The latest officially reported population of Comoros was 866,628 in 2024 vs 232,679,478 people in Nigeria in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Comoros' population is 895,828 people compared to 241,467,099 in Nigeria.
Population statistics:
- Nigeria's population is 269.5 times bigger than Comoros'.
- Comoros is ranked the 160th most populous country in the world, while Nigeria is the 6th.
- The countries together account for 2.93% of the world: 0.01% for Comoros vs 2.92% for Nigeria.
- For the last 10 years, Comoros has had an average growth rate of +2.01% per year vs +2.31% in Nigeria.
- Since 2005, the population of Comoros has increased from 593K people to 896K (51.1% growth), while Nigeria has grown from 145M to 241M (66.5% growth).
- Comoros is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 1.91M people compared to the peak of 477M people in 2100 for Nigeria.
Comoros vs Nigeria: live population counter
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| Current population |
895828
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241467099
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| Population rank | 160/197 | 6/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.01% | 2.92% |
| One net population change |
32.4 minutes
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6.58 seconds
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| One birth every |
21.6 minutes
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4.2 seconds
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| One death every |
1.43 hours
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11.8 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
4.27 hours
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14.9 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -2,051 | -35,202 |
| Daily growth/decline | +44 | +13,141 |
| Annual growth/decline | +16,241 | +4,796,533 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.91% | +2.1% |
| Population growth rate rank | 58/197 | 50/197 |
Comoros and Nigeria: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 197,700 | 45,053,782 | - | - |
| 1961 | 201,201 | 45,989,310 | 1.77% | 2.08% |
| 1962 | 204,702 | 46,965,292 | 1.74% | 2.12% |
| 1963 | 208,185 | 47,973,575 | 1.7% | 2.15% |
| 1964 | 211,644 | 49,012,016 | 1.66% | 2.16% |
| 1965 | 214,967 | 50,086,764 | 1.57% | 2.19% |
| 1966 | 218,663 | 51,188,234 | 1.72% | 2.2% |
| 1967 | 223,859 | 52,293,065 | 2.38% | 2.16% |
| 1968 | 230,244 | 53,432,783 | 2.85% | 2.18% |
| 1969 | 237,001 | 54,631,914 | 2.93% | 2.24% |
| 1970 | 244,185 | 55,893,838 | 3.03% | 2.31% |
| 1971 | 251,865 | 57,214,684 | 3.15% | 2.36% |
| 1972 | 260,077 | 58,601,748 | 3.26% | 2.42% |
| 1973 | 268,820 | 60,082,139 | 3.36% | 2.53% |
| 1974 | 278,075 | 61,679,144 | 3.44% | 2.66% |
| 1975 | 287,692 | 63,410,815 | 3.46% | 2.81% |
| 1976 | 297,538 | 65,258,009 | 3.42% | 2.91% |
| 1977 | 307,579 | 67,234,590 | 3.37% | 3.03% |
| 1978 | 317,688 | 69,326,532 | 3.29% | 3.11% |
| 1979 | 327,791 | 71,498,242 | 3.18% | 3.13% |
| 1980 | 337,721 | 73,764,641 | 3.03% | 3.17% |
| 1981 | 347,382 | 76,068,103 | 2.86% | 3.12% |
| 1982 | 357,139 | 78,378,701 | 2.81% | 3.04% |
| 1983 | 367,233 | 80,438,260 | 2.83% | 2.63% |
| 1984 | 377,637 | 82,526,443 | 2.83% | 2.6% |
| 1985 | 388,352 | 84,897,973 | 2.84% | 2.87% |
| 1986 | 399,318 | 87,235,953 | 2.82% | 2.75% |
| 1987 | 410,439 | 89,591,716 | 2.78% | 2.7% |
| 1988 | 421,687 | 92,020,090 | 2.74% | 2.71% |
| 1989 | 433,103 | 94,531,014 | 2.71% | 2.73% |
| 1990 | 444,596 | 97,120,925 | 2.65% | 2.74% |
| 1991 | 455,556 | 99,720,162 | 2.47% | 2.68% |
| 1992 | 465,113 | 102,372,770 | 2.1% | 2.66% |
| 1993 | 473,682 | 105,122,069 | 1.84% | 2.69% |
| 1994 | 482,142 | 107,935,714 | 1.79% | 2.68% |
| 1995 | 490,586 | 110,819,428 | 1.75% | 2.67% |
| 1996 | 499,107 | 113,754,779 | 1.74% | 2.65% |
| 1997 | 507,777 | 116,754,792 | 1.74% | 2.64% |
| 1998 | 516,597 | 119,846,254 | 1.74% | 2.65% |
| 1999 | 525,886 | 123,047,320 | 1.8% | 2.67% |
| 2000 | 536,080 | 126,382,494 | 1.94% | 2.71% |
| 2001 | 547,220 | 129,862,595 | 2.08% | 2.75% |
| 2002 | 558,923 | 133,471,989 | 2.14% | 2.78% |
| 2003 | 569,798 | 137,202,644 | 1.95% | 2.8% |
| 2004 | 580,704 | 141,057,045 | 1.91% | 2.81% |
| 2005 | 592,677 | 145,017,253 | 2.06% | 2.81% |
| 2006 | 604,753 | 149,077,334 | 2.04% | 2.8% |
| 2007 | 616,927 | 153,267,261 | 2.01% | 2.81% |
| 2008 | 629,307 | 157,595,014 | 2.01% | 2.82% |
| 2009 | 641,947 | 162,049,464 | 2.01% | 2.83% |
| 2010 | 654,836 | 166,642,886 | 2.01% | 2.83% |
| 2011 | 668,056 | 171,379,598 | 2.02% | 2.84% |
| 2012 | 681,630 | 176,200,625 | 2.03% | 2.81% |
| 2013 | 696,192 | 181,049,443 | 2.14% | 2.75% |
| 2014 | 711,503 | 185,896,915 | 2.2% | 2.68% |
| 2015 | 726,682 | 190,671,878 | 2.13% | 2.57% |
| 2016 | 741,741 | 195,443,700 | 2.07% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 756,669 | 200,254,579 | 2.01% | 2.46% |
| 2018 | 771,590 | 204,938,755 | 1.97% | 2.34% |
| 2019 | 786,578 | 209,485,641 | 1.94% | 2.22% |
| 2020 | 802,163 | 213,996,181 | 1.98% | 2.15% |
| 2021 | 818,174 | 218,529,286 | 2% | 2.12% |
| 2022 | 834,188 | 223,150,896 | 1.96% | 2.11% |
| 2023 | 850,387 | 227,882,945 | 1.94% | 2.12% |
| 2024 | 866,628 | 232,679,478 | 1.91% | 2.1% |
| 2025 | 882,845 | 237,527,783 | 1.87% | 2.08% |
| 2026 | 899,008 | 242,431,830 | 1.83% | 2.06% |
| 2027 | 915,176 | 247,374,258 | 1.8% | 2.04% |
| 2028 | 931,430 | 252,346,128 | 1.78% | 2.01% |
| 2029 | 947,803 | 257,352,638 | 1.76% | 1.98% |
| 2030 | 964,266 | 262,380,975 | 1.74% | 1.95% |
| 2031 | 980,769 | 267,421,079 | 1.71% | 1.92% |
| 2032 | 997,341 | 272,483,635 | 1.69% | 1.89% |
| 2033 | 1,014,064 | 277,555,116 | 1.68% | 1.86% |
| 2034 | 1,030,864 | 282,622,388 | 1.66% | 1.83% |
| 2035 | 1,047,760 | 287,685,757 | 1.64% | 1.79% |
| 2036 | 1,064,847 | 292,739,390 | 1.63% | 1.76% |
| 2037 | 1,081,999 | 297,773,236 | 1.61% | 1.72% |
| 2038 | 1,099,147 | 302,782,350 | 1.58% | 1.68% |
| 2039 | 1,116,418 | 307,764,754 | 1.57% | 1.65% |
| 2040 | 1,133,776 | 312,710,403 | 1.55% | 1.61% |
| 2041 | 1,151,146 | 317,607,237 | 1.53% | 1.57% |
| 2042 | 1,168,504 | 322,450,302 | 1.51% | 1.52% |
| 2043 | 1,185,954 | 327,243,941 | 1.49% | 1.49% |
| 2044 | 1,203,535 | 331,983,354 | 1.48% | 1.45% |
| 2045 | 1,221,066 | 336,662,502 | 1.46% | 1.41% |
| 2046 | 1,238,454 | 341,281,757 | 1.42% | 1.37% |
| 2047 | 1,255,711 | 345,844,004 | 1.39% | 1.34% |
| 2048 | 1,273,035 | 350,347,757 | 1.38% | 1.3% |
| 2049 | 1,290,365 | 354,792,418 | 1.36% | 1.27% |
| 2050 | 1,307,552 | 359,185,550 | 1.33% | 1.24% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Comoros increased by 134,005 people (a 22.6% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Comoros gained 169,146 (a 23.3% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).
Comoros was ranked 163rd most populous country in 2005 and is 160th in 2025. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2005 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.
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Population differences between Comoros and Nigeria
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| Life expectancy | 67.2 years | 54.8 years |
| Average age | 25.8 years | 23.4 years |
| Median age | 21.5 years | 19 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.3:49.7 | 50.6:49.4 |
| Fertility rate | 3.88 births per woman | 4.48 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,206 ppl/mi² | 662 ppl/mi² |
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