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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>
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- <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>
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- <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.)
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- <item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 6.79 children born/woman (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi>
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- <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)
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- <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)
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> agriculture 80%, government 3%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> 51% of population of working age (1985)
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