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Largest population
Samoa 198k - Kiribati 119k (2020)
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Largest land area
Samoa 2831 km2 - Kiribati 811 km2
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Christianity is the most followed religion
Samoa 98% - Kiribati 96%
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Only one official language
Samoa has Samoan and English - Kiribati has Gilbertese and English
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Independence from United Kingdom in 1979
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Has more medals in the Summer Olympics
Samoa has 1 silver medal in 2008 by Ele Opeloge competing in Women weightlifting +75 kg category
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Capital city is located in Tarawa
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Higher life expectancy at birth
Samoa 73,5 - Kiribati 67,5
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Approximately 80% of exports is for non-fillet frozen fish
79,3% as of 2019
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Highest GDP per person
Samoa 4.283 $ - Kiribati 1.625 $
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Has two national airlines
Samoan airlines and Talofa airlines - Air Kiribati and Coral Sun airways
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Highest infant mortality rate
Samoa 19,6 - Kiribati 34,3 (per 1000 liver births)
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Majority of Christians are Roman catholics
Samoa Protestant 58 % - Kiribati Roman Catholic 59%
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Colonized by Germans
1900 to 1920
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Occupied by Japanese in WWII
1941 - 1943