🇩🇯Djibouti

Djibouti

Middle East & North Africa

Lower middle income

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Population

1.2M

1.3%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

2.62

births/woman

Life Expectancy

66.2y

GDP / capita

$3.9K

Pop. Growth

1.31%

Net Migration

-581

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Djibouti by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇸🇴Somalia, Fed. Rep.99.9K(84.1%)

+18%

🇪🇹Ethiopia13.2K(11.1%)

+18%

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Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male586.8KTotal 1.2M597.3KFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Where the Djibouti diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Djibouti who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇱🇾Libya1.6K(44.9%)

+27%

🇪🇹Ethiopia1.4K(38.1%)

+73%

🇪🇬Egypt, Arab Rep.223(6.2%)

−19%

🇦🇺Australia204(5.7%)

+52%

🇳🇴Norway68(1.9%)

+100%

🇬🇷Greece40(1.1%)

−2%

🇩🇰Denmark22(0.6%)

+5%

🇬🇳Guinea15(0.4%)

🇫🇮Finland14(0.4%)

+133%

🇱🇺Luxembourg12(0.3%)

🇭🇺Hungary4(0.1%)

🇧🇬Bulgaria3(0.1%)

+0%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024