| Attribute |
Somalia × | 
Samoa × |
| Geography | | |
| Area (km²) | 637,657 | 2,831 |
| Continent | Africa | Australia |
| Land area (km²) | 627,337 | 2,821 |
| Water area (km²) | 10,320 | 10 |
| Land boundaries (km) | 2,385 | 0 |
| Border countries | | - |
| Coastline (km) | 3,025 | 403 |
| Mean elevation (m) | 410 | - |
| Lowest point (m) | 0 | 0 |
| Highest point (m) | 2,416 | 1,857 |
| People | | |
| Population | 11,757,124 | 203,774 |
| Official languages | | - English
- Samoan (Polynesian)
|
| Religion | Sunni Muslim | Protestant |
| Government | | |
| Long country name | Federal Republic of Somalia | Independent State of Samoa |
| Short country name | Somalia | Samoa |
| Long local name | Jamhuuriyadda Federaalkaa Soomaaliya | Malo Sa'oloto Tuto'atasi o Samoa |
| Short local name | Soomaaliya | Samoa |
| Former name | - Somali Democratic Republic
- Somali Republic
| |
| Government type | Federal parliamentary republic | Parliamentary republic |
| Capital | Mogadishu | Apia |
| Economy | | |
| GDP (PPP) (USD) | 20,440,000,000 | 1,137,000,000 |
| GDP (OER) (USD) | 7,052,000,000 | 841,000,000 |
| GDP (real growth rate) (%) | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| GDP - per capita (PPP) (USD) | - | 5,700 |
| Labor force | 4,154,000 | 50,700 |
| Unemployment rate (%) | - | 5.2 |
| Budget revenues (USD) | 145,300,000 | 237,300,000 |
| Budget expenditures (USD) | 151,100,000 | 276,800,000 |
| Taxes and other revenues (% of GDP) | 2.1 | 28.2 |
| Budget surplus or deficit (% of GDP) | -0.1 | -4.7 |
| Public debt (% of GDP) | 76.7 | 49.1 |
| Inflation rate (%) | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| Commercial bank prime lending rate (%) | - | 8.76 |
| Stock of narrow money (USD) | - | 147,000,000 |
| Stock of broad money (USD) | - | 147,000,000 |
| Stock of domestic credit (USD) | - | 404,300,000 |
| Current account balance (USD) | -464,000,000 | -19,000,000 |
| Exports (USD) | 819,000,000 | 27,500,000 |
| Imports (USD) | 94,430,000,000 | 89,290,000,000 |
| Reserves of foreign exchange and gold (USD) | 30,450,000 | 133,000,000 |
| External debt (USD) | 5,300,000,000 | 447,200,000 |
| National currency | Somali shillings | tala |
| National currency (code) | SOS | SAT |
| National currency (symbol) | S | - |
| National currency rate to USD | 23 | 2.566 |