Djibouti's population rose from 648,348 in 1996 to 1.18M in 2025.
Djibouti · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Djibouti's population growth fell from 2.4 % in 1996 to 1.3 % in 2025.
Djibouti's population density rose from 27.0 in 1994 to 49.7 in 2023.
Djibouti's population, female (% of total) rose from 50.3 % in 1996 to 50.4 % in 2025.
Djibouti's urbanisation fell from 75.1 % in 1996 to 73.0 % in 2025.
Djibouti's urban population rose from 486,651 in 1996 to 864,090 in 2025.
Djibouti's rural population rose from 161,697 in 1996 to 319,986 in 2025.
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- Fertilityup +0.3 %72nd of 217
- Birth rate, crudeup +0.8 %67th of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +0.4 %101st of 217
- Adolescent fertility rateup +0.7 %89th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.3 yrs148th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.4 pts77th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.2 pts73rd of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.1 pts147th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.6 pts145th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.2 pts152nd of 217
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- Net migrationdown −5181.8 %104th of 217
- Migrant stockunchanged +0.0 pts76th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +4.0 %77th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs186th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs184th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs184th of 217