Comoros

Key facts

Capital

Moroni

Region

Africa, Eastern Africa

Population

882,847 (2025)

Area

2,170 km²

Currency

Comorian franc (KMF)

Languages

Arabic, French

Calling code

+269

Internet domain

.km

ISO codes

KM, COM, 174

Time zone

UTC+3:00

United Nations

Member state

Land and position

The Comoros covers about 2,170 square kilometres. By area it ranks 183rd among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Réunion and a little larger than Mauritius. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 12° south, 44° east, in the southern hemisphere.

People

About 882,847 people live in the Comoros (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 163rd most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 407 people to each square kilometre. About 34 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 67 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Arabic, French. A person from the Comoros is called Comoran.

Money and economy

The currency is the Comorian franc (code KMF, symbol Fr). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 1.81 billion (2025), which is about US$ 2,056 for each person (2025).

Time

The Comoros uses one time zone, UTC+3:00 (Indian/Comoro). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.

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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.

Largest cities

City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.

More in Eastern Africa

British Indian Ocean Territory, Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi. See the whole region.

Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.