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.

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