Demographics of Djibouti

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date24 Jul 2024

There are 579k males and 589k females in Djibouti. The percentage of the male population is 49.57%, compared to 50.43% of the female population. Djibouti has 10k more females than males. The sex ratio in Djibouti in 2024 will be 98.287 males per 100 females. Djibouti is in the 117th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Djibouti population

Year Population Growth (%)
195062,3313.11
195573,0043.20
196086,0243.70
1965109,0925.58
1970145,1756.38
1975209,9089.09
1980325,8155.93
1985402,6875.24
1990579,53811.24
1995633,0741.97
2000747,3183.03
2005839,1671.62
2010930,2511.97
20151,020,3131.71
20201,105,1881.47
20211,121,2481.41
20241,168,7221.34
  • Total
  • Crude

Djibouti death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
19501,4122,82122.65245.262
19551,5343,37921.01346.279
19601,7364,03420.17546.897
19652,0605,11418.88246.876
19702,5006,74917.22246.489
19753,1909,22415.19943.944
19804,49413,68113.79441.991
19855,00516,11112.42840.008
19906,48521,55911.18937.200
19957,07222,72311.17035.893
20007,99025,00510.69233.459
20058,29125,6529.88030.568
20108,23324,4578.85026.291
20158,32824,0458.16223.567
20208,87823,8478.03321.578
20219,33723,8928.32721.308
20228,57923,9157.54421.032
20238,59623,9467.45620.769
20248,75024,4627.48720.931
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Djibouti

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
195024,68237,31939.810
195531,32338,26645.011
196042,09041,54650.325
196564,50450,45956.109
197098,63361,02661.777
1975150,52173,66267.142
1980258,795100,16572.096
1985318,890106,72374.925
1990448,449141,94975.957
1995480,987149,40176.300
2000549,178168,40676.532
2005601,236182,01876.761
2010655,376195,77076.999
2015717,972209,44277.417
2020780,538219,36178.062
2021793,138220,88778.217
2022805,774222,25778.380
2023818,418223,46278.552
2024831,056224,49678.732
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Djibouti population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 58,254 56,619 114,873 9.83 102.888
05-09 57,094 55,792 112,886 9.66 102.334
10-14 57,108 56,050 113,157 9.68 101.888
15-19 58,002 57,159 115,162 9.85 101.475
20-24 57,368 56,983 114,351 9.78 100.676
25-29 49,770 49,854 99,624 8.52 99.832
30-34 45,516 45,861 91,377 7.82 99.248
35-39 39,873 40,572 80,446 6.88 98.277
40-44 35,700 36,880 72,580 6.21 96.800
45-49 32,308 33,889 66,197 5.66 95.335
50-54 27,029 28,826 55,855 4.78 93.766
55-59 20,756 22,591 43,347 3.71 91.877
60-64 15,191 16,983 32,174 2.75 89.448
65-69 10,572 12,286 22,857 1.96 86.049
70-74 7,133 8,703 15,836 1.35 81.960
75-79 4,614 5,933 10,547 0.90 77.768
80-84 2,139 2,977 5,115 0.44 71.851
85-89 728 1,130 1,858 0.16 64.425
90-94 144 281 425 0.04 51.246
95-99 13 37 51 0.00 35.135
100+ 0 2 2 0.00 0.000
Total 579,312 589,408 1,168,720 98.287