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<text id=94CT0327><title>Comoros—People</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Comoros<nl>People</hdr><body>
<list>
<item><hi format=bold>Population:</hi> 530,136 (July 1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Population growth rate:</hi> 3.55% (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 46.48 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 10.95 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 79.6 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Life expectancy at birth:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 57.81 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 55.63 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 60.06 years (1994 est.)
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 6.79 children born/woman (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Comoran(s)
<item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Comoran
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> Antalote, Cafre, Makoa, Oimatsaha, Sakalava
<item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> Sunni Muslim 86%, Roman Catholic 14%
<item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> Arabic (official), French (official), Comoran (a blend of Swahili and Arabic)
<item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi> age 15 and over can read and write (1980)
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 48%
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 56%
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 40%
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Labor force:</hi> 140,000 (1982)
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> agriculture 80%, government 3%
<item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> 51% of population of working age (1985)
</list></list></body></article></text>