Demographics of the Comoros
demographics of country
The Comorians (Arabic: القمري) inhabiting Grande Comore, Anjouan, and Mohéli (86% of the population) share African-Arab origins. Islam is the dominant religion, and Quranic schools for children reinforce its influence. Although Islamic culture is firmly established throughout, a small minority are Christian.
The most common language is Comorian, related to Swahili. French and Arabic also are spoken. About 89% of the population is literate.
The Comoros have had eight censuses since World War II:
1951
1956
7 September 1958: 183,133
6 July 1966
15 September 1980: 335,150
15 September 1991: 446,817
15 September 2003: 575,660
15 December 2017: 758,316
The official estimate as of 1 July 2020 is 897,219.
Population density figures conceal a great disparity between the republic's most crowded island, Anjouan, which had a density of 772 persons per square kilometer in 2017; Grande Comore, which had a density of 331 persons per square kilometer in 2017; and Mohéli, where the 2017 population density figure was 178 persons per square kilometer.
By comparison, estimates of the population density per square kilometer of the Indian Ocean's other island microstates ranged from 241 (Seychelles) to 690 (Maldives) in 1993. Given the rugged terrain of Grande Comore and Anjouan, and the dedication of extensive tracts to agriculture on all three islands, population pressures on the Comoros are becoming increasingly critical.
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