Comoros 
Facts
Population:
596,202 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
42.81% (male 127,955; female 127,267)
15-64 years:
54.26% (male 159,560; female 163,949)
65 years and over:
2.93% (male 8,326; female 9,145) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
3.02% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
39.52 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
9.35 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
NEGL migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.91 male(s)/female
total population:
0.98 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
84.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
60.41 years
male:
58.2 years
female:
62.68 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
5.32 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.12% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA
Nationality:
noun:
Comoran(s)
adjective:
Comoran
Ethnic groups:
Antalote, Cafre, Makoa, Oimatsaha, Sakalava
Religions:
Sunni Muslim 98%, Roman Catholic 2%
Languages:
Arabic (official), French (official), Comoran (a blend of Swahili and Arabic)
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
57.3%
male:
64.2%
female:
50.4% (1995 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $419 million (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
0.5% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $720 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
40%
industry:
4%
services:
56% (2000 est.)
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
NA%
highest 10%:
NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
3.5% (1999)
Labor force:
144,500 (1996 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 80%
Unemployment rate:
20% (1996 est.)
Budget:
revenues:
$48 million
expenditures:
$53 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1997)
Industries:
tourism, perfume distillation, textiles, furniture, jewelry, construction materials, soft drinks
Industrial production growth rate:
-2% (1999 est.)
Electricity - production:
17 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
88.24%
hydro:
11.76%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
15.8 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
vanilla, cloves, perfume essences, copra, coconuts, bananas, cassava (tapioca)
Exports:
$7.9 million (f.o.b., 1999 est.)
Exports - commodities:
vanilla, ylang-ylang, cloves, perfume oil, copra
Exports - partners:
France 50%, Germany 25% (1998)
Imports:
$55.1 million (f.o.b., 1999 est.)
Imports - commodities:
rice and other foodstuffs, consumer goods; petroleum products, cement, transport equipment
Imports - partners:
France 38%, Pakistan 13%, South Africa 8%, Kenya 8% (1998)
Debt - external:
$197 million (1997 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$28.1 million (1997)
Currency:
Comoran franc (KMF)
Currency code:
KMF
Exchange rates:
Comoran francs per US dollar - 524.41 (January 2001), 533.98 (2000), 461.77 (1999), 442.46 (1998), 437.75 (1997), 383.66 (1996)
note:
prior to January 1999, the official rate was pegged to the French franc at 75 Comoran francs per French franc; since 1 January 1999, the Comoran franc is pegged to the euro at a rate of 491.9677 Comoran francs per euro
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
Comoros in the News
The political crisis on the Indian Ocean archipelago has been simmering since June 2007, when African Union-monitored polls were held on all three islands—Anjouan, Grand Comore, and Mohéli.
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