Population: 476,678 (July 1991), growth rate 3.5% (1991)

Birth rate: 47 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 12 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 87 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 54 years male, 59 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 7.0 children born/woman (1991)

Nationality: noun--Comoran(s); adjective--Comoran

Ethnic divisions: Antalote, Cafre, Makoa, Oimatsaha, Sakalava

Religion: Sunni Muslim 86%, Roman Catholic 14%

Language: Shaafi Islam (a Swahili dialect), Malagasy, French

Literacy: 48% (male 56%, female 40%) age 15 and over can read and write (1980)

Labor force: 140,000 (1982); agriculture 80%, government 3%; 51% of population of working age (1985)

Organized labor: NA

NOTE: The information regarding Comoros on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Comoros People 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Comoros People 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.