199,652 (July 1993 est.) Population growth rate: 2.9% (1992) National product per capita: $8,200 (1992) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 7% (1988) Unemployment rate: 0.4% (1993 est.) Birth rate: 29.23 births/1,000 population (1993 est.) Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $63 million (1989 est.) National product per capita: $530 (1989 est.) Exports: $66.0 million (c.i.f., 1990 est.) commodities: raw materials 32.8%, consumer goods partners: France 79%, Comoros 10%, Reunion 9% Imports: $23.3 billion (c.i.f., 1992 est.) commodities: sugar, nickel, shellfish, tobacco,
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