Comoros 
Facts
Population: 711,417 (July 2007 est.).
Age structure: 0-14 years: 42.6% (male 151,920/female 150,851)
15-64 years: 54.4% (male 191,096/female 196,120)
65 years and over: 3% (male 9,933/female 11,497) (2007 est.).
Population growth rate: 2.84% (2007 est.).
Birth rate: 36.35 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Death rate: 7.95 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.007 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.974 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.864 male(s)/female
total population: 0.985 male(s)/female (2007 est.).
Infant mortality rate: total: 70.66 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 78.86 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 62.21 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 62.73 years
male: 60.37 years
female: 65.15 years (2007 est.).
Total fertility rate: 4.97 children born/woman (2007 est.).
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.12% (2001 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), Shikomoro (a blend of Swahili and Arabic).
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 56.5%
male: 63.6%
female: 49.3% (2003 est.).
GDP (purchasing power parity): $441 million (2002 est.).
GDP - real growth rate: 3% (2005 est.).
GDP - per capita (PPP): $600 (2005 est.).
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 40%
industry: 4%
services: 56% (2001 est.).
Labor force: 144,500 (1996 est.).
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 80%
industry and services: 20%.
Population below poverty line: 60% (2002 est.).
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%.
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3% (2005 est.).
Unemployment rate: 20% (1996 est.).
Budget: revenues: $27.6 million
expenditures: $NA (2001 est.).
Agriculture - products: vanilla, cloves, perfume essences, copra, coconuts, bananas, cassava (tapioca).
Industries: fishing, tourism, perfume distillation.
Industrial production growth rate: -2% (1999 est.).
Electricity - production: 19 million kWh (2004).
Electricity - consumption: 17.67 million kWh (2004).
Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2004).
Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2004).
Exports: $34 million f.o.b. (2004 est.).
Exports - commodities: vanilla, ylang-ylang (perfume essence), cloves, copra.
Exports - partners: France 26.8%, Singapore 16.3%, Japan 14.6%, Germany 13.2%, US 5.6%, Netherlands 4.9% (2005).
Imports: $115 million f.o.b. (2004 est.).
Imports - commodities: rice and other foodstuffs, consumer goods, petroleum products, cement, transport equipment.
Imports - partners: France 22.2%, UAE 9.8%, South Africa 7.2%, Pakistan 6.4%, Kenya 5.1%, Belgium 4.6%, India 4.4%, Italy 4.2% (2005).
Debt - external: $232 million (2000 est.).
Economic aid - recipient: $24 million (2003 est.).
Currency (code): Comoran franc (KMF).
Exchange rates: Comoran francs (KMF) per US dollar - 392.03 (2006), 395.6 (2005), 396.21 (2004), 435.9 (2003), 522.74 (2002)
note: the Comoran franc is pegged to the euro at a rate of 491.9677 Comoran francs per euro.
Fiscal year: calendar year.
Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.
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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