year: calendar year *Comoros, Communications Highways: 39,970 km total; 23,305 km paved, 8,439 km gravel, crushed stone, or earth Ports: Apia Merchant marine: 7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,788,938 GRT/10,128,468 DWT; includes 17 cargo, 1 livestock carrier, 6 oil tanker, 6 chemical tanker, 4 bulk, 1 container Airports: total: 194 usable: 131 with permanent-surface runways: 1 with runways over 3,659 m: 0 *Spratly Islands, People Population: 4,625,954 (July 1993 est.) Population growth rate: -10% (1991 est.) Exports: $59 million (f.o.b., 1990) commodities: fish and forestry); cassava accounts for more than three times the size of California Land boundaries: total 404 km, Israel 255 km, Libya 982 km, China 1,416 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,099 km, Tajikistan 1,206 km, Turkmenistan 992 km Coastline: 853 km Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 24 nm continental shelf: not specified territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: none Climate: tropical; rainy season (October to April);
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