COMOROS COMOROS REGION AFRICA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE JULY 6 1975 DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION OCTOBER 20 1996 POPULATION 562723 1999 EST AREA 719 SQ MI CAPITAL MORONI FORM OF GOVERNMENT INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC MAIN INDUSTRIES PERFUMES TEXTILES AGRICULTURE PERFUME PLANTS VANILLA COPRA NATURAL RESOURCES NONE OF SIGNIFICANCE CURRENCY FRANC GDP 400 MILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 700 1998 EST LANGUAGES ARABIC FRENCH COMORIAN RELIGIONS MUSLIM CHRISTIAN ROMAN CATHOLIC LITERACY RATE 57 LIFE EXPECTANCY 58 YEARS MALE 63 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 40 PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 9 PER 1000 POPULATION
