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Mergers of binary systems consisting of neutron star (NS) pairs and/or stellar mass black holes (BH) are the known progenitors of short-duration gamma-ray bursts (SGRBs) and gravitational waves (GWs). By producing a star-formation rate based merger density model for these systems, we are able to predict the merger population variation for redshifts, z less than 8. With the aid of the EAGLE project simulations, we have determined the relative frequency of mergers occurring in different galaxy types. For potential host galaxies of compact binary mergers at about redshift z equal to 0, our predictions can be used to aid the search of electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational wave detections.