_#_Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Infant mortality rate: 87 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)
_#_Life expectancy at birth: 54 years male, 59 years female (1991)
_#_Total fertility rate: 7.0 children born/woman (1991)
_#_Nationality: noun—Comoran(s); adjective—Comoran
_#_Ethnic divisions: Antalote, Cafre, Makoa, Oimatsaha, Sakalava
_#_Religion: Sunni Muslim 86%, Roman Catholic 14%
_#_Language: Shaafi Islam (a Swahili dialect), Malagasy, French
_#_Literacy: 48% (male 56%, female 40%) age 15 and over can read and write (1980)
_#_Labor force: 140,000 (1982); agriculture 80%, government 3%; 51% of population of working age (1985)