Environment · Comoros
Yearly data from 1960 to 2025, from the World Bank.
Comoros's rural population was 583,195 in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 15.26% from 505,965 in 2015 (1.43% a year on average, compounded).
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 583,195 | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 544,959 | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 505,965 | 2015 |
| Highest | 583,195 | 2025 |
| Lowest | 171,686 | 1960 |
| Average since 2016 | 548,778 | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 171,686 | 1960 |
Over five years it is up 7.02% from 544,959 in 2020 (1.37% a year on average, compounded). Since 1960 it is up 239.69% from 171,686 in 1960 (1.9% a year on average, compounded).
In 2025, Comoros' rural population rose 1.3% on 2024 (from 575,968 to 583,195).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +1.7% and a typical year strayed about 0.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 3% in 1975. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 7,772 a year. A straight line explains 100% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
Extending that straight line gives about 607,184 for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 869.16, against 15,096 for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
In 2025, Comoros had the 148th highest value of the 217 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Comoros | 583,195 | 2025 |
| World | 3.46 billion | 2025 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 731.42 million | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | 1.71 billion | 2025 |
Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.
Limitations: Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverage. Estimates of the world's urban population would change significantly if China, India, and a few other populous nations were to change their definition of urban centers. Because the estimates of city and metropolitan area are based on national definitions of what constitutes a city or metropolitan area, cross-country comparisons should be made with caution. To estimate urban populations, UN ratios of urban to total population were applied to the World Bank's estimates of total population.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
| Year | Rural population |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 583,195 |
| 2024 | 575,968 |
| 2023 | 568,482 |
| 2022 | 560,786 |
| 2021 | 552,984 |
| 2020 | 544,959 |
| 2019 | 537,007 |
| 2018 | 529,254 |
| 2017 | 521,348 |
| 2016 | 513,800 |
| 2015 | 505,965 |
| 2014 | 497,837 |
| 2013 | 489,393 |
| 2012 | 481,245 |
| 2011 | 473,560 |
| 2010 | 465,889 |
| 2009 | 458,210 |
| 2008 | 450,462 |
| 2007 | 442,649 |
| 2006 | 434,731 |
| 2005 | 426,627 |
| 2004 | 418,341 |
| 2003 | 410,569 |
| 2002 | 402,656 |
| 2001 | 394,052 |
| 2000 | 385,784 |
| 1999 | 378,153 |
| 1998 | 371,149 |
| 1997 | 364,478 |
| 1996 | 357,929 |
| 1995 | 351,520 |
| 1994 | 345,216 |
| 1993 | 338,965 |
| 1992 | 332,715 |
| 1991 | 325,873 |
| 1990 | 318,561 |
| 1989 | 311,492 |
| 1988 | 304,936 |
| 1987 | 298,811 |
| 1986 | 292,955 |
| 1985 | 287,265 |
| 1984 | 281,703 |
| 1983 | 276,219 |
| 1982 | 270,726 |
| 1981 | 265,171 |
| 1980 | 259,313 |
| 1979 | 252,981 |
| 1978 | 246,354 |
| 1977 | 239,582 |
| 1976 | 232,749 |
| 1975 | 225,974 |
| 1974 | 219,307 |
| 1973 | 212,872 |
| 1972 | 206,806 |
| 1971 | 201,142 |
| 1970 | 195,897 |
| 1969 | 191,058 |
| 1968 | 186,583 |
| 1967 | 182,437 |
| 1966 | 179,304 |
| 1965 | 177,573 |
| 1964 | 176,384 |
| 1963 | 175,226 |
| 1962 | 174,105 |
| 1961 | 172,945 |
| 1960 | 171,686 |
Every indicator for Comoros is on the Comoros data page.
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SP.RUR.TOTL, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: https://population.un.org/wup/, note: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects, National definitions, publisher: UN Population Division; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), note: Wo… Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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