According to a 2018 report by the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, 216,174 people speak French in the Comoros or 25.97% of the population. The language emerged as a result of French colonisation in the Comoros, lasting from 1841 until independence in 1975.

11.6455° S, 43.3333° E

11.6455° S, 43.3333° E

Most Comorians are Sunni Muslims, and Islam is the state religion.

Comoros, part of the Comoro Islands archipelago, were once called The Perfume islands for the scents including vanilla. The French colony of the Comoros (Les Comores) included these islands and Mayotte (now a separate French territory).(See the related Link for history and peoples of the island country Comoros.)