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Rural population share — Comoros

Rural population share in the Comoros in 2025 — 66.1%. Ranked 32 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 20.8 pp.

2025 66.1% −0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 32of 217
Period maximum 86.8%1960
Period minimum 66.1%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Comoros, 1960–20256070809019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 86.8%1962: 85.1%1964: 83.3%1966: 82%1968: 81%1970: 80.2%1972: 79.5%1974: 78.9%1976: 78.2%1978: 77.5%1980: 76.8%1982: 75.8%1984: 74.6%1986: 73.4%1988: 72.3%1990: 71.7%1992: 71.5%1994: 71.6%1996: 71.7%1998: 71.8%2000: 72%2002: 72%2004: 72%2006: 71.9%2008: 71.6%2010: 71.1%2012: 70.6%2014: 70%2016: 69.3%2018: 68.6%2020: 67.9%2022: 67.2%2024: 66.5%2025: 66.1%
Change over the period: −20.8 pp Annual average: -0.32 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Comoros

Comoros 66.1%
World 42.2%
Sub-Saharan Africa 55.3%
Eastern Africa computed 68.2%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 56.6%
Rural population share — Comoros, by year Comoros All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 66.1 −0.4 pp
2024 66.5 −0.4 pp
2023 66.8 −0.4 pp
2022 67.2 −0.4 pp
2021 67.6 −0.3 pp
2020 67.9 −0.3 pp
2019 68.3 −0.3 pp
2018 68.6 −0.3 pp
2017 68.9 −0.4 pp
2016 69.3 −0.4 pp
2015 69.6 −0.3 pp
2014 70 −0.3 pp
2013 70.3 −0.3 pp
2012 70.6 −0.3 pp
2011 70.9 −0.3 pp
2010 71.1 −0.2 pp
2009 71.4 −0.2 pp
2008 71.6 −0.2 pp
2007 71.8 −0.1 pp
2006 71.9 −0.1 pp
2005 72 −0.1 pp
2004 72 −0 pp
2003 72.1 +0 pp
2002 72 +0 pp
2001 72 +0 pp
2000 72 +0.1 pp
1999 71.9 +0.1 pp
1998 71.8 +0.1 pp
1997 71.8 +0.1 pp
1996 71.7 +0.1 pp
1995 71.7 +0.1 pp
1994 71.6 +0 pp
1993 71.6 +0 pp
1992 71.5 +0 pp
1991 71.5 −0.1 pp
1990 71.7 −0.3 pp
1989 71.9 −0.4 pp
1988 72.3 −0.5 pp
1987 72.8 −0.6 pp
1986 73.4 −0.6 pp
1985 74 −0.6 pp
1984 74.6 −0.6 pp
1983 75.2 −0.6 pp
1982 75.8 −0.5 pp
1981 76.3 −0.4 pp
1980 76.8 −0.4 pp
1979 77.2 −0.4 pp
1978 77.5 −0.3 pp
1977 77.9 −0.3 pp
1976 78.2 −0.3 pp
1975 78.5 −0.3 pp
1974 78.9 −0.3 pp
1973 79.2 −0.3 pp
1972 79.5 −0.3 pp
1971 79.9 −0.4 pp
1970 80.2 −0.4 pp
1969 80.6 −0.4 pp
1968 81 −0.5 pp
1967 81.5 −0.5 pp
1966 82 −0.6 pp
1965 82.6 −0.7 pp
1964 83.3 −0.8 pp
1963 84.2 −0.9 pp
1962 85.1 −0.9 pp
1961 86 −0.9 pp
1960 86.8 —

Eastern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

MW Malawi 82.4 SS South Sudan 78.3 ET Ethiopia 75.9 BI Burundi 74.3 RW Rwanda 69.1 UG Uganda 68.1 KE Kenya 67.8 MG Madagascar 67.1 KM Comoros 66.1 ER Eritrea 65.5 TZ Tanzania 63.1 MZ Mozambique 62.8 MU Mauritius 61 ZW Zimbabwe 59.5 SC Seychelles 54.5 ZM Zambia 54.1 SO Somalia 44.9 DJ Djibouti 27
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The share of population living outside urban settlements, as a percent of the total. It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and therefore inherits every particularity of national definitions of urban areas.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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How many people live outside cities — in absolute numbers.

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