The latest officially reported population of Comoros was 866,628 in 2024 vs 2,839,175 people in Jamaica in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Comoros' population is 895,828 people compared to 2,837,071 in Jamaica.
Population statistics:
- Jamaica's population is 3.17 times bigger than Comoros'.
- Comoros is ranked the 160th most populous country in the world, while Jamaica is the 140th.
- The countries together account for 0.05% of the world: 0.01% for Comoros vs 0.03% for Jamaica.
- For the last 10 years, Comoros has had an average growth rate of +2.01% per year vs +0.18% in Jamaica.
- Since 2005, the population of Comoros has increased from 593K people to 896K (51.1% growth), while Jamaica has grown from 2.69M to 2.84M (5.58% growth).
- Comoros is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 1.91M people, while Jamaica's population already peaked in 2023 at 2.84M people and is projected to decrease to 1.07M people by 2100.
Comoros vs Jamaica: live population counter
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| Current population |
895828
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2837071
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| Population rank | 160/197 | 140/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.01% | 0.03% |
| One net population change |
32.4 minutes
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14.3 hours
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| One birth every |
21.6 minutes
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15.9 minutes
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| One death every |
1.43 hours
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22.9 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
4.27 hours
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50 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -2,051 | -10,506 |
| Daily growth/decline | +44 | -2 |
| Annual growth/decline | +16,241 | -611 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.91% | -0.02% |
| Population growth rate rank | 58/197 | 167/197 |
Comoros and Jamaica: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 197,700 | 1,650,005 | - | - |
| 1961 | 201,201 | 1,673,261 | 1.77% | 1.41% |
| 1962 | 204,702 | 1,696,932 | 1.74% | 1.41% |
| 1963 | 208,185 | 1,721,099 | 1.7% | 1.42% |
| 1964 | 211,644 | 1,745,568 | 1.66% | 1.42% |
| 1965 | 214,967 | 1,769,192 | 1.57% | 1.35% |
| 1966 | 218,663 | 1,791,475 | 1.72% | 1.26% |
| 1967 | 223,859 | 1,812,865 | 2.38% | 1.19% |
| 1968 | 230,244 | 1,833,765 | 2.85% | 1.15% |
| 1969 | 237,001 | 1,855,127 | 2.93% | 1.16% |
| 1970 | 244,185 | 1,878,196 | 3.03% | 1.24% |
| 1971 | 251,865 | 1,903,728 | 3.15% | 1.36% |
| 1972 | 260,077 | 1,931,542 | 3.26% | 1.46% |
| 1973 | 268,820 | 1,961,219 | 3.36% | 1.54% |
| 1974 | 278,075 | 1,990,906 | 3.44% | 1.51% |
| 1975 | 287,692 | 2,018,981 | 3.46% | 1.41% |
| 1976 | 297,538 | 2,045,578 | 3.42% | 1.32% |
| 1977 | 307,579 | 2,070,657 | 3.37% | 1.23% |
| 1978 | 317,688 | 2,094,836 | 3.29% | 1.17% |
| 1979 | 327,791 | 2,119,486 | 3.18% | 1.18% |
| 1980 | 337,721 | 2,145,658 | 3.03% | 1.23% |
| 1981 | 347,382 | 2,173,818 | 2.86% | 1.31% |
| 1982 | 357,139 | 2,203,889 | 2.81% | 1.38% |
| 1983 | 367,233 | 2,234,832 | 2.83% | 1.4% |
| 1984 | 377,637 | 2,264,562 | 2.83% | 1.33% |
| 1985 | 388,352 | 2,290,656 | 2.84% | 1.15% |
| 1986 | 399,318 | 2,312,125 | 2.82% | 0.94% |
| 1987 | 410,439 | 2,329,813 | 2.78% | 0.77% |
| 1988 | 421,687 | 2,345,777 | 2.74% | 0.69% |
| 1989 | 433,103 | 2,361,916 | 2.71% | 0.69% |
| 1990 | 444,596 | 2,379,877 | 2.65% | 0.76% |
| 1991 | 455,556 | 2,400,869 | 2.47% | 0.88% |
| 1992 | 465,113 | 2,424,701 | 2.1% | 0.99% |
| 1993 | 473,682 | 2,449,916 | 1.84% | 1.04% |
| 1994 | 482,142 | 2,475,220 | 1.79% | 1.03% |
| 1995 | 490,586 | 2,500,151 | 1.75% | 1.01% |
| 1996 | 499,107 | 2,524,463 | 1.74% | 0.97% |
| 1997 | 507,777 | 2,547,848 | 1.74% | 0.93% |
| 1998 | 516,597 | 2,569,736 | 1.74% | 0.86% |
| 1999 | 525,886 | 2,589,795 | 1.8% | 0.78% |
| 2000 | 536,080 | 2,607,826 | 1.94% | 0.7% |
| 2001 | 547,220 | 2,624,403 | 2.08% | 0.64% |
| 2002 | 558,923 | 2,640,572 | 2.14% | 0.62% |
| 2003 | 569,798 | 2,656,623 | 1.95% | 0.61% |
| 2004 | 580,704 | 2,672,225 | 1.91% | 0.59% |
| 2005 | 592,677 | 2,687,066 | 2.06% | 0.56% |
| 2006 | 604,753 | 2,700,968 | 2.04% | 0.52% |
| 2007 | 616,927 | 2,713,800 | 2.01% | 0.48% |
| 2008 | 629,307 | 2,725,635 | 2.01% | 0.44% |
| 2009 | 641,947 | 2,736,995 | 2.01% | 0.42% |
| 2010 | 654,836 | 2,748,568 | 2.01% | 0.42% |
| 2011 | 668,056 | 2,760,494 | 2.02% | 0.43% |
| 2012 | 681,630 | 2,772,430 | 2.03% | 0.43% |
| 2013 | 696,192 | 2,783,687 | 2.14% | 0.41% |
| 2014 | 711,503 | 2,793,749 | 2.2% | 0.36% |
| 2015 | 726,682 | 2,802,534 | 2.13% | 0.31% |
| 2016 | 741,741 | 2,809,915 | 2.07% | 0.26% |
| 2017 | 756,669 | 2,815,764 | 2.01% | 0.21% |
| 2018 | 771,590 | 2,820,097 | 1.97% | 0.15% |
| 2019 | 786,578 | 2,823,271 | 1.94% | 0.11% |
| 2020 | 802,163 | 2,830,739 | 1.98% | 0.26% |
| 2021 | 818,174 | 2,837,682 | 2% | 0.25% |
| 2022 | 834,188 | 2,839,144 | 1.96% | 0.05% |
| 2023 | 850,387 | 2,839,786 | 1.94% | 0.02% |
| 2024 | 866,628 | 2,839,175 | 1.91% | -0.02% |
| 2025 | 882,845 | 2,837,071 | 1.87% | -0.07% |
| 2026 | 899,008 | 2,833,401 | 1.83% | -0.13% |
| 2027 | 915,176 | 2,828,530 | 1.8% | -0.17% |
| 2028 | 931,430 | 2,822,861 | 1.78% | -0.2% |
| 2029 | 947,803 | 2,816,391 | 1.76% | -0.23% |
| 2030 | 964,266 | 2,808,946 | 1.74% | -0.26% |
| 2031 | 980,769 | 2,800,607 | 1.71% | -0.3% |
| 2032 | 997,341 | 2,791,130 | 1.69% | -0.34% |
| 2033 | 1,014,064 | 2,780,468 | 1.68% | -0.38% |
| 2034 | 1,030,864 | 2,768,714 | 1.66% | -0.42% |
| 2035 | 1,047,760 | 2,755,929 | 1.64% | -0.46% |
| 2036 | 1,064,847 | 2,742,071 | 1.63% | -0.5% |
| 2037 | 1,081,999 | 2,726,892 | 1.61% | -0.55% |
| 2038 | 1,099,147 | 2,710,812 | 1.58% | -0.59% |
| 2039 | 1,116,418 | 2,693,901 | 1.57% | -0.62% |
| 2040 | 1,133,776 | 2,676,087 | 1.55% | -0.66% |
| 2041 | 1,151,146 | 2,657,558 | 1.53% | -0.69% |
| 2042 | 1,168,504 | 2,638,085 | 1.51% | -0.73% |
| 2043 | 1,185,954 | 2,617,576 | 1.49% | -0.78% |
| 2044 | 1,203,535 | 2,596,160 | 1.48% | -0.82% |
| 2045 | 1,221,066 | 2,574,074 | 1.46% | -0.85% |
| 2046 | 1,238,454 | 2,551,347 | 1.42% | -0.88% |
| 2047 | 1,255,711 | 2,528,004 | 1.39% | -0.91% |
| 2048 | 1,273,035 | 2,504,191 | 1.38% | -0.94% |
| 2049 | 1,290,365 | 2,479,744 | 1.36% | -0.98% |
| 2050 | 1,307,552 | 2,454,935 | 1.33% | -1% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Comoros increased by 134,005 people (a 22.6% growth), while Jamaica gained 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Comoros gained 169,146 (a 23.3% growth), while Jamaica's population increased by 34,537 (a 1.23% growth).
Comoros was ranked 163rd most populous country in 2005 and is 160th in 2025. Jamaica was ranked 135th in 2005 and ranked 140th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Comoros' population will grow by 46% to 1,307,552 people with a rank change from 160th to 157th. The population of Jamaica will decrease by 13.5% to 2,454,935 people and rank change from 140th to 144th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Kingston | 580K |
| Spanish Town | 131K |
| Montego Bay | 124K |
| Half Way Tree | 96.5K |
| May Pen | 61.5K |
| Mandeville | 48.3K |
| Old Harbour | 28.7K |
| Linstead | 22.8K |
| Savanna-la-Mar | 22.6K |
| Port Antonio | 14.8K |
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Population differences between Comoros and Jamaica
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| Life expectancy | 67.2 years | 71.7 years |
| Average age | 25.8 years | 34.9 years |
| Median age | 21.5 years | 33.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.3:49.7 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 3.88 births per woman | 1.36 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,206 ppl/mi² | 679 ppl/mi² |
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