Djibouti - Geography
Here, let us take a look at the Geography of Djibouti. Strategic location near world's busiest shipping lanes and close to Arabian oilfields; Lac Assal (Lake Assal) is the lowest point in Africa and the saltiest lake in the world. Mother's mean age at first birth is N/A , whereas, the Maternal mortality ratio is N/A.
Population Distribution
Most densely populated areas are in the east; the largest city is Djibouti, and the other cities in the country are a fraction of its size, as shown in this population distribution map
People and Society
In Djibouti, the different Ethnic groups are such that we have: Somali 60%, Afar 35%, other 5% (mostly Yemeni Arab, also French, Ethiopian, and Italian)
| Population | N/A |
|---|---|
| Pop growth rate | 1.84% (2025 est.) |
| Birth rate | 21.46 births/1,000 population (2025 est.) |
| Death rate | 7 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.) |
| Current health expenditure | N/A |
| Physicians Density | N/A |
| Hospital bed Density | 1.4 beds/1,000 population (2018 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 2.09 children born/woman (2025 est.) |
| Gross reproduction rate | 1.03 (2025 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | N/A |
| Est married women (ages 15-49) | N/A |
| Literacy | N/A |
| Education expenditures | N/A |
| Net Migration rate | N/A |
| Nationality | Djiboutian | Djiboutian(s) |
| Languages | N/A |
| Religions | N/A |
| Age Structure | |
| 0-14 years | 28.4% (male 141,829/female 140,696) |
| 15-64 years | 67.4% (male 290,654/female 379,778) |
| 65 years and over | 4.2% (2024 est.) (male 18,313/female 23,704) |
| Dependency Ratios | |
| Total dependency ratio | 48.1 (2025 est.) |
| Youth dependency ratio | 41.7 (2025 est.) |
| Elderly dependency ratio | 6.4 (2025 est.) |
| Potential support ratio | 15.7 (2025 est.) |
| Median Age | |
| Total | 26.7 years (2025 est.) |
| Male | 24.4 years |
| Female | 27.9 years |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 78.6% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 1.56% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 600,000 DJIBOUTI (capital) (2023). |
| Sex Ratio | |
| At birth | 1.03 male(s)/female |
| 0-14 years | 1.01 male(s)/female |
| 15-64 years | 0.77 male(s)/female |
| 65 years and over | 0.77 male(s)/female |
| Total population | 0.83 male(s)/female (2024 est.) |
| Infant Motality | |
| Total | 44.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.) |
| Male | 52.1 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Female | 38 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life Expectancy at birth | |
| Total population | 65.9 years (2024 est.) |
| Male | 63.4 years |
| Female | 68.5 years |
| Drinking Water Sources | |
| Improved: urban | urban: 84.1% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: rural | rural: 47.3% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: total | total: 76.2% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: urban | urban: 15.9% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: rural | rural: 52.7% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: total | total: 23.8% of population (2022 est.) |
| Sanitation facility acess | |
| Improved: urban | urban: 87.7% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: rural | rural: 24.2% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: total | total: 74% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: urban | urban: 12.3% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: rural | rural: 75.8% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: total | total: 26% of population (2022 est.) |
| Major Infectious diseases | |
| Alcohol consumption per capita | |
| Total | 0.21 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Beer | 0.05 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Wine | 0.02 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Spirits | 0.14 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Other alcohols | 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Tobacco use | |
| Child marriage | |
| Women married by age 15 | 1.4% (2019) |
| Women married by age 18 | 6.5% (2019) |
Demographic profile
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