Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Comoros

Urban population share in the Comoros in 2025 — 33.9%. Ranked 186 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 20.8 pp.

2025 33.9% +0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 186of 217
Period maximum 33.9%2025
Period minimum 13.2%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Comoros, 1960–20251020304019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 13.2%1962: 14.9%1964: 16.7%1966: 18%1968: 19%1970: 19.8%1972: 20.5%1974: 21.1%1976: 21.8%1978: 22.5%1980: 23.2%1982: 24.2%1984: 25.4%1986: 26.6%1988: 27.7%1990: 28.3%1992: 28.5%1994: 28.4%1996: 28.3%1998: 28.2%2000: 28%2002: 28%2004: 28%2006: 28.1%2008: 28.4%2010: 28.9%2012: 29.4%2014: 30%2016: 30.7%2018: 31.4%2020: 32.1%2022: 32.8%2024: 33.5%2025: 33.9%
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 33.9%
World 57.8%
Eastern Africa computed 31.8%
Urban population share — Comoros, by year Comoros All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 33.9 +0.4 pp
2024 33.5 +0.4 pp
2023 33.2 +0.4 pp
2022 32.8 +0.4 pp
2021 32.4 +0.3 pp
2020 32.1 +0.3 pp
2019 31.7 +0.3 pp
2018 31.4 +0.3 pp
2017 31.1 +0.4 pp
2016 30.7 +0.4 pp
2015 30.4 +0.3 pp
2014 30 +0.3 pp
2013 29.7 +0.3 pp
2012 29.4 +0.3 pp
2011 29.1 +0.3 pp
2010 28.9 +0.2 pp
2009 28.6 +0.2 pp
2008 28.4 +0.2 pp
2007 28.2 +0.1 pp
2006 28.1 +0.1 pp
2005 28 +0.1 pp
2004 28 +0 pp
2003 27.9 −0 pp
2002 28 −0 pp
2001 28 −0 pp
2000 28 −0.1 pp
1999 28.1 −0.1 pp
1998 28.2 −0.1 pp
1997 28.2 −0.1 pp
1996 28.3 −0.1 pp
1995 28.3 −0.1 pp
1994 28.4 −0 pp
1993 28.4 −0 pp
1992 28.5 −0 pp
1991 28.5 +0.1 pp
1990 28.3 +0.3 pp
1989 28.1 +0.4 pp
1988 27.7 +0.5 pp
1987 27.2 +0.6 pp
1986 26.6 +0.6 pp
1985 26 +0.6 pp
1984 25.4 +0.6 pp
1983 24.8 +0.6 pp
1982 24.2 +0.5 pp
1981 23.7 +0.4 pp
1980 23.2 +0.4 pp
1979 22.8 +0.4 pp
1978 22.5 +0.3 pp
1977 22.1 +0.3 pp
1976 21.8 +0.3 pp
1975 21.5 +0.3 pp
1974 21.1 +0.3 pp
1973 20.8 +0.3 pp
1972 20.5 +0.3 pp
1971 20.1 +0.4 pp
1970 19.8 +0.4 pp
1969 19.4 +0.4 pp
1968 19 +0.5 pp
1967 18.5 +0.5 pp
1966 18 +0.6 pp
1965 17.4 +0.7 pp
1964 16.7 +0.8 pp
1963 15.8 +0.9 pp
1962 14.9 +0.9 pp
1961 14 +0.9 pp
1960 13.2

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

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