Demographics of Djibouti

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date30 Oct 2021

As of 2021, the population of Djibouti is projected at 1 million, up by 1.44% compared with 0.99 million in 2020. Djibouti is ranked 160th in terms of population and 74th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 20.14 thousand births in Djibouti in 2021. That is 55 per day, which is ranked 155th. The crude birth rate is 20.1 per 1000 people. There are 6.94 thousand deaths in Djibouti in 2021. That is 19 per day, which is ranked 159th. The crude death rate is 6.92 per 1000 people.

0.79 million people are living in urban areas, which is 78.22% of Djibouti population. Djibouti is ranked 74th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Djibouti in 2021 is 110.39 males per 100 females. There are 0.53 million males and 0.48 million females in Djibouti. The percentage of female population is 47.53% compare to 52.47% male population. Djibouti has 49.5 thousand more males than females. Djibouti is at 192nd position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

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  • Population
  • Growth rate

Djibouti population

Year Population Growth (%)
195062,000-
195569,5932.52
196083,6345.05
1965114,9766.87
1970159,6626.52
1975224,1779.26
1980358,9606.81
1985425,6084.82
1990590,3934.71
1995630,3851.29
2000717,5772.51
2005783,2481.51
2010840,1941.49
2015913,9981.7
2016929,1171.65
2017944,1001.61
2018958,9231.57
2019973,5571.53
2020988,0021.48
20211,002,1971.44
  • Total
  • Crude

Djibouti death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
19501,3782,59021.6340.22
19551,4002,90420.0941.95
19601,5663,73918.2443.59
19651,9615,17516.8444.71
19702,4307,23315.1645.11
19753,05710,31212.9043.46
19804,11514,07811.9741.27
19855,00018,20011.1840.40
19906,07022,43910.7239.78
19956,86523,28710.6736.16
20007,29722,45910.2331.48
20057,72622,0869.8828.23
20107,73421,3259.1625.25
20157,14920,9487.8422.92
20206,84620,2906.9220.54
20216,94020,1356.9220.10
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  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Djibouti

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
195024,68237,319-39.810
195531,32338,2664.9945.011
196042,09041,5467.3350.325
196564,50450,4599.1156.109
197098,63361,0268.4761.777
1975150,52173,66210.9867.142
1980258,795100,1658.2472.096
1985318,890106,7235.1274.925
1990448,449141,9494.9975.957
1995480,987149,4011.3576.300
2000549,178168,4062.5676.532
2005601,236182,0181.6876.761
2010655,376195,7701.7876.999
2015717,972209,4421.8177.417
2020780,538219,3611.6378.062
2021793,138220,8871.6178.217
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  • Gender ratio

Djibouti population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 49,974 47,532 97,506 9.73 105.138
05-09 49,701 49,674 99,375 9.92 100.054
10-14 48,618 41,159 89,777 8.96 118.122
15-19 49,632 40,718 90,350 9.02 121.892
20-24 49,197 41,506 90,703 9.05 118.530
25-29 47,174 40,345 87,519 8.73 116.927
30-34 45,748 41,242 86,990 8.68 110.926
35-39 39,953 38,133 78,086 7.79 104.773
40-44 35,965 32,658 68,623 6.85 110.126
45-49 30,495 25,948 56,443 5.63 117.524
50-54 22,771 21,233 44,004 4.39 107.243
55-59 19,073 17,632 36,705 3.66 108.173
60-64 14,259 13,493 27,752 2.77 105.677
65-69 9,223 9,562 18,785 1.87 96.455
70-74 6,879 7,243 14,122 1.41 94.974
75-79 4,218 4,614 8,832 0.88 91.417
80-84 2,009 2,395 4,404 0.44 83.883
85-89 743 962 1,705 0.17 77.235
90-94 183 266 449 0.04 68.797
95-99 21 42 63 0.01 50.000
100+ 1 3 4 0.00 33.333
Total 525,837 476,360 1,002,197 110.386