Comoros People - 1986


SOURCE: 1986 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES  Spanish Simplified Chinese French German Russian Hindi Arabic Portuguese

Population: 420,000 (July 1986), average

annual growth rate 2 9%

Nationality: noun—Comoran(s);

adjective—Comoran

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

Religion: 86% Sunni Muslim, 14% Roman

Catholic

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

Infant mortality rate: 92.3/1,000 (1983)

Life expectancy: 48.8

Literacy: 15%

Labor force: 140,000 (1982); 80% agriculture, 3% government; significant unemployment

NOTE: The information regarding Comoros on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Comoros 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Comoros 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.

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