Comoros
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Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 4.5%
- people aged 65 or older
- 39.3K
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 6.6%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 17.8 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 4%
- women 5.1%, men 2.8%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2022
Languages
5 languages, 1 of them endangered
- MaoreDefinitely endangered
- Mwali Comorian
- Ndzwani Comorian
- Ngazidja Comorian
- Standard Arabic
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
UNESCO intangible heritage
List and years: ich.unesco.org
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