People (Comoros)
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     Population:
         493,853 (July 1992), growth rate 3.5% (1992)
     Birth rate:
         47 births/1,000 population (1992)
     Death rate:
         12 deaths/1,000 population (1992)
     Net migration rate:
         0 migrants/1,000 population (1992)
     Infant mortality rate:
         84 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
     Life expectancy at birth:
         55 years male, 59 years female (1992)
     Total fertility rate:
         6.9 children born/woman (1992)
     Nationality:
         noun - Comoran(s); adjective - Comoran
     Ethnic divisions:
         Antalote, Cafre, Makoa, Oimatsaha, Sakalava
     Religions:
         Sunni Muslim 86%, Roman Catholic 14%
     Languages:
         official languages are Arabic and French but majority of population speak
         Comoran, a blend of Swahili and Arabic
     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