Malawi and Somalia Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country

Leader
President: Joyce Banda	President: Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
Population
16,777,547	10,251,568
Life Expectancy
52.780 years	51.190 years
Capital City

Largest city
Lilongwe (population: 646,750)	Mogadishu (population: 2,587,180)
Human Development Index
0.457	0
GDP per capita

Literacy Rate
62.7%	37.8%
Corruption Perception Index
2.8	1
Percentage of Women in Parliament
13%	8.2%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate

Death Penalty
Abolished in practice	Legal

Political System
multiparty democracy	no permanent national government; transitional, parliamentary federal government
Independence date

Religions
Christian 79.9%, Muslim 12.8%, other 3%, none 4.3% (1998 census)	Sunni Muslim
Languages
Chichewa 57.2% (official), Chinyanja 12.8%, Chiyao 10.1%, Chitumbuka 9.5%, Chisena 2.7%, Chilomwe 2.4%, Chitonga 1.7%, other 3.6% (1998 census)	Somali (official), Arabic, Italian, English
Exports

External Debt

Exchange Rate

Military Budget as percentage of GDP

Beijing Olympics Medal Count

Location
Southern Africa, east of Zambia	Eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, east of Ethiopia
Area
118,484 km sq	637,657 km sq
Coastline
0 km	3,025 km
Climate
sub-tropical; rainy season (November to May); dry season (May to November)	principally desert; northeast monsoon (December to February), moderate temperatures in north and hot in south; southwest monsoon (May to October), torrid in the north and hot in the south, irregular rainfall, hot and humid periods (tangambili) between monsoons

Malawi vs Somalia