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  1.  People
  2.  
  3. Population: 460,188 (July 1990), growth rate 3.5% (1990).
  4.  
  5. Birth rate: 48 births/1,000 population (1990).
  6.  
  7. Death rate: 12 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
  8.  
  9. Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1990).
  10.  
  11. Infant mortality rate: 89 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
  12.  
  13. Life expectancy at birth: 54 years male, 58 years female (1990).
  14.  
  15. Total fertility rate: 7.0 children born/woman (1990).
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  17. Nationality: noun--Comoran(s); adjective--Comoran.
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  19. Ethnic divisions: Antalote, Cafre, Makoa, Oimatsaha, Sakalava.
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  21. Religion: 86% Sunni Muslim, 14% Roman Catholic.
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  23. Language: Shaafi Islam (a Swahili dialect), Malagasy, French.
  24.  
  25. Literacy: 15%.
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  27. Labor force: 140,000 (1982); 80% agriculture, 3% government; 
  28. 51% of population of working age (1985).
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  30. Organized labor: NA.
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