Djibouti
Population 2026
1,199,458
Overview
- Yearly change
- +1.30%
- Density
- 52 per km²
- Land area
- 23,180 km²
- Capital
- Djibouti
- Currency
- Franc (DJF)
- Official languages
- FR-DJ, AR, SO-DJ, AA
- Urban population
- 73.0%
- Continent
- AF
Demographics
- Births
- 24,4942026
- Deaths
- 9,0292026
- Birth rate
- 20.9per 1,000
- Death rate
- 7.5per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 2.62
- Life expectancy
- 66.2At birth, years
- Median age
- 25.2
- Net migration
- -581
Age distribution
- 0–1428.8%
- 15–6466.2%
- 65+5.0%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $4.6B
- GDP per capita
- $3.9K
- GDP growth
- +6.5%
- Inflation
- -0.3%
- Unemployment
- 26.0%
- Exports
- $5.1B
- Imports
- $4.4B
- Tourism receipts
- 1.2%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture2.3%
- Industry16.6%
- Manufacturing5.3%
- Services75.7%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture1.2%
- Industry6.7%
- Services92.2%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DjiboutiDjibouti | 626,5122023 |
| 2 | BalbalaDjibouti | 554,3502026 |
| 3 | Ali SabihAli Sabieh | 50,0062026 |
| 4 | DikhilDikhil | 32,8012026 |
| 5 | TadjouraTadjourah | 19,5332026 |
| 6 | ArtaArta | 17,4772026 |
| 7 | ObockObock | 15,4292026 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,199,458 | 24.5K | 9.0K |
| 2020 | 1,105,193 | 23.8K | 8.9K |
| 2010 | 930,252 | 24.5K | 8.2K |
| 2000 | 747,326 | 25.0K | 8.0K |
| 1990 | 579,544 | 21.6K | 6.5K |
| 1980 | 325,822 | 13.7K | 4.5K |
| 1970 | 145,188 | 6.7K | 2.5K |
| 1960 | 86,040 | 4.0K | 1.7K |
| 1950 | 62,349 | 2.8K | 1.4K |