| Mayotte (2006) | Mayotte (2003) | |
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| Age structure | 0-14 years: 46% (male 46,512/female 46,067) 
 15-64 years: 52.3% (male 56,899/female 48,274) 65 years and over: 1.7% (male 1,756/female 1,726) (2006 est.)  | 
				0-14 years: 46.5% (male 41,632; female 41,301) 
 15-64 years: 51.8% (male 50,373; female 42,118) 65 years and over: 1.7% (male 1,502; female 1,511) (2003 est.)  | 
				
| Airports | 1 (2006) | 1 (2002) | 
| Airports - with paved runways | total: 1 
 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2006)  | 
				total: 1 
 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2002)  | 
				
| Birth rate | 40.95 births/1,000 population (2006 est.) | 42.86 births/1,000 population (2003 est.) | 
| Budget | revenues: $NA 
 expenditures: $73 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (1991 est.)  | 
				revenues: $NA 
 expenditures: $73 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1991 est.)  | 
				
| Capital | name: Mamoudzou 
 geographic coordinates: 12 47 S, 45 14 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)  | 
				Mamoutzou | 
| Constitution | 4 October 1958 (French Constitution) | 28 September 1958 (French Constitution) | 
| Currency | - | euro (EUR) | 
| Death rate | 7.7 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.) | 8.34 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.) | 
| Dependency status | departmental collectivity of France | territorial collectivity of France | 
| Economic aid - recipient | $208 million; note - extensive French financial assistance (2004) | $107.7 million; note - extensive French financial assistance (1995) | 
| Electricity - consumption | 87.79 million kWh NA kWh | NA kWh | 
| Electricity - production by source | - | fossil fuel: 0% 
 hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0%  | 
				
| Exchange rates | euros per US dollar - 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004), 0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002), 1.1175 (2001) | euros per US dollar - 1.06 1.0626 (2002), 1.1175 (2001), 1.0854 (2000), 0.9386 (1999); French francs per US dollar - 5.8995 (1998), 5.8367 (1997) | 
| Executive branch | chief of state: President Jacques CHIRAC of France (since 17 May 1995), represented by Prefect Jean-Paul KIHL (since 17 January 2005) 
 head of government: President of the General Council Said Omar OILI (since 8 April 2004) cabinet: NA elections: French president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; prefect appointed by the French president on the advice of the French Ministry of the Interior; president of the General Council elected by the members of the General Council for a six-year term; next election to be held in 2010  | 
				chief of state: President Jacques CHIRAC of France (since 17 May 1995), represented by Prefect Jean-Jacques BROT (since 3 July 2002) 
 head of government: President of the General Council Younoussa BAMANA (since NA 1977) cabinet: NA elections: French president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; prefect appointed by the French president on the advice of the French Ministry of the Interior; president of the General Council elected by the members of the General Council for a six-year term  | 
				
| Exports | $4.85 million f.o.b. (2004) | $3.44 million f.o.b. (1997) | 
| Exports - partners | France 80%, Comoros 15%, Reunion (2004) | France 80%, Comoros 15%, Reunion (2000) | 
| Flag description | unofficial, local flag with the coat of arms of Mayotte centered on a white field, above which the name of the island appears in red capital letters; the main elements of the coat of arms, flanked on either side by a seahorse, appear above a scroll with the motto RA HACHIRI (We are Vigilant); the only official flag is the national flag of France | the flag of France is used | 
| GDP | - | purchasing power parity - $85 million (1998 est.) | 
| GDP - per capita | - | purchasing power parity - $600 (1998 est.) | 
| Highways | - | total: 93 km 
 paved: 72 km unpaved: 21 km  | 
				
| Imports | $256.7 million f.o.b. (2004) | $141.3 million f.o.b. (1997) | 
| Imports - partners | France 66%, Africa 14%, Southeast Asia 11% (2004) | France 66%, Africa 14%, Southeast Asia 11% (2000 est.) | 
| Infant mortality rate | total: 60.76 deaths/1,000 live births 
 male: 66.76 deaths/1,000 live births female: 54.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)  | 
				total: 65.98 deaths/1,000 live births 
 male: 72.32 deaths/1,000 live births female: 59.44 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)  | 
				
| International organization participation | UPU | FZ | 
| Internet Service Providers (ISPs) | - | NA | 
| Irrigated land | NA | NA sq km | 
| Labor force | 44,560 (2002) | 48,800 (2000) | 
| Land use | arable land: NA% 
 permanent crops: NA% other: NA%  | 
				arable land: NA% 
 permanent crops: NA% other: NA% (1998 est.)  | 
				
| Legislative branch | unicameral General Council or Conseil General (19 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve three-year terms) 
 elections: last held 21 and 28 March 2004 (next to be held in 2007) election results: percent of vote by party - MDM 23.3%, UMP 22.8%, PS 10.2%, MRC 8.9%, FRAP 6.5%, MPM 1.2%; seats by party - MDM 6, UMP 9, MRC 2, MPM 1, diverse left 1 note: Mayotte elects one member of the French Senate; elections last held 24 September 2001 (next to be held September 2007); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; Mayotte also elects one member to the French National Assembly; elections last held 16 June 2002 (next to be held in 2007); results - percent of vote by party - UMP-RPR 55.08%, UDF 44.92%; seats by party - UMP-RPR 1  | 
				unicameral General Council or Conseil General (19 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve three-year terms) 
 elections: last held 7 October 2000 (next to be held NA 2003) election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - NA note: Mayotte elects one member of the French Senate; elections last held 24 September 2001 (next to be held NA September 2007); results - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - NA; Mayotte also elects one member to the French National Assembly; elections last held 16 June 2002 (next to be held as a special election on NA June 2005); results - percent of vote by party - UMP-RPR 55.08%, UDF 44.92%; seats by party - UMP-RPR 1  | 
				
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 61.76 years 
 male: 59.57 years female: 64.02 years (2006 est.)  | 
				total population: 60.6 years 
 male: 58.49 years female: 62.78 years (2003 est.)  | 
				
| Literacy | definition: NA 
 total population: NA male: NA female: NA  | 
				definition: NA 
 total population: NA% male: NA% female: NA%  | 
				
| Maritime claims | territorial sea: 12 nm 
 exclusive economic zone: 200 nm  | 
				exclusive economic zone: 200 NM 
 territorial sea: 12 NM  | 
				
| Merchant marine | - | none (2002 est.) | 
| Net migration rate | 4.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.) | 7.94 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.) | 
| Political parties and leaders | Democratic Front or FD [Youssouf MOUSSA]; Mahoran Popular Movement or MPM [Ahmed MADI]; Federation of Mahorans or RPR (UMP) [Mansour KAMARDINE]; Force of the Rally and the Alliance for Democracy or FRAP; Movement for Department Status Mayotte or MDM [Mouhoutar SALIM]; Renewed Communist Party of Mayotte or MRC [Omar SIMBA]; Socialist Party or PS (local branch of French Parti Socialiste) [Ibrahim ABUBACAR]; Union for French Democracy or UDF [Henri JEAN-BAPTISTE] | Democratic Front or FD [Youssouf MOUSSA]; Mahoran Popular Movement or MPM [Ahmed MADI]; Federation of Mahorans or RPR [Mansour KAMARDINE]; Movement for Department Status Mayotte or MDM [Mouhoutar SALIM]; Socialist Party or PS (local branch of French Parti Socialiste) [Ibrahim ABUBACAR]; Union for French Democracy or UDF [Henri JEAN-BAPTISTE] | 
| Population | 201,234 (July 2006 est.) | 178,437 (July 2003 est.) | 
| Population growth rate | 3.77% (2006 est.) | 4.25% (2003 est.) | 
| Ports and harbors | - | Dzaoudzi | 
| Railways | - | 0 km | 
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female 
 under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.18 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 1.02 male(s)/female total population: 1.1 male(s)/female (2006 est.)  | 
				at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female 
 under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.2 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.99 male(s)/female total population: 1.1 male(s)/female (2003 est.)  | 
				
| Telephone system | general assessment: small system administered by French Department of Posts and Telecommunications 
 domestic: NA international: country code - 269; microwave radio relay and HF radiotelephone communications to Comoros  | 
				general assessment: small system administered by French Department of Posts and Telecommunications 
 domestic: NA international: microwave radio relay and HF radiotelephone communications to Comoros (2001)  | 
				
| Telephones - main lines in use | 10,000 (2002) | 12,000 (1998) | 
| Telephones - mobile cellular | 48,100 (2004) | 0 (2000) | 
| Total fertility rate | 5.79 children born/woman (2006 est.) | 6.07 children born/woman (2003 est.) | 
| Unemployment rate | 32.8% (2003) | 38% (1999) | 
| Waterways | - | none |