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Haiti vs Somalia statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Haiti has a population of 11.8M (ranked 83/197), compared with 19M in Somalia (ranked 68/197). Haiti's land area is 10,641 sq mi versus 242,217 sq mi for Somalia (ranked 142nd vs. 42nd).

By GDP, Haiti ranks 118/197 ($25.2B) and Somalia ranks 149/197 ($12.1B). By GDP per capita, Haiti ranks 154/197 ($2,143), while Somalia ranks 191/197 ($637).

Main facts and rankings

Haiti Somalia
Population
12011655
20177806
Population rank 82/197 66/197
GDP
$25.2B
2024
$12.1B
2024
GDP rank 118/197 149/197
GDP per capita
$2,143
2024
$637
2024
GDP per capita rank 154/197 191/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$3,183
2024
$1,601
2024
Government debt
$3.77B
2024
n/a
Debt-to-GDP ratio
11.8%
2025
n/a
Government debt per person
$320
2024
n/a
Government debt per person rank 177/185 n/a
Average annual personal income after taxes
$2,081
2025
$1,941
2025
Land area
10,641 sq mi
2025
242,217 sq mi
2025
Population density
1,106 ppl/mi²
2024
78.5 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.66
2023
6.13
2023
Median age
24.8 years
2024
16.6 years
2024
Life expectancy
65.3 years
2025
59.1 years
2025

Haiti and Somalia: Comparison Charts

Haiti and Somalia economies compared

GDP
Haiti

Somalia
Year GDP
Haiti Somalia
1960 $273,187,200 $180,459,937
1961 $271,066,000 $191,659,914
1962 $281,896,800 $203,531,928
1963 $294,883,400 $216,145,936
1964 $325,281,200 $229,529,913
1965 $353,251,800 $243,725,898
1966 $368,948,600 $257,375,897
1967 $369,124,200 $271,781,887
1968 $367,968,800 $286,719,885
1969 $391,820,400 $306,357,285
1970 $331,200,000 $347,985,394
1971 $362,800,000 $347,039,446
1972 $371,998,958 $447,883,941
1973 $466,798,973 $483,699,611
1974 $565,399,322 $572,504,036
1975 $681,400,000 $757,015,879
1976 $879,000,000 $871,344,245
1977 $947,000,000 $498,550,725
1978 $974,200,000 $564,571,823
1979 $1,080,600,000 $589,566,929
1980 $1,383,800,000 $602,515,548
1981 $1,479,400,000 $699,302,473
1982 $1,474,200,000 $774,578,932
1983 $1,623,600,000 $735,408,642
1984 $1,816,200,000 $787,434,542
1985 $2,009,400,000 $875,702,247
1986 $2,318,000,000 $916,590,786
1987 $2,047,200,000 $1,018,972,664
1988 $2,613,926,800 $1,051,596,967
1989 $2,736,243,800 $1,181,360,844
1990 $3,096,289,800 $1,031,282,081
1991 $3,473,562,628 $717,974,930
1992 $2,257,129,792 $709,297,579
1993 $1,878,253,767 $1,260,132,956
1994 $2,167,569,046 $1,481,205,098
1995 $2,813,313,279 $1,534,756,135
1996 $2,907,517,604 $1,792,234,297
1997 $3,338,949,152 $2,191,749,014
1998 $3,723,903,724 $2,962,047,564
1999 $4,153,725,884 $3,045,751,528
2000 $6,813,566,099 $3,412,797,450
2001 $6,331,970,324 $2,252,847,465
2002 $6,205,847,214 $2,192,684,135
2003 $5,071,947,798 $2,836,724,352
2004 $6,087,360,684 $3,859,592,813
2005 $7,030,149,730 $4,683,246,454
2006 $7,638,739,123 $5,026,743,282
2007 $9,228,637,768 $5,430,713,729
2008 $10,432,962,635 $5,913,620,293
2009 $11,597,002,835 $2,948,594,552
2010 $11,859,312,725 $2,687,807,004
2011 $13,008,746,039 $2,906,000,097
2012 $13,708,925,477 $4,364,670,160
2013 $14,902,488,604 $5,062,881,600
2014 $15,146,883,498 $5,728,399,720
2015 $14,849,629,309 $6,152,149,100
2016 $14,069,277,526 $6,613,743,070
2017 $15,093,357,161 $7,621,501,710
2018 $16,403,864,618 $7,873,440,830
2019 $15,016,090,930 $8,655,023,960
2020 $14,508,222,518 $8,628,393,720
2021 $20,877,414,953 $9,483,997,390
2022 $20,253,551,921 $10,202,767,270
2023 $19,850,585,722 $10,968,517,090
2024 $25,224,154,991 $12,108,515,110

Haiti and Somalia economies compared

GDP per capita
Haiti

Somalia
Year GDP per capita
Haiti Somalia
1960 $70.8 $62.7
1961 $69 $64.9
1962 $70.4 $67.2
1963 $72.4 $69.5
1964 $78.5 $71.9
1965 $83.6 $74.4
1966 $85.7 $76.5
1967 $84.2 $78.7
1968 $82.4 $80.8
1969 $86.1 $84.1
1970 $71.5 $93.1
1971 $76.8 $90.4
1972 $77.3 $113.7
1973 $95.1 $119.6
1974 $113 $137.9
1975 $133.6 $177.8
1976 $169.1 $199.6
1977 $178.7 $111.2
1978 $180.3 $117.3
1979 $196.2 $108.2
1980 $246.5 $101.5
1981 $258.5 $116.9
1982 $252.6 $129
1983 $272.8 $118.6
1984 $299.2 $122.5
1985 $325 $130.8
1986 $367 $131.4
1987 $318 $141
1988 $397 $145.3
1989 $407 $166
1990 $452 $145.6
1991 $497 $105.4
1992 $316 $109.2
1993 $258.1 $188.6
1994 $292.1 $210.8
1995 $372 $210.7
1996 $377 $237.2
1997 $425 $280.1
1998 $465 $363
1999 $510 $359
2000 $821 $386
2001 $749 $244.9
2002 $721 $229.6
2003 $579 $286.3
2004 $683 $375
2005 $776 $440
2006 $829 $458
2007 $985 $480
2008 $1,095 $507
2009 $1,197 $246.5
2010 $1,210 $219.2
2011 $1,312 $235.3
2012 $1,361 $350
2013 $1,458 $393
2014 $1,460 $429
2015 $1,411 $446
2016 $1,318 $461
2017 $1,395 $511
2018 $1,496 $510
2019 $1,352 $540
2020 $1,290 $518
2021 $1,835 $549
2022 $1,761 $573
2023 $1,706 $597
2024 $2,143 $637

Haiti vs. Somalia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Haiti

Somalia
Year Life expectancy, years
Haiti Somalia
1950 37.2 41.5
1951 38.1 41.7
1952 38.8 41.9
1953 39.5 42.1
1954 40.1 42.3
1955 41 42.5
1956 41.6 42.7
1957 42.1 42.9
1958 42.6 43.1
1959 43 43.3
1960 43.4 43.5
1961 43.8 43.7
1962 44.2 44
1963 42.7 44.2
1964 44.9 44.4
1965 45.4 44.6
1966 45.6 44.8
1967 46.1 45.1
1968 46.5 45.3
1969 46.9 45.5
1970 47.3 45.6
1971 47.6 45.8
1972 47.9 46
1973 48.2 46.2
1974 48.5 44.3
1975 48.7 44.5
1976 49 44.7
1977 49.2 47
1978 49.5 47
1979 49.7 47.4
1980 50 47.6
1981 50.3 47.8
1982 50.6 48
1983 50.9 48.2
1984 51.3 48.4
1985 51.6 48.3
1986 51.9 48.4
1987 52.2 49
1988 52.6 43.9
1989 52.9 46.6
1990 53.2 46.9
1991 53.5 25.4
1992 54 25
1993 54.5 50.6
1994 54.7 50.3
1995 55.6 50.6
1996 56.1 50.5
1997 56.7 50.3
1998 57.1 50.8
1999 57.7 50.6
2000 58.2 50.7
2001 58.6 50.8
2002 59 50.8
2003 59.4 50.7
2004 58.5 50.7
2005 60.3 50.9
2006 60.7 50.9
2007 61.1 50.9
2008 61.3 51.5
2009 61.7 52.1
2010 45.6 48.9
2011 61.6 32.5
2012 62.3 49.1
2013 62.6 54
2014 63 54.4
2015 63.2 55.1
2016 63.3 55.3
2017 63.8 52.2
2018 64.1 54.8
2019 64.3 57.2
2020 63.8 57.1
2021 62.6 55.7
2022 63.9 53.9
2023 64.9 58.8
2024 65.1 59
2025 65.3 59.1

Haiti and Somalia population clocks and comparison

Population
Haiti

Somalia
Year Population
Haiti Somalia
1960 3,858,443 2,876,331
1961 3,929,030 2,952,054
1962 4,001,575 3,030,091
1963 4,073,068 3,110,361
1964 4,146,244 3,192,796
1965 4,223,820 3,277,874
1966 4,302,639 3,365,106
1967 4,382,999 3,454,537
1968 4,465,328 3,546,590
1969 4,549,334 3,641,015
1970 4,635,124 3,738,448
1971 4,723,244 3,837,691
1972 4,813,868 3,939,436
1973 4,906,743 4,045,592
1974 5,001,796 4,151,842
1975 5,099,086 4,257,535
1976 5,198,357 4,365,812
1977 5,299,476 4,484,050
1978 5,402,580 4,814,892
1979 5,507,590 5,449,117
1980 5,614,493 5,936,154
1981 5,723,725 5,982,849
1982 5,835,937 6,003,840
1983 5,951,096 6,198,430
1984 6,069,230 6,428,389
1985 6,190,862 6,693,289
1986 6,316,122 6,974,788
1987 6,445,123 7,228,302
1988 6,578,145 7,235,360
1989 6,714,730 7,114,817
1990 6,854,441 7,082,811
1991 6,995,450 6,813,760
1992 7,136,571 6,495,107
1993 7,278,181 6,681,399
1994 7,419,771 7,026,797
1995 7,562,546 7,285,007
1996 7,707,557 7,554,474
1997 7,854,298 7,824,525
1998 8,002,143 8,155,417
1999 8,151,296 8,492,059
2000 8,303,151 8,838,713
2001 8,455,918 9,198,493
2002 8,607,641 9,550,063
2003 8,759,912 9,909,157
2004 8,910,263 10,280,998
2005 9,061,273 10,644,228
2006 9,216,562 10,975,502
2007 9,373,296 11,322,582
2008 9,530,774 11,663,084
2009 9,689,581 11,961,201
2010 9,803,294 12,261,756
2011 9,914,904 12,348,830
2012 10,069,771 12,461,160
2013 10,222,362 12,869,594
2014 10,373,235 13,339,491
2015 10,523,242 13,806,963
2016 10,671,457 14,348,740
2017 10,817,754 14,916,629
2018 10,962,362 15,452,487
2019 11,105,163 16,030,971
2020 11,243,848 16,651,191
2021 11,374,586 17,271,431
2022 11,503,606 17,801,897
2023 11,637,398 18,358,615
2024 11,772,557 19,009,151

Fertility rates in Haiti and Somalia

Fertility rate
Haiti

Somalia
Year Fertility rate
Haiti Somalia
1960 6.18 7.25
1961 6.18 7.25
1962 6.18 7.26
1963 6.17 7.26
1964 6.16 7.26
1965 6.13 7.26
1966 6.09 7.26
1967 6.05 7.25
1968 6.01 7.23
1969 5.96 7.21
1970 5.91 7.18
1971 5.88 7.15
1972 5.85 7.12
1973 5.81 7.09
1974 5.78 7.06
1975 5.75 7.03
1976 5.71 7.02
1977 5.67 7
1978 5.64 7.13
1979 5.59 7.16
1980 5.56 7.18
1981 5.53 7.23
1982 5.53 7.25
1983 5.51 7.28
1984 5.51 7.3
1985 5.5 7.33
1986 5.48 7.35
1987 5.47 7.37
1988 5.47 7.4
1989 5.44 7.42
1990 5.41 7.44
1991 5.32 7.47
1992 5.21 7.5
1993 5.1 7.53
1994 4.99 7.54
1995 4.88 7.58
1996 4.78 7.62
1997 4.67 7.66
1998 4.56 7.66
1999 4.45 7.66
2000 4.39 7.65
2001 4.25 7.64
2002 4.13 7.63
2003 4.05 7.6
2004 3.94 7.57
2005 3.84 7.53
2006 3.76 7.49
2007 3.69 7.46
2008 3.62 7.42
2009 3.57 7.38
2010 3.5 7.32
2011 3.43 7.27
2012 3.32 7.21
2013 3.22 7.14
2014 3.16 7.06
2015 3.11 6.98
2016 3.05 6.88
2017 2.99 6.77
2018 2.92 6.66
2019 2.86 6.56
2020 2.8 6.45
2021 2.75 6.35
2022 2.7 6.26
2023 2.66 6.13

Haiti and Somalia demographics compared

Median age
Haiti

Somalia
Year Median age, years
Haiti Somalia
1960 19.5 18.1
1961 19.5 17.9
1962 19.5 17.8
1963 19.5 17.7
1964 19.5 17.6
1965 19.5 17.5
1966 19.4 17.5
1967 19.4 17.5
1968 19.4 17.5
1969 19.4 17.5
1970 19.4 17.5
1971 19.4 17.6
1972 19.3 17.6
1973 19.3 17.6
1974 19.3 17.7
1975 19.3 17.7
1976 19.3 17.7
1977 19.3 17.7
1978 19.3 17.7
1979 19.2 17.6
1980 19.2 17.6
1981 19.2 17.5
1982 19.2 17.4
1983 19.1 17.4
1984 19.1 17.3
1985 19.1 17.2
1986 19 17.1
1987 19 17
1988 19 16.8
1989 18.9 16.7
1990 18.9 16.5
1991 18.9 16.5
1992 18.9 16.7
1993 18.9 16.8
1994 18.9 16.7
1995 19 16.6
1996 19 16.5
1997 19.1 16.4
1998 19.2 16.4
1999 19.3 16.3
2000 19.4 16.3
2001 19.5 16.2
2002 19.7 16.2
2003 19.8 16.1
2004 20 16
2005 20.2 15.9
2006 20.4 15.7
2007 20.6 15.6
2008 20.9 15.6
2009 21.1 15.6
2010 21.3 15.7
2011 21.6 15.8
2012 21.8 16
2013 22 16
2014 22.3 16
2015 22.5 16.1
2016 22.8 16.1
2017 23 16.2
2018 23.3 16.2
2019 23.5 16.3
2020 23.8 16.3
2021 24 16.4
2022 24.3 16.5
2023 24.5 16.5
2024 24.8 16.6

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Haiti Somalia
GNI, Atlas method
$20.7B
2024
$11.5B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
6.09%
2025
13%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
0.96%
2023
0.000008%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.05%
2023
1.53%
1989
Armed forces personnel
1,000
2020
14,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-0.12%
2025
-4.94%
2025
Unemployment rate
14.1%
2012
18.8%
2019
Services, % of GDP
48.3%
2024
n/a
Industry, % of GDP
33.4%
2024
9.66%
1986
Economic freedom index
46.1
2025
29
2025
Income share by richest 10%
31.2%
2012
n/a
Income share by poorest 10%
2.1%
2012
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$2.72B
2024
$23.1M
1989
Personal remittances received
$3.9B
2024
$2.12B
2024
International tourist arrivals
938,000
2019
n/a
International tourism as share of exports
34.8%
2018
n/a
Banked people share
32.6%
2017
38.7%
2014

Energy

Haiti Somalia
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
378 kg
2022
n/a
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$8.65
2022
n/a
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
3.54 megatons
2023
0.87 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.3 tons
2023
0.05 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
21.7%
2022
n/a
Renewable energy use share
76.7%
2021
95.4%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
0.37%
2022
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
74.8 kWh
2022
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
19.8%
2021
11.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
18.2%
2022
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
51.3%
2023
50.3%
2023

Society

Haiti Somalia
% of world population
0.14%
2024
0.23%
2024
Annual migration change
-31,747
2024
+26,859
2024
Urban population
60.5%
2024
48.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.65 ft
2025
5.62 ft
2025
Average female height
5.27 ft
2025
5.25 ft
2025
Quality of life index
15.6
2025
7.34
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
16
2024
9
2024
Higher education index
7
2025
11
2025
Homicides per 100K people
41.2
2023
4.31
2015
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
18.8
2019
27.4
2019
Visa free countries
61
2025
44
2025
Adult literacy rate
68%
2017
54.1%
2022
English speaking
1%
2025
2%
2025
People using the Internet
39.3%
2019
27.6%
2022

Health

Haiti Somalia
Government health expenditure per capita
$52.3
2022
$15.3
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$25.2
2022
$6.47
2022
Life expectancy
65.3 years
2025
59.1 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
31%
2022
50.4%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.24
2018
0.02
2014
Age at first childbirth
22.4 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
328
2023
563
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
55.1
2023
104
2023
Obesity rate
11.1%
2022
14.9%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
8.5%
2024
5.8%
2024
Air quality index
94
2025
35
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
8.1%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
3.11 liters
2020
0 liters
2020

Territory

Haiti Somalia
% of world land
0.02%
2025
0.42%
2025
Land area per capita
904 sq mi
2024
12,742 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
6,931 sq mi
2025
170,384 sq mi
2025
Forest area
1,305 sq mi
2025
22,200 sq mi
2025
Roads length
2,651 mi
2009
9,321 mi
2018

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