Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
The Seychelles fits inside Somalia 1,386 times.
Seychelles: 460 km² (2023) · Somalia: 637,660 km² (2023)
How much coast is there?
Somalia’s coastline is 6.2 times as long as the Seychelles’.
Seychelles: 491 km (2026 edition) · Somalia: 3,025 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Somalia’s highest peak towers 1,555 m above the Seychelles’.
Seychelles: 905 m (2026 edition) · Somalia: 2,460 m (2026 edition)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Somalia has 160 times as many people as the Seychelles.
Seychelles: 122,730 (2025) · Somalia: 19.7 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
The Seychelles is 8.5 times as densely populated as Somalia.
Seychelles: 267 per km² (2025) · Somalia: 31 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in the Seychelles are 4.7 cm taller than in Somalia.
Seychelles: 175.9 cm (2019) · Somalia: 171.2 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in the Seychelles are 2.6 cm taller than in Somalia.
Seychelles: 162.5 cm (2019) · Somalia: 159.9 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in the Seychelles is 18 years older than in Somalia.
Seychelles: 33.7 years (2023) · Somalia: 15.4 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Somalia have 4.2 more children on average than in the Seychelles.
Seychelles: 1.85 children per woman (2024) · Somalia: 6.01 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
8.7% of people in the Seychelles are 65 or older, versus 2.6% in Somalia.
Seychelles: 8.7% (2025) · Somalia: 2.6% (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Seychelles: no data · Somalia: 0 (2025)
How many official languages?
The Seychelles has 3 official languages, Somalia 2.
Seychelles: 3 (2026) · Somalia: 2 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Somalia’s economy is 5.4 times the size of the Seychelles’.
Seychelles: $2.39 billion (2025) · Somalia: $13 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
The Seychelles produces 22 times as much per person as Somalia.
Seychelles: Int$35,854 (2025) · Somalia: Int$1,643 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Seychelles: 32.1 (2018) · Somalia: no data
How many people are looking for work?
Seychelles: no data · Somalia: 18.9% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Somalia and the Seychelles are practically level.
Seychelles: 1.2% (2024) · Somalia: 1.6% (2024)
How expensive is it?
The Seychelles’ price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Somalia’s.
Seychelles: 54% (2025) · Somalia: 40% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
The Seychelles spends 34 times as much on health per person as Somalia.
Seychelles: $766 (2023) · Somalia: $22 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in the Seychelles live 17 years longer than in Somalia.
Seychelles: 76.3 years (2024) · Somalia: 59 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Somalia is 5.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in the Seychelles.
Seychelles: 12.9 per 1,000 (2024) · Somalia: 65.4 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
The Seychelles has 137 times as many doctors per person as Somalia.
Seychelles: 6.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Somalia: 0.048 per 1,000 (2014)
How common is obesity?
35% of adults in the Seychelles are obese, versus 13% in Somalia.
Seychelles: 34.9% (2024) · Somalia: 13% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
Seychelles: 17.3% (2024) · Somalia: no data
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
Seychelles: no data · Somalia: 4.51 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Seychelles: 9 litres (2023) · Somalia: no data
How much meat is on the menu?
The Seychelles has 6.4 times as much meat per person as Somalia.
Seychelles: 70.7 kg (2023) · Somalia: 11.1 kg (2022)
How much food is there per day?
The Seychelles has 1,076 kcal more food per person per day than Somalia.
Seychelles: 2,888 kcal (2023) · Somalia: 1,812 kcal (2022)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in the Seychelles went to school 9.3 years longer than in Somalia.
Seychelles: 11.2 years (2023) · Somalia: 1.9 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Seychelles: 2.77 (2022) · Somalia: no data
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
88% of people in the Seychelles are online, versus 28% in Somalia.
Seychelles: 88% (2024) · Somalia: 28% (2024)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in the Seychelles have electricity, versus 54% in Somalia.
Seychelles: 100% (2024) · Somalia: 54.4% (2024)
How many live in cities?
55% of people in Somalia live in cities, versus 45% in the Seychelles.
Seychelles: 45% (2025) · Somalia: 55% (2025)
How many phones per person?
The Seychelles has 126 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Somalia 54.
Seychelles: 126 (2024) · Somalia: 54 (2023)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from the Seychelles fly 1,114 times as many passengers per resident as those from Somalia.
Seychelles: 1.93 (2023) · Somalia: 0 (2019)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 73% of the Seychelles, but only 9.2% of Somalia.
Seychelles: 73.3% (2023) · Somalia: 9.2% (2023)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in the Seychelles emits 72 times as much CO₂ as someone in Somalia.
Seychelles: 5 t (2024) · Somalia: 0.1 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
21% of Somalia’s electricity is renewable, versus 16% in the Seychelles.
Seychelles: 15.9% (2024) · Somalia: 20.9% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Somalia carries 67% more fine dust than in the Seychelles.
Seychelles: 6.9 µg/m³ (2024) · Somalia: 11.5 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
Seychelles: 8 per 100k (2022) · Somalia: no data
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Somalia are 3.1 times as deadly as in the Seychelles.
Seychelles: 6.6 per 100k (2021) · Somalia: 20.2 per 100k (2021)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Somalia is on average 0.3 °C warmer than the Seychelles.
Seychelles: 26.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Somalia: 27°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
The Seychelles gets 7.6 times as much rain as Somalia.
Seychelles: 1,948 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Somalia: 258 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Quick answers
Is the Seychelles bigger than Somalia?
Somalia is larger. The Seychelles fits inside Somalia 1,386 times.
Which has more people, the Seychelles or Somalia?
Somalia has 160 times as many people as the Seychelles (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, the Seychelles or Somalia?
People in the Seychelles live 17 years longer than in Somalia. Life expectancy at birth is 76.3 years in the Seychelles and 59.0 in Somalia.
Are people taller in the Seychelles or Somalia?
Men in the Seychelles are 4.7 cm taller than in Somalia (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
