Comoros
Urban population in Comoros
Urban population in Comoros: 6.8% in 1950 and 33.9% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 33.9%
- Since 1950
- +27.1 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 196 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 48.1%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 48.1% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Comoros |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 33.9 |
| 2024 | 33.5 |
| 2023 | 33.2 |
| 2022 | 32.8 |
| 2021 | 32.4 |
| 2020 | 32.1 |
| 2019 | 31.7 |
| 2018 | 31.4 |
| 2017 | 31.1 |
| 2016 | 30.7 |
| 2015 | 30.4 |
| 2014 | 30 |
| 2013 | 29.7 |
| 2012 | 29.4 |
| 2011 | 29.1 |
| 2010 | 28.9 |
| 2009 | 28.6 |
| 2008 | 28.4 |
| 2007 | 28.3 |
| 2006 | 28.1 |
| 2005 | 28 |
| 2004 | 28 |
| 2003 | 27.9 |
| 2002 | 28 |
| 2001 | 28 |
| 2000 | 28 |
| 1999 | 28.1 |
| 1998 | 28.2 |
| 1997 | 28.2 |
| 1996 | 28.3 |
| 1995 | 28.4 |
| 1994 | 28.4 |
| 1993 | 28.4 |
| 1992 | 28.5 |
| 1991 | 28.5 |
| 1990 | 28.4 |
| 1989 | 28.1 |
| 1988 | 27.7 |
| 1987 | 27.2 |
| 1986 | 26.6 |
| 1985 | 26 |
| 1984 | 25.4 |
| 1983 | 24.8 |
| 1982 | 24.2 |
| 1981 | 23.7 |
| 1980 | 23.2 |
| 1979 | 22.8 |
| 1978 | 22.5 |
| 1977 | 22.1 |
| 1976 | 21.8 |
| 1975 | 21.5 |
| 1974 | 21.1 |
| 1973 | 20.8 |
| 1972 | 20.5 |
| 1971 | 20.1 |
| 1970 | 19.8 |
| 1969 | 19.4 |
| 1968 | 19 |
| 1967 | 18.5 |
| 1966 | 18 |
| 1965 | 17.4 |
| 1964 | 16.7 |
| 1963 | 15.8 |
| 1962 | 15 |
| 1961 | 14 |
| 1960 | 13.2 |
| 1959 | 12.3 |
| 1958 | 11.6 |
| 1957 | 10.9 |
| 1956 | 10.3 |
| 1955 | 9.6 |
| 1954 | 9 |
| 1953 | 8.4 |
| 1952 | 7.9 |
| 1951 | 7.3 |
| 1950 | 6.8 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Comoros |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 34.4 |
| 2027 | 34.8 |
| 2028 | 35.2 |
| 2029 | 35.7 |
| 2030 | 36.2 |
| 2031 | 36.6 |
| 2032 | 37.1 |
| 2033 | 37.6 |
| 2034 | 38.2 |
| 2035 | 38.7 |
| 2036 | 39.2 |
| 2037 | 39.8 |
| 2038 | 40.4 |
| 2039 | 40.9 |
| 2040 | 41.5 |
| 2041 | 42.1 |
| 2042 | 42.8 |
| 2043 | 43.4 |
| 2044 | 44 |
| 2045 | 44.7 |
| 2046 | 45.4 |
| 2047 | 46 |
| 2048 | 46.7 |
| 2049 | 47.4 |
| 2050 | 48.1 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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