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 Comoros

 

 
Factfile  
Official name: Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros
Date of formation: 1975
Capital: Moroni
Population: 700,000
Density: 322.6 people per sq km
Total area: 2,170 sq km
Languages: Arabic*, French*, Comoran
Government: Military-based regime
Life expectancy: 60.6 years
Infant mortality: 59 deaths/1,000 live births

Rural population:

65.6% of total
Urban population: 34.4% of total
Under age 15: 42.3% of total
Over age 65: 2.4% of total

* Official language

Source:
UNDP - Human development report 2004
www.hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2004/
CIA - The World Factbook 2004
www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html




Population density (inhabitant/Km2)

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Source: UNEP/GRID geneva 

 
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