Comores.
Date 1996 Mai, Vol 36, Num 1843-1844, pp 42Revue : Jeune AfriqueType de publication : article de périodique;The capital of Comoros is Moroni. As of 1995, Comoros had a population of 700,000 governed by a presidential regime. 1994 gross national product and per capita income were, respectively, $249 million and $510. Per capita income declined by 1.3% per year over the period 1985-94. In 1994, Comoros owed $188.7 million, then being serviced at $12.7 million. For the same year, Comoros exported $59.2 million in goods and services and imported $75.6 million. As of 1995, the population was growing in size by 1.9% annually. In 1992-93, life expectancy at birth was 56 years and the infant mortality rate was 89 per 1000 births. Other data are presented on the country's topography, climate and vegetation, demographics, principal cities, population distribution, religions, political structure, economics and finances, foreign commerce, and transportation and communications.