Life expectancy at birth, total in Comoros
Comoros: Life expectancy at birth, total was 67.02 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, total in Comoros, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN). Measured in years.
Analysis
Comoros recorded 67.02 years for life expectancy at birth, total in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, total in Comoros peaked at 67.02 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 40.78 years, in 1960.
That places Comoros 177th out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 42.59 years | 40.78 years | 44.64 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 47.67 years | 45.23 years | 50.13 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 52.94 years | 50.68 years | 54.98 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 57.41 years | 55.62 years | 58.85 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 60.69 years | 58.94 years | 62.3 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 64.28 years | 62.75 years | 65.66 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 66.25 years | 65.2 years | 67.02 years | 5 |
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More health data for Comoros
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 9,157 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 21,367 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 8,208 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 8,886 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 8,463 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 9,422 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 9,669 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 9,039 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 4.9% (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 8,751 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, total in Comoros?
- Life expectancy at birth, total in Comoros was 67.02 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN).
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 67.02 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 40.78 years in 1960.
- How does Comoros rank for life expectancy at birth, total?
- Comoros ranks 177th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, total rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Comoros data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as part of Life expectancy at birth, total (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.