Population in Djibouti

The population of Djibouti was 1,184,076 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Population (UN estimates) Unit: People Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Djibouti, 2025 1,184,076 People
Change from 2024 +1.3% 2024: 1,168,722 people
World, 2025 8,215,424,893 people Official aggregate
Position in 2025 160th of 217 See the full ranking

Population in Djibouti over time

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People. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population (UN estimates) (people), 2001 to 2025
Period DjiboutiWorld
2025 1,184,076 people 8,215,424,893 people
2024 1,168,722 people 8,140,897,523 people
2023 1,152,944 people 8,062,923,417 people
2022 1,137,096 people 7,988,550,201 people
2021 1,121,248 people 7,919,567,995 people
2020 1,105,188 people 7,853,863,139 people
2019 1,088,709 people 7,777,162,476 people
2018 1,071,882 people 7,696,159,728 people
2017 1,054,841 people 7,613,788,655 people
2016 1,037,653 people 7,528,221,579 people
2015 1,020,313 people 7,441,084,771 people
2014 1,002,717 people 7,353,532,223 people
2013 984,824 people 7,265,404,737 people
2012 966,747 people 7,176,482,165 people
2011 948,558 people 7,086,704,141 people
2010 930,251 people 7,000,860,073 people
2009 911,527 people 6,916,168,196 people
2008 892,734 people 6,830,080,867 people
2007 874,528 people 6,744,049,498 people
2006 855,764 people 6,659,536,021 people
2005 839,167 people 6,575,410,029 people
2004 826,124 people 6,492,354,627 people
2003 813,519 people 6,409,352,386 people
2002 795,574 people 6,327,171,255 people
2001 771,313 people 6,244,739,668 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.3% from 1,168,722 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 1,020,313 people, the figure has changed by +16.1%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Djibouti has the 160th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 8,215,424,893 people.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.TOTL · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Djibouti
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects