and 4.3% (2003)

Debt - external:
$232 million (2000 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$10 million (2001 est.)

Currency:
Comoran franc (KMF)

Currency code:
KMF

Exchange rates:
Comoran francs (KMF) per US dollar - 435.9 (2003), 522.741 (2002),
549.779 (2001), 533.982 (2000), 461.775 (1999)
note: prior to January 1999, the official rate was pegged to the
French franc at 75 Comoran francs per French franc; since 1 January
1999, the Comoran franc is pegged to the euro at a rate of 491.9677
Comoran francs per euro

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Comoros

Telephones - main lines in use:
13,200 (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
2,000 (2003)

Telephone system:
general assessment: sparse system of microwave radio relay and HF
radiotelephone communication stations
domestic: HF radiotelephone communications and microwave radio relay
international: country code - 269; HF radiotelephone communications
to Madagascar and Reunion

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 1 (2001)

Radios:
90,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
NA

Televisions:
1,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.km

Internet hosts:
11 (2003)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2000)

Internet users:
5,000 (2003)

Transportation Comoros

Highways:
total: 880 km
paved: 673 km
unpaved: 207 km (1999 est)

Ports and harbors:
Fomboni, Moroni, Moutsamoudou

Merchant marine:
total: 62 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 452,801 GRT/681,343 DWT
by type: bulk 9, cargo 31, chemical tanker 1, combination bulk 1,
livestock carrier 1, passenger 4, petroleum tanker 5, refrigerated
cargo 3, roll on/roll off 1, short-sea/passenger 2, specialized
tanker 4
foreign-owned: Bahamas 1, Bulgaria 1, Cyprus 1, Greece 7, Honduras
1, India 1, Kenya 1, Lebanon 7, Liberia 1, Marshall Islands 3,
Pakistan 4, Panama 2, Russia 1, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,
Saudi Arabia 2, Syria 4, Turkey 21, United Kingdom 1, United States
1, Yemen 2 (2004 est.)

Airports:
4 (2003 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 3 (2004 est.)

Military Comoros

Military branches:
Comoran Security Force

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 154,843 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 91,825 (2004 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar