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Population in Comoros compared to the Netherlands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Comoros was 866,628 in 2024 vs 17,994,237 people in the Netherlands in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Comoros' population is 895,828 people compared to 18,191,638 in the Netherlands.

Population statistics:

  • The Netherlands' population is 20.3 times bigger than Comoros'.
  • Comoros is ranked the 160th most populous country in the world, while the Netherlands is the 72nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.23% of the world: 0.01% for Comoros vs 0.22% for the Netherlands.
  • For the last 10 years, Comoros has had an average growth rate of +2.01% per year vs +0.62% in the Netherlands.
  • Since 2005, the population of Comoros has increased from 593K people to 896K (51.1% growth), while the Netherlands has grown from 16.3M to 18.2M (11.5% growth).
  • Comoros is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 1.91M people compared to the peak of 18.8M people in 2041 for the Netherlands.

Comoros vs Netherlands: live population counter

Comoros Netherlands
Current population
895828
18191638
Population rank 160/197 72/197
Percent of world population 0.01% 0.22%
One net population change
32.4 minutes
4.49 minutes
One birth every
21.6 minutes
3.2 minutes
One death every
1.43 hours
3.09 minutes
One migration net change every
4.27 hours
4.32 minutes
Annual migration change -2,051 +121,628
Daily growth/decline +44 +321
Annual growth/decline +16,241 +117,120
Annual growth/decline rate +1.91% +0.66%
Population growth rate rank 58/197 122/197

Comoros and the Netherlands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Comoros
Population

Growth rate
Netherlands
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Comoros Netherlands Comoros Netherlands
1960 197,700 11,486,631 - -
1961 201,201 11,638,712 1.77% 1.32%
1962 204,702 11,805,689 1.74% 1.43%
1963 208,185 11,965,966 1.7% 1.36%
1964 211,644 12,127,120 1.66% 1.35%
1965 214,967 12,294,732 1.57% 1.38%
1966 218,663 12,456,251 1.72% 1.31%
1967 223,859 12,598,201 2.38% 1.14%
1968 230,244 12,729,721 2.85% 1.04%
1969 237,001 12,877,984 2.93% 1.16%
1970 244,185 13,038,526 3.03% 1.25%
1971 251,865 13,194,497 3.15% 1.2%
1972 260,077 13,328,593 3.26% 1.02%
1973 268,820 13,439,322 3.36% 0.83%
1974 278,075 13,545,056 3.44% 0.79%
1975 287,692 13,666,335 3.46% 0.9%
1976 297,538 13,774,037 3.42% 0.79%
1977 307,579 13,856,185 3.37% 0.6%
1978 317,688 13,941,700 3.29% 0.62%
1979 327,791 14,038,270 3.18% 0.69%
1980 337,721 14,149,800 3.03% 0.79%
1981 347,382 14,247,208 2.86% 0.69%
1982 357,139 14,312,690 2.81% 0.46%
1983 367,233 14,367,070 2.83% 0.38%
1984 377,637 14,424,211 2.83% 0.4%
1985 388,352 14,491,632 2.84% 0.47%
1986 399,318 14,572,278 2.82% 0.56%
1987 410,439 14,665,037 2.78% 0.64%
1988 421,687 14,760,094 2.74% 0.65%
1989 433,103 14,848,907 2.71% 0.6%
1990 444,596 14,951,510 2.65% 0.69%
1991 455,556 15,069,798 2.47% 0.79%
1992 465,113 15,184,166 2.1% 0.76%
1993 473,682 15,290,368 1.84% 0.7%
1994 482,142 15,382,838 1.79% 0.6%
1995 490,586 15,459,006 1.75% 0.5%
1996 499,107 15,530,498 1.74% 0.46%
1997 507,777 15,610,650 1.74% 0.52%
1998 516,597 15,707,209 1.74% 0.62%
1999 525,886 15,812,088 1.8% 0.67%
2000 536,080 15,925,513 1.94% 0.72%
2001 547,220 16,046,180 2.08% 0.76%
2002 558,923 16,148,929 2.14% 0.64%
2003 569,798 16,225,302 1.95% 0.47%
2004 580,704 16,281,779 1.91% 0.35%
2005 592,677 16,319,868 2.06% 0.23%
2006 604,753 16,346,101 2.04% 0.16%
2007 616,927 16,381,696 2.01% 0.22%
2008 629,307 16,445,593 2.01% 0.39%
2009 641,947 16,530,388 2.01% 0.52%
2010 654,836 16,615,394 2.01% 0.51%
2011 668,056 16,693,074 2.02% 0.47%
2012 681,630 16,754,962 2.03% 0.37%
2013 696,192 16,804,432 2.14% 0.3%
2014 711,503 16,865,008 2.2% 0.36%
2015 726,682 16,939,923 2.13% 0.44%
2016 741,741 17,030,314 2.07% 0.53%
2017 756,669 17,131,296 2.01% 0.59%
2018 771,590 17,231,624 1.97% 0.59%
2019 786,578 17,344,874 1.94% 0.66%
2020 802,163 17,441,500 1.98% 0.56%
2021 818,174 17,533,044 2% 0.52%
2022 834,188 17,700,982 1.96% 0.96%
2023 850,387 17,877,117 1.94% 1%
2024 866,628 17,994,237 1.91% 0.66%
2025 882,845 18,110,800 1.87% 0.65%
2026 899,008 18,211,436 1.83% 0.56%
2027 915,176 18,299,531 1.8% 0.48%
2028 931,430 18,379,573 1.78% 0.44%
2029 947,803 18,452,044 1.76% 0.39%
2030 964,266 18,515,913 1.74% 0.35%
2031 980,769 18,571,934 1.71% 0.3%
2032 997,341 18,621,087 1.69% 0.26%
2033 1,014,064 18,664,975 1.68% 0.24%
2034 1,030,864 18,702,456 1.66% 0.2%
2035 1,047,760 18,733,223 1.64% 0.16%
2036 1,064,847 18,760,054 1.63% 0.14%
2037 1,081,999 18,781,793 1.61% 0.12%
2038 1,099,147 18,798,283 1.58% 0.09%
2039 1,116,418 18,810,276 1.57% 0.06%
2040 1,133,776 18,817,745 1.55% 0.04%
2041 1,151,146 18,820,870 1.53% 0.02%
2042 1,168,504 18,819,607 1.51% -0.007%
2043 1,185,954 18,815,261 1.49% -0.02%
2044 1,203,535 18,807,564 1.48% -0.04%
2045 1,221,066 18,797,005 1.46% -0.06%
2046 1,238,454 18,785,724 1.42% -0.06%
2047 1,255,711 18,771,651 1.39% -0.07%
2048 1,273,035 18,754,325 1.38% -0.09%
2049 1,290,365 18,735,299 1.36% -0.1%
2050 1,307,552 18,714,579 1.33% -0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Comoros increased by 134,005 people (a 22.6% growth), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Comoros gained 169,146 (a 23.3% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Comoros was ranked 163rd most populous country in 2005 and is 160th in 2025. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2005 and ranked 72nd 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 the Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.

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