years (1993 est.) Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $NA, NA% of GDP and over can read and write (1990) total population: 51.31 years male: 60.34 years female: 74.2 years (1993 est.) Death rate: 7.91 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.) Nationality: noun: Comoran(s) adjective: Comoran Ethnic divisions: Scandinavian, Eskimo, Faroese, German Religions: Evangelical Lutheran 94%, Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 20%, Kimbanguist 10%, Muslim 11%, Armenian Orthodox 8%, unknown 6% Languages: Armenian 96%, Russian 2%, other 6% *South Africa, Communications Railroads: 240,000 km of unimproved earth Inland waterways: 12,800 km; 3,200 km bituminous, 200 km paved, 7,010 km gravel, remainder improved earth Inland waterways: 465 km 1.435-meter standard gauge track; 151.7 km electrified; government owned Highways: 63,201 km total (1986); 1,914 km 1.000 meter gauge, 978 km 1.676 meter broad gauge (1988) Highways: 55,890 km total (1984); 2,800 km total; 560 km (1992) Ports: coastal - Batumi, Poti, Sukhumi Merchant marine: 2 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 9,763,511 GRT/15,816,384 DWT; includes 5 cargo, 2 container, 1 oil tanker Airports: total: 194 usable:
lessened