Distillers Country guides / Comoros
Comoros
A one-page guide to the Comoros for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- Moroni
- Official languages
- Comorian, French, Arabic
- Currency
- Comorian franc (KMF)
- Time zone
- UTC+3 (EAT)
- Area
- 1,870 km²
People
- Population
- 882,847 (2025)
- Population growth
- 1.9% a year
- Living in towns and cities
- 33.9%
- Aged under 15
- 36.9%
- Aged 65 and over
- 4.5%
- Life expectancy
- 67.0 years
Economy
- GDP
- US$1.8 billion (2025)
- GDP per person
- US$2,056 (2025)
- Economic growth
- 3.7544428489181% (2025)
- Inflation
- 3.24909332306432% (2025)
Climate
Tropical and mild. Rainy season (kashkazi) November to April, with March the hottest month at 29-30 C; cool dry season (kusi) May to October with average lows near 19 C. Cyclones are rare.
Alcohol
- Legal drinking age
- Purchase age 18 (selling to minors prohibited)
- Alcohol per adult a year
- 0.1 litres of pure alcohol (2022)
- What people drink
- Beer 10%, wine 22%, spirits 68% (2022)
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); Wikipedia: Comoros (basics, climate, ports); Wikipedia: Legal drinking age; World Bank Open Data (population, GDP, growth, inflation, area); WHO Global Health Observatory: total alcohol per capita; UN Comtrade (HS 2208 trade). Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.