Editing Comoros (section)

== Demographics ==
{{Main|Demographics of the Comoros}}
{{Largest cities
| country = Comoros
| stat_ref = Source:<ref name=LESOTHOCITIES>{{cite web |url=https://simplemaps.com/static/data/country-cities/km/km.xlsx|title=Comoros Cities by Population, 2022}}</ref>
| list_by_pop =
| div_name = 
| div_link = Islands of Comoros{{!}}Island
| city_1 = Moroni, Comoros{{!}}Moroni| div_1 = Grande Comore| pop_1 = 111,329| img_1 = Moroni harbour (2).jpg
| city_2 = Mutsamudu | div_2 =  Anjouan| pop_2 = 30,000| img_2 = Citadel of Mutsamudu (9983241846).jpg
| city_3 =Ouani| div_3 =Anjouan| pop_3 = 22,501| img_3 =Stade De ouani anjouan.JPG
| city_4 =  Mandza | div_4 =Grande Comore| pop_4 = 21,000| img_4 = 
| city_5 = Fomboni| div_5 = Mohéli| pop_5 = 18,277
| city_6 = 	Domoni| div_6 = Anjouan| pop_6 = 16,276
| city_7 = Adda-Douéni| div_7 = Anjouan | pop_7 = 10,858
| city_8 =Kourani| div_8 = Grande Comore| pop_8 = 10,000
| city_9 = 	Bazimini| div_9 = Anjouan  | pop_9 = 8,952
| city_10 = Mkazi| div_10 = Grande Comore| pop_10 = 8,438
}}
[[File:Moroni Mosque Photo by Sascha Grabow.jpg|thumb|upright|A mosque in Moroni]]
With about 850,000 residents, the Comoros is one of the least populous countries in the world, but its population density is high, with an average of {{convert|275|PD/km2|PD/sqmi}}. In 2001, 34% of the population was considered urban, but the urban population has since grown; in recent years rural population growth has been negative, while overall population growth is still relatively high.<ref>Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat (2005) [https://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/WUP2005/2005WUPHighlights_Final_Report.pdf ''World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: The 2005 Revision''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170623123645/http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/WUP2005/2005WUPHighlights_Final_Report.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/WUP2005/2005WUPHighlights_Final_Report.pdf |archive-date=9 October 2022 |url-status=live |date=23 June 2017 }}.</ref> In 1958 the population was 183,133.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Population census of the Comoro Islands, 1951, 1956 and 1958|publisher=Research Publications|location=New Haven, Connecticut|type=mircofilm|year=1977|oclc=3659638}}</ref>

In 2009, almost half the population of the Comoros was under the age of 15.<ref>"[https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/129467/Comoros Comoros] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626081927/https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/129467/Comoros |date=26 June 2009 }}". Encyclopædia Britannica.</ref> Major urban centres include [[Moroni, Comoros|Moroni]], [[Mitsamihuli]], [[Foumbouni]], [[Mutsamudu]], [[Domoni]], and [[Fomboni]]. There are between 200,000 and 350,000 Comorians in France.<ref>"[https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL27778648 FACTBOX-Relations between France and Comoros] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012030947/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL27778648 |date=12 October 2017 }}". Reuters. 27 March 2008.</ref>

=== Ethnic groups ===
The islands of the Comoros are 97.1% ethnically [[Demographics of the Comoros|Comorian]], which is a mixture of [[Bantu peoples|Bantu]], [[Malagasy people|Malagasy]], and [[Arab]] people.<ref name="Comoros - People {{!}} Britannica"/> Minorities include [[Makua people|Makua]] and [[South Asian ethnic groups|Indian]] (mostly [[Ismaili]]). There are recent immigrants of [[Chinese people|Chinese]] origin in Grande Comore (especially Moroni). Although most French left after independence in 1975, a small [[Creole peoples|Creole]] community, descended from settlers from France, Madagascar and Réunion, lives in the Comoros.<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 July 2018 |title=Comoros country profile |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-13229685 |access-date=18 May 2021 |archive-date=16 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516073917/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-13229685 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Languages ===
{{Further|Languages of the Comoros}}

The most common [[Languages of the Comoros|languages in the Comoros]] are the [[Comorian languages]], collectively known as ''Shikomori''. They are related to [[Swahili language|Swahili]], and the four different variants (Shingazidja, Shimwali, Shindzwani and Shimaore) are spoken on each of the four islands. [[Arabic script|Arabic]] and [[Latin script|Latin]] scripts are both used, Arabic being the more widely used, and an [[Official script|official orthography]] has recently been developed for the Latin script.<ref name=chamanga>{{cite book |author=Mohamed Ahmed-Chamanga |title=Introduction à la grammaire structurale du comorien |place=Moroni |publisher=Komedit |year=2010}}</ref>

[[Arabic]] and [[French language|French]] are also official languages, along with Comorian. Arabic is widely known as a second language, being the language of Quranic teaching. French is the administrative language and the language of most non-Quranic formal education.

=== Religion ===
{{Further|Religion in the Comoros}}
[[File:Anjouan - Islands of Comoros.jpg|thumb|A view of Domoni, [[Anjouan]] including mosque]]
[[Sunni Islam]] is [[Islam in the Comoros|the dominant religion]], followed by as much as 99% of the population.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/comoros/ |title=The World Factbook – Central Intelligence Agency |work=cia.gov |access-date=15 May 2007 |archive-date=10 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110042946/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/comoros |url-status=live }}</ref> Comoros is the only Muslim-majority country in Southern Africa and one of the three southernmost Muslim-majority territories, along with [[Mayotte]] and the Australian territory of [[Cocos Islands]].
[[Roman Catholicism in the Comoros|A minority of the population]] of the Comoros are Christian, both Catholic and Protestant denominations are represented, and most Malagasy residents are also Christian. Immigrants from metropolitan France are mostly [[Catholic]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/comoros/ |title=CIA World Factbook: Comoros |publisher=Cia.gov |access-date=15 January 2011 |archive-date=10 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110042946/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/comoros |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Health ===
{{Further|Health in the Comoros}}
There are 15 physicians per 100,000 people. The [[fertility rate]] was 4.7 per adult woman in 2004. [[Life expectancy]] at birth is 67 for females and 62 for males.<ref name="afro.who.int">{{cite web |url=http://www.afro.who.int/home/countries/fact_sheets/comoros.pdf |title=WHO Country Offices in the WHO African Region – WHO Regional Office for Africa |publisher=Afro.who.int |access-date=1 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107104115/http://www.afro.who.int/home/countries/fact_sheets/comoros.pdf |archive-date=7 January 2010}}</ref>

In the 2024 Global Hunger Index (GHI), Comoros ranks 81st out of 127 countries with sufficient data, with a score of 18.8, which indicates a moderate level of hunger.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Global Hunger Index Scores by 2024 GHI Rank |url=https://www.globalhungerindex.org/ranking.html |access-date=2024-12-13 |website=Global Hunger Index (GHI) - peer-reviewed annual publication designed to comprehensively measure and track hunger at the global, regional, and country levels |language=en}}</ref>