What is life expectancy in Comoros?

Life expectancy in Comoros was 66.78 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.

What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Comoros?

The highest recorded value was 66.78 years in 2023.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Comoros?

The lowest recorded value was 34.33 years in 1951.

How does Comoros rank for life expectancy?

Comoros ranks 197th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy rising or falling in Comoros?

Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Comoros data come from?

The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Life expectancy in Comoros

Name: Life expectancy in Comoros
Creator: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Comoros: Life expectancy was 66.78 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

66.78 years

Change on year

up 0.4%

World rank

197th

of 236 countries

All-time high

66.78 years

in 2023

All-time low

34.33 years

in 1951

Years of data

1950–2023

Life expectancy in Comoros, 1950–2023

Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

Comoros recorded 66.78 years for life expectancy in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Comoros peaked at 66.78 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 34.33 years, in 1951.

Comoros ranks 197th of 236 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	38.55 years	34.33 years	40.47 years	10
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	66.05 years	65.2 years	66.78 years	4

Countries ranked near Comoros

194 Tanzania 67 years compare
195 Marshall Islands 66.95 years compare
196 Myanmar 66.89 years compare
198 Kiribati 66.47 years compare
199 Zambia 66.35 years compare
200 Sudan 66.33 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Comoros

Population ages 15-64, male 260,960 (2025)
Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 9,039 (2025)
Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 9,669 (2025)
Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 9,308 (2025)
Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 9,892 (2025)
Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 9,552 (2025)
Population ages 15-64, female 58.6% (2025)
Population ages 15-64, total 518,018 (2025)
Population ages 65 and above 4.5% (2025)
Population ages 0-14, total 325,504 (2025)

All data for Comoros →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Comoros?: Life expectancy in Comoros was 66.78 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Comoros?: The highest recorded value was 66.78 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Comoros?: The lowest recorded value was 34.33 years in 1951.
How does Comoros rank for life expectancy?: Comoros ranks 197th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Comoros?: Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Comoros data come from?: The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy
Unit: years
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.