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Comoros
Union of the Comoros
Comoros is a country in Eastern Africa. Its capital city is Moroni. About 832 thousand people live there, in an area of 1 862 square kilometres.
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Where is Comoros?
Comoros lies in Eastern Africa, on the continent of Africa.
It sits in the southern half of the world, roughly 1 354 km from the equator.
Its coastline is about 340 km long.
It has no land neighbours — every border it has is with the sea.
How big is Comoros?
Comoros covers 1 862 square kilometres.
Switzerland is about 22 times bigger.
Among the world's countries that makes it the 169th largest.
Spread out evenly, that is roughly 447 people per square kilometre.
Who lives in Comoros?
About 832 thousand people live in Comoros.
That is the 158th biggest population in the world.
People here speak Arabic, French and Comorian.
They pay with the Comorian franc (Fr).
On average, people born here can expect to live about 60 years.
The land of Comoros
Its coast runs for about 340 km. Walking it end to end, at twenty kilometres a day, would take roughly 17 days.
It lies inside the tropics, which is the single biggest reason its weather is the way it is.
What makes Comoros different?
Websites from here often end in .km.
Comoros and the rest of the world
Out of every thousand people alive on Earth, about 0.1 live in Comoros.
It takes up about 0 % of all the land that countries stand on.
Within Africa it is the 52nd largest of 54 countries, and the 51st most populated.
That is busier than the world average of roughly 60 people per square kilometre.
Where this country lands in the record lists
Questions children ask
What is the capital of Comoros?
The capital of Comoros is Moroni. It is the city where the country's government works from.
How many people live in Comoros?
About 832 thousand people live in Comoros, which makes it the 158th most populated country in the world. (Source: World Bank, 2018.)
How big is Comoros?
Comoros covers 1 862 square kilometres, making it the 169th largest country in the world. Switzerland is about 22 times bigger.
Which continent is Comoros in?
Comoros is in Africa, in the part called Eastern Africa.
Where these numbers come from
Borders and outlines: Natural Earth. Names, capitals, areas, languages and currencies: ISO 3166 data (world-countries). Population: World Bank, 2018. Every derived figure on this page (ranks, density, distance from the equator) is calculated from those values.
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