- Capital: Mogadiscio
- Population: 18.358.615
- Surface: 637.660 km2
- Devise: le shilling somalien
- Religion: Majorité Islam
- Appartient à: ACP, Ligue arabe, IGAD, ONU, UA
- Capital: Tripoli
- Population: 7.305.659
- Surface: 1.759.540 km2
- Devise: le dinar libyen
- Religion: Majorité Islam
- Appartient à: UMA, Ligue arabe, FMI, ONU, OPEP, UA