Djibouti Population Pyramid 2025
Djibouti in 2025
As of 2025, Djibouti counted 1,184,076 inhabitants. That is 16.1% more than in 2015, when the population stood at 1,020,313.
With a median age of 26.0 years, Djibouti had a youth dependency ratio of 43.5 and an old-age dependency ratio of 7.5 per 100 people of working age. This is a stationary pyramid — similar numbers in each age group up to the older cohorts, the signature of near-replacement fertility.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
In 2023 women in Djibouti had on average 2.61 children, above the replacement level of 2.1.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
A child born there in 2023 could expect to live 66.0 years on average (68.5 years for girls, 63.5 for boys).
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
118,775 immigrants live in Djibouti, 10.2% of the population.
| Somalia | 99,940 |
| Ethiopia | 13,235 |
| Yemen | 5,600 |
3,576 people born in Djibouti live in other countries.
| Libya | 1,606 |
| Ethiopia | 1,364 |
| Egypt | 223 |
| Australia | 204 |
| Norway | 68 |
Source: United Nations International Migrant Stock 2024.
| Country | Population | Median age | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Djibouti | 1,184,077 | 26.0 | |
| Mauritius | 1,268,280 | 38.9 | |
| Comoros | 882,848 | 21.7 | |
| Réunion | 882,406 | 39.1 | |
| Mayotte | 337,011 | 18.3 |





