993 | 473,682 | 1,856,006 | 1.84% | 3.18% |
| 1994 | 482,142 | 1,913,915 | 1.79% | 3.12% |
| 1995 | 490,586 | 2,025,267 | 1.75% | 5.82% |
| 1996 | 499,107 | 2,128,464 | 1.74% | 5.1% |
| 1997 | 507,777 | 2,152,135 | 1.74% | 1.11% |
| 1998 | 516,597 | 2,180,419 | 1.74% | 1.31% |
| 1999 | 525,886 | 2,212,780 | 1.8% | 1.48% |
| 2000 | 536,080 | 2,247,031 | 1.94% | 1.55% |
| 2001 | 547,220 | 2,312,079 | 2.08% | 2.89% |
| 2002 | 558,923 | 2,392,978 | 2.14% | 3.5% |
| 2003 | 569,798 | 2,493,903 | 1.95% | 4.22% |
| 2004 | 580,704 | 2,598,284 | 1.91% | 4.19% |
| 2005 | 592,677 | 2,661,215 | 2.06% | 2.42% |
| 2006 | 604,753 | 2,703,502 | 2.04% | 1.59% |
| 2007 | 616,927 | 2,743,222 | 2.01% | 1.47% |
| 2008 | 629,307 | 2,816,327 | 2.01% | 2.66% |
| 2009 | 641,947 | 2,887,885 | 2.01% | 2.54% |
| 2010 | 654,836 | 2,945,186 | 2.01% | 1.98% |
| 2011 | 668,056 | 2,998,485 | 2.02% | 1.81% |
| 2012 | 681,630 | 3,036,988 | 2.03% | 1.28% |
| 2013 | 696,192 | 3,074,360 | 2.14% | 1.23% |
| 2014 | 711,503 | 3,095,173 | 2.2% | 0.68% |
| 2015 | 726,682 | 3,105,546 | 2.13% | 0.34% |
| 2016 | 741,741 | 3,124,698 | 2.07% | 0.62% |
| 2017 | 756,669 | 3,150,347 | 2.01% | 0.82% |
| 2018 | 771,590 | 3,192,760 | 1.97% | 1.35% |
| 2019 | 786,578 | 3,240,194 | 1.94% | 1.49% |
| 2020 | 802,163 | 3,291,271 | 1.98% | 1.58% |
| 2021 | 818,174 | 3,350,183 | 2% | 1.79% |
| 2022 | 834,188 | 3,409,447 | 1.96% | 1.77% |
| 2023 | 850,387 | 3,470,390 | 1.94% | 1.79% |
| 2024 | 866,628 | 3,535,603 | 1.91% | 1.88% |
| 2025 | 882,845 | 3,606,996 | 1.87% | 2.02% |
| 2026 | 899,008 | 3,682,659 | 1.83% | 2.1% |
| 2027 | 915,176 | 3,760,368 | 1.8% | 2.11% |
| 2028 | 931,430 | 3,840,135 | 1.78% | 2.12% |
| 2029 | 947,803 | 3,920,467 | 1.76% | 2.09% |
| 2030 | 964,266 | 4,002,671 | 1.74% | 2.1% |
| 2031 | 980,769 | 4,085,037 | 1.71% | 2.06% |
| 2032 | 997,341 | 4,166,507 | 1.69% | 1.99% |
| 2033 | 1,014,064 | 4,249,501 | 1.68% | 1.99% |
| 2034 | 1,030,864 | 4,334,727 | 1.66% | 2.01% |
| 2035 | 1,047,760 | 4,420,915 | 1.64% | 1.99% |
| 2036 | 1,064,847 | 4,509,755 | 1.63% | 2.01% |
| 2037 | 1,081,999 | 4,601,933 | 1.61% | 2.04% |
| 2038 | 1,099,147 | 4,692,340 | 1.58% | 1.96% |
| 2039 | 1,116,418 | 4,780,469 | 1.57% | 1.88% |
| 2040 | 1,133,776 | 4,868,668 | 1.55% | 1.84% |
| 2041 | 1,151,146 | 4,954,481 | 1.53% | 1.76% |
| 2042 | 1,168,504 | 5,039,298 | 1.51% | 1.71% |
| 2043 | 1,185,954 | 5,124,256 | 1.49% | 1.69% |
| 2044 | 1,203,535 | 5,207,858 | 1.48% | 1.63% |
| 2045 | 1,221,066 | 5,292,756 | 1.46% | 1.63% |
| 2046 | 1,238,454 | 5,375,963 | 1.42% | 1.57% |
| 2047 | 1,255,711 | 5,456,488 | 1.39% | 1.5% |
| 2048 | 1,273,035 | 5,537,538 | 1.38% | 1.49% |
| 2049 | 1,290,365 | 5,617,348 | 1.36% | 1.44% |
| 2050 | 1,307,552 | 5,696,052 | 1.33% | 1.4% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Comoros increased by 136,988 people (a 22.7% growth), while Eritrea gained 421,196 people (a 15.6% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Comoros gained 157,443 (a 21.2% growth), while Eritrea's population increased by 558,810 (a 17.9% growth).
Comoros was ranked 163rd most populous country in 2006 and is 160th in 2026. Eritrea was ranked 135th in 2006 and ranked 131st now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Comoros' population will grow by 45.4% to 1,307,552 people with a rank change from 160th to 157th. The population of Eritrea will increase by 54.6% to 5,696,052 people and rank change from 131st to 123rd.
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Population differences between Comoros and Eritrea
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| Life expectancy | 67.5 years | 69.4 years |
| Average age | 25.8 years | 24.6 years |
| Median age | 21.5 years | 19.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.3:49.7 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 3.88 births per woman | 3.71 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,206 ppl/mi² | 75.6 ppl/mi² |
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