Demographics of Djibouti

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	19 Feb 2025

As of 2025, the population of Djibouti is projected at 1.18 million, compared to 1.17 million in 2024. It ranks 161st in the world by population and 50th in Africa. The population growth rate in 2025 is projected at 1.27 percent, the 82nd highest among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 587k males and 597k females in Djibouti. The percentage of the male population is 49.56%, compared to 50.44% of the female population. Djibouti has 10k more females than males. The sex ratio in Djibouti in 2025 will be 98.247 males per 100 females. Djibouti is in the 116th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Djibouti population

Year	Population			Growth (%)	M per 100 F
Year	Male	Female	Total	Growth (%)	M per 100 F
1950	30,939	31,392	62,331	3.11	98.557
1955	36,172	36,831	73,004	3.20	98.211
1960	42,584	43,440	86,024	3.70	98.029
1965	53,986	55,106	109,092	5.58	97.968
1970	71,856	73,319	145,175	6.38	98.005
1975	103,965	105,943	209,908	9.09	98.133
1980	161,514	164,301	325,815	5.93	98.304
1985	199,802	202,886	402,687	5.24	98.480
1990	287,836	291,703	579,538	11.24	98.674
1995	314,401	318,673	633,074	1.97	98.659
2000	371,669	375,649	747,318	3.03	98.941
2005	417,458	421,709	839,167	1.62	98.992
2010	462,375	467,877	930,251	1.97	98.824
2015	506,738	513,574	1,020,313	1.71	98.669
2020	548,317	556,871	1,105,188	1.47	98.464
2021	556,130	565,119	1,121,248	1.41	98.409
2022	563,858	573,238	1,137,096	1.39	98.364
2023	571,602	581,341	1,152,944	1.38	98.325
2024	579,313	589,409	1,168,722	1.34	98.287
2025	586,804	597,273	1,184,076	1.27	98.247

Life expectancy
Median age
Fertility rate

Demographics Indicators

Year	Life expectancy	Median age	Fertility rate
1950	40.728	15.560	6.821
1955	42.044	16.183	6.824
1960	43.421	16.562	6.847
1965	45.234	16.843	6.864
1970	47.536	16.651	6.879
1975	49.923	16.204	6.737
1980	52.046	16.098	6.460
1985	54.075	16.324	6.192
1990	55.469	16.763	5.931
1995	56.234	17.354	5.331
2000	56.734	18.904	4.601
2005	58.548	19.676	4.035
2010	60.743	20.714	3.431
2015	62.833	22.029	3.041
2020	64.200	23.510	2.745
2021	63.830	23.795	2.699
2022	65.540	24.085	2.653
2023	65.987	24.389	2.609
2024	66.202	24.662	2.618
2025	66.410	24.906	2.579

Total
Crude

Djibouti death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	1,412	2,821	22.652	45.262
1955	1,534	3,379	21.013	46.279
1960	1,736	4,034	20.175	46.897
1965	2,060	5,114	18.882	46.876
1970	2,500	6,749	17.222	46.489
1975	3,190	9,224	15.199	43.944
1980	4,494	13,681	13.794	41.991
1985	5,005	16,111	12.428	40.008
1990	6,485	21,559	11.189	37.200
1995	7,072	22,723	11.170	35.893
2000	7,990	25,005	10.692	33.459
2005	8,291	25,652	9.880	30.568
2010	8,233	24,457	8.850	26.291
2015	8,328	24,045	8.162	23.567
2020	8,878	23,847	8.033	21.578
2021	9,337	23,892	8.327	21.308
2022	8,579	23,915	7.544	21.032
2023	8,596	23,946	7.456	20.769
2024	8,750	24,462	7.487	20.931
2025	8,889	24,481	7.507	20.675

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Djibouti

Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	24,682	37,319	39.810
1955	31,323	38,266	45.011
1960	42,090	41,546	50.325
1965	64,504	50,459	56.109
1970	98,633	61,026	61.777
1975	150,521	73,662	67.142
1980	258,795	100,165	72.096
1985	318,890	106,723	74.925
1990	448,449	141,949	75.957
1995	480,987	149,401	76.300
2000	549,178	168,406	76.532
2005	601,236	182,018	76.761
2010	655,376	195,770	76.999
2015	717,972	209,442	77.417
2020	780,538	219,361	78.062
2021	793,138	220,887	78.217
2022	805,774	222,257	78.380
2023	818,418	223,462	78.552
2024	831,056	224,496	78.732

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Djibouti population by Age Group (2024)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	58,563	56,919	115,483	9.75	102.888
05-09	57,009	55,700	112,710	9.52	102.350
10-14	56,962	55,897	112,859	9.53	101.905
15-19	57,753	56,906	114,659	9.68	101.488
20-24	58,557	58,139	116,695	9.86	100.719
25-29	50,600	50,709	101,308	8.56	99.785
30-34	46,053	46,414	92,466	7.81	99.222
35-39	40,628	41,312	81,941	6.92	98.344
40-44	36,072	37,212	73,284	6.19	96.936
45-49	32,812	34,395	67,207	5.68	95.398
50-54	27,926	29,771	57,697	4.87	93.803
55-59	21,662	23,576	45,237	3.82	91.882
60-64	15,893	17,764	33,657	2.84	89.467
65-69	11,057	12,839	23,897	2.02	86.120
70-74	7,287	8,892	16,178	1.37	81.950
75-79	4,793	6,171	10,964	0.93	77.670
80-84	2,243	3,124	5,367	0.45	71.799
85-89	766	1,192	1,958	0.17	64.262
90-94	153	298	452	0.04	51.342
95-99	15	41	55	0.00	36.585
100+	0	2	2	0.00	0.000
Total	586,804	597,273	1,184,076		98.247