Comoros vs Djibouti
Djibouti has 1.3× the population of Comoros: 1,184,076 vs 882,847, a gap of 301,229. Comoros is growing faster (+1.85% vs +1.31% a year), adding about 16,370 people a year against +15,454. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Comoros would overtake Djibouti in about 53 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2078) — a projection, not a forecast. Comoros is 9.2× as densely populated (457.0 vs 49.7 people per km²). GDP per capita is 1.9× higher in Djibouti ($3,906 vs $2,056).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Comoros) and 2025 (Djibouti); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Comoros vs Djibouti — side by side
 Comoros |  Djibouti | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 882,8472025 | 1,184,0762025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +1.85%2025 | +1.31%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 28.22024 | 20.92024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 7.12024 | 7.52024 |
| Children per woman | 3.822024 | 2.622024 |
| Life expectancy | 67.0 yrs2024 | 66.2 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 36.9%2025 | 28.8%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 4.5%2025 | 5.0%2025 |
| Density | 457.0 /km²2023 | 49.7 /km²2023 |
| Area | 1,861 km²2023 | 23,200 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 33.9%2025 | 73.0%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | -2,1272025 | -5812025 |
| GDP per capita | $2,0562025 | $3,9062025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #162 | #160 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.01% | 0.01% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Comoros: 4.5× from 1960 to 2025; Djibouti: 13.8× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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