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🇩🇯 Djibouti

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3DJI
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2DJ
UN M49 numeric262
IOC codeDJI
Official nameRepublic of Djibouti
Native name(s)ara: official: جمهورية جيبوتي; common: جيبوتي; fra: official: République de Djibouti; common: Djibouti
Alt spellingsDJ, Jabuuti, Gabuuti, Republic of Djibouti, République de Djibouti, Gabuutih Ummuuno, Jamhuuriyadda Jabuuti
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAfrica
SubregionEastern Africa
UN regional groupAfrican Group
CapitalDjibouti
Area (km²)23,200
Lat / Lng11.5000, 43.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)ERI, ETH, SOM
Top-level domain.dj
Calling coderoot: +2; suffixes: 53

Demographics

Population (World Bank)1,184,076 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)66.202 (2024)
Languagesara: Arabic; fra: French
Demonymseng: f: Djibouti; m: Djibouti; fra: f: Djiboutienne; m: Djiboutien
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)4,624,533,092.319 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)3,905.605 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)26.015 (2025)
CurrenciesDJF: name: Djiboutian franc; symbol: Fr

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
195062,331
195164,308
195266,355
195368,486
195470,707
195573,004
195675,391
195777,872
195880,437
195983,087
196086,024
196189,390
196293,283
196397,872
1964103,198
1965109,092
1966115,269
1967121,649
1968128,250
1969136,078
1970145,175
1971155,136
1972166,256
1973178,449
1974192,613
1975209,908
1976230,737
1977254,613
1978280,031
1979304,513
1980325,815
1981343,047
1982356,880
1983369,553
1984384,053
1985402,687
1986426,341
1987454,399
1988484,523
1989523,355
1990579,538
1991631,092
1992626,010
1993614,245
1994626,710
1995633,074
1996648,348
1997671,817
1998699,352
1999724,218
2000747,318
2001771,313
2002795,574
2003813,519
2004826,124
2005839,167
2006855,764
2007874,528
2008892,734
2009911,527
2010930,251
2011948,558
2012966,747
2013984,824
20141,002,717
20151,020,313
20161,037,653
20171,054,841
20181,071,882
20191,088,709
20201,105,188
20211,121,248
20221,137,096
20231,152,944

Full raw record (JSON)

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      },
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