Ethnic divisions: Antalote, Cafre, Makoa, Oimatsaha, Sakalava
Religions: Sunni Muslim 86%, Roman Catholic 14%
Languages: Arabic (official), French (official), Comoran (a blend of
Swahili and Arabic)
Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1980)
total population: 48%
male: 56%
female: 40%
Labor force: 140,000 (1982)
by occupation: agriculture 80%, government 3%
@Comoros:Government
Names:
conventional long form: Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros
conventional short form: Comoros
local long form: Republique Federale Islamique des Comores
local short form: Comores
Digraph: CN
Type: independent republic
Capital: Moroni