Djibouti Demographics: Median age, Gender, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Djibouti vs World

Table

Year	Median age
	Djibouti	World
1960	17.7	22.5
1961	17.7	22.5
1962	17.8	22.4
1963	17.9	22.2
1964	17.9	22
1965	17.9	21.8
1966	17.9	21.7
1967	17.9	21.6
1968	17.9	21.5
1969	17.8	21.5
1970	17.8	21.4
1971	17.7	21.4
1972	17.6	21.5
1973	17.5	21.5
1974	17.4	21.6
1975	17.3	21.7
1976	17.3	21.9
1977	17.2	22
1978	17.2	22.2
1979	17.2	22.3
1980	17.2	22.5
1981	17.2	22.6
1982	17.3	22.7
1983	17.3	22.9
1984	17.4	23
1985	17.4	23.2
1986	17.5	23.3
1987	17.6	23.4
1988	17.7	23.6
1989	17.8	23.8
1990	17.9	23.9
1991	18	24.1
1992	18.1	24.3
1993	18.2	24.5
1994	18.3	24.7
1995	18.4	25
1996	18.6	25.2
1997	18.9	25.4
1998	19.3	25.7
1999	19.6	25.9
2000	19.9	26.1
2001	20.2	26.3
2002	20.4	26.5
2003	20.6	26.7
2004	20.6	27
2005	20.7	27.2
2006	20.9	27.4
2007	21.1	27.6
2008	21.3	27.8
2009	21.6	28
2010	21.8	28.2
2011	22	28.4
2012	22.3	28.6
2013	22.5	28.9
2014	22.8	29.1
2015	23.1	29.3
2016	23.4	29.5
2017	23.6	29.8
2018	23.9	30
2019	24.2	30.3
2020	24.5	30.6
2021	24.8	30.8
2022	25.1	31
2023	25.4	31.3
2024	25.7	31.6
2025	25.9	31.9
2026	26.2	32.1
2027	26.4	32.3
2028	26.7	32.6
2029	27	32.8
2030	27.3	33
2031	27.6	33.2
2032	27.9	33.4
2033	28.2	33.6
2034	28.5	33.8
2035	28.8	34
2036	29	34.2
2037	29.3	34.4
2038	29.5	34.6
2039	29.8	34.8
2040	30	35
2041	30.2	35.2
2042	30.5	35.4
2043	30.7	35.6
2044	30.9	35.8
2045	31.1	36
2046	31.3	36.2
2047	31.5	36.4
2048	31.8	36.6
2049	32	36.8
2050	32.2	37.1

In 1960, the median age in Djibouti was 17.7 years compared to the world's average of 22.5 years. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 25.7 years compared to the world's average of 31.6 years. Ranked 155th for median age 64 years ago (old to young), Djibouti ranks 129th currently.

According to the United Nations projections, the median age in Djibouti is expected to increase to around 32.2 years by 2050. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Djibouti demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Djibouti
	Male	Female
0-4	4.98%	4.84%
5-9	4.89%	4.77%
10-14	4.89%	4.8%
15-19	4.96%	4.89%
20-24	4.91%	4.88%
25-29	4.26%	4.27%
30-34	3.89%	3.92%
35-39	3.41%	3.47%
40-44	3.05%	3.16%
45-49	2.76%	2.9%
50-54	2.31%	2.47%
55-59	1.78%	1.93%
60-64	1.3%	1.45%
65-69	0.9%	1.05%
70-74	0.61%	0.74%
75-79	0.39%	0.51%
80+	0.26%	0.38%

The chart above is a variation of the population pyramid and represents the age and gender structure. Djibouti has average demographic potential with 65.2% of people in the 0-34 age group (ranked 65/196).

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Djibouti			World
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	87%	82.6%	4.4%	73.5%	64.9%	8.62%
1961	86.5%	82.1%	4.44%	73.8%	65.1%	8.67%
1962	86%	81.5%	4.47%	74.1%	65.4%	8.73%
1963	85.5%	81%	4.51%	74.9%	66.1%	8.79%
1964	85.1%	80.6%	4.54%	75.5%	66.6%	8.85%
1965	85.4%	80.8%	4.58%	75.8%	66.8%	8.93%
1966	86.2%	81.6%	4.64%	75.9%	66.9%	9%
1967	87.1%	82.4%	4.7%	75.9%	66.8%	9.07%
1968	87.9%	83.2%	4.76%	75.8%	66.6%	9.14%
1969	88.8%	83.9%	4.82%	75.7%	66.5%	9.2%
1970	89.6%	84.7%	4.88%	75.5%	66.2%	9.26%
1971	90.3%	85.4%	4.93%	75.2%	65.9%	9.33%
1972	91%	86%	4.98%	74.9%	65.6%	9.39%
1973	91.7%	86.6%	5.03%	74.6%	65.1%	9.46%
1974	92.2%	87.1%	5.08%	74.4%	64.9%	9.54%
1975	92.6%	87.5%	5.13%	74.2%	64.6%	9.64%
1976	93%	87.8%	5.18%	74%	64.3%	9.72%
1977	93.2%	88%	5.22%	73.5%	63.7%	9.79%
1978	93.3%	88.1%	5.26%	72.4%	62.5%	9.84%
1979	93.3%	88%	5.3%	71.3%	61.4%	9.88%
1980	93.2%	87.9%	5.33%	70.4%	60.5%	9.89%
1981	93%	87.6%	5.37%	69.5%	59.6%	9.85%
1982	92.6%	87.2%	5.4%	68.7%	58.9%	9.79%
1983	92.2%	86.8%	5.43%	67.9%	58.1%	9.72%
1984	91.7%	86.2%	5.46%	67%	57.3%	9.68%
1985	91.1%	85.6%	5.49%	66.3%	56.6%	9.68%
1986	90.5%	85%	5.52%	65.7%	55.9%	9.71%
1987	89.8%	84.3%	5.55%	65.2%	55.4%	9.75%
1988	89.1%	83.6%	5.57%	64.8%	54.9%	9.81%
1989	88.4%	82.8%	5.6%	64.4%	54.5%	9.89%
1990	87.7%	82.1%	5.62%	64.2%	54.3%	9.97%
1991	87.1%	81.5%	5.64%	64%	53.9%	10.1%
1992	86.4%	80.8%	5.67%	63.7%	53.6%	10.2%
1993	85.7%	80%	5.7%	63.5%	53.2%	10.3%
1994	84.9%	79.2%	5.72%	63.1%	52.7%	10.4%
1995	84%	78.3%	5.75%	62.7%	52.2%	10.5%
1996	82.9%	77.1%	5.75%	62.1%	51.5%	10.6%
1997	80.6%	74.9%	5.69%	61.5%	50.8%	10.7%
1998	77.9%	72.3%	5.59%	60.7%	50%	10.7%
1999	76%	70.5%	5.54%	60%	49.2%	10.8%
2000	74.6%	69.1%	5.53%	59.3%	48.4%	10.9%
2001	73.3%	67.8%	5.51%	58.5%	47.6%	11%
2002	72.2%	66.7%	5.52%	57.8%	46.7%	11.1%
2003	71.9%	66.3%	5.58%	57%	45.9%	11.1%
2004	72%	66.3%	5.69%	56.3%	45.1%	11.2%
2005	71.8%	66%	5.79%	55.6%	44.3%	11.3%
2006	71%	65.2%	5.85%	55%	43.6%	11.4%
2007	70%	64.1%	5.9%	54.5%	43.1%	11.4%
2008	68.8%	62.9%	5.96%	54.1%	42.6%	11.5%
2009	67.7%	61.7%	6.03%	53.8%	42.2%	11.6%
2010	66.8%	60.6%	6.11%	53.5%	41.9%	11.6%
2011	65.8%	59.6%	6.22%	53.4%	41.6%	11.8%
2012	64.9%	58.6%	6.33%	53.3%	41.4%	11.9%
2013	63.9%	57.5%	6.45%	53.4%	41.2%	12.1%
2014	62.9%	56.3%	6.57%	53.5%	41.1%	12.4%
2015	61.7%	55%	6.67%	53.6%	40.9%	12.7%
2016	60.4%	53.6%	6.74%	53.7%	40.7%	13%
2017	59%	52.2%	6.78%	53.9%	40.6%	13.3%
2018	57.5%	50.7%	6.83%	54.1%	40.4%	13.7%
2019	56.2%	49.3%	6.88%	54.2%	40.1%	14%
2020	55%	48.1%	6.94%	54.2%	39.8%	14.4%
2021	53.9%	46.9%	6.99%	54.2%	39.5%	14.7%
2022	53%	45.9%	7.08%	54%	39%	15%
2023	52.2%	45%	7.21%	53.9%	38.5%	15.4%
2024	51.6%	44.2%	7.35%	53.7%	38%	15.7%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64. Age dependency in Djibouti decreased from 72% to 51.6% between 2004 and 2024 with a decreased share of children and an increased proportion of people aged 65+

Djibouti working age demographic chart

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Djibouti	World
1960	53.5%	57.6%
1961	53.6%	57.5%
1962	53.8%	57.4%
1963	53.9%	57.2%
1964	54%	57%
1965	53.9%	56.9%
1966	53.7%	56.8%
1967	53.5%	56.9%
1968	53.2%	56.9%
1969	53%	56.9%
1970	52.8%	57%
1971	52.5%	57.1%
1972	52.3%	57.2%
1973	52.2%	57.3%
1974	52%	57.3%
1975	51.9%	57.4%
1976	51.8%	57.5%
1977	51.8%	57.7%
1978	51.7%	58%
1979	51.7%	58.4%
1980	51.8%	58.7%
1981	51.8%	59%
1982	51.9%	59.3%
1983	52%	59.6%
1984	52.2%	59.9%
1985	52.3%	60.1%
1986	52.5%	60.4%
1987	52.7%	60.5%
1988	52.9%	60.7%
1989	53.1%	60.8%
1990	53.3%	60.9%
1991	53.4%	61%
1992	53.6%	61.1%
1993	53.9%	61.2%
1994	54.1%	61.3%
1995	54.3%	61.5%
1996	54.7%	61.7%
1997	55.4%	61.9%
1998	56.2%	62.2%
1999	56.8%	62.5%
2000	57.3%	62.8%
2001	57.7%	63.1%
2002	58.1%	63.4%
2003	58.2%	63.7%
2004	58.1%	64%
2005	58.2%	64.3%
2006	58.5%	64.5%
2007	58.8%	64.7%
2008	59.2%	64.9%
2009	59.6%	65%
2010	60%	65.1%
2011	60.3%	65.2%
2012	60.6%	65.2%
2013	61%	65.2%
2014	61.4%	65.2%
2015	61.8%	65.1%
2016	62.4%	65.1%
2017	62.9%	65%
2018	63.5%	64.9%
2019	64%	64.9%
2020	64.5%	64.8%
2021	65%	64.9%
2022	65.3%	64.9%
2023	65.7%	65%
2024	66%	65.1%
2025	66.2%	65.2%
2026	66.4%	65.3%
2027	66.6%	65.4%
2028	66.8%	65.4%
2029	66.9%	65.4%
2030	67%	65.4%
2031	67.1%	65.4%
2032	67.1%	65.4%
2033	67.1%	65.4%
2034	67.1%	65.3%
2035	67.1%	65.2%
2036	67%	65%
2037	67%	64.9%
2038	66.9%	64.7%
2039	66.9%	64.6%
2040	66.8%	64.5%
2041	66.8%	64.4%
2042	66.8%	64.3%
2043	66.7%	64.2%
2044	66.7%	64.1%
2045	66.7%	63.9%
2046	66.7%	63.8%
2047	66.8%	63.7%
2048	66.8%	63.6%
2049	66.9%	63.4%
2050	66.9%	63.3%

The share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 in Djibouti changed from 58.1% to 66% between 2004 and 2024.

Share of young population (0-14 years)

Table

Year	Share of population 0-14 years old
	Djibouti	World
1960	44.2%	37.4%
1961	44%	37.5%
1962	43.8%	37.6%
1963	43.7%	37.8%
1964	43.5%	38%
1965	43.6%	38%
1966	43.8%	38%
1967	44%	38%
1968	44.3%	37.9%
1969	44.5%	37.8%
1970	44.7%	37.7%
1971	44.9%	37.6%
1972	45%	37.5%
1973	45.2%	37.3%
1974	45.3%	37.2%
1975	45.4%	37.1%
1976	45.5%	36.9%
1977	45.5%	36.7%
1978	45.6%	36.3%
1979	45.5%	35.9%
1980	45.5%	35.5%
1981	45.4%	35.2%
1982	45.3%	34.9%
1983	45.1%	34.6%
1984	45%	34.3%
1985	44.8%	34%
1986	44.6%	33.8%
1987	44.4%	33.6%
1988	44.2%	33.4%
1989	44%	33.2%
1990	43.7%	33%
1991	43.5%	32.9%
1992	43.3%	32.7%
1993	43.1%	32.5%
1994	42.8%	32.3%
1995	42.5%	32.1%
1996	42.2%	31.8%
1997	41.5%	31.5%
1998	40.6%	31.1%
1999	40%	30.8%
2000	39.6%	30.4%
2001	39.1%	30%
2002	38.7%	29.6%
2003	38.6%	29.2%
2004	38.5%	28.8%
2005	38.4%	28.5%
2006	38.1%	28.1%
2007	37.7%	27.9%
2008	37.2%	27.6%
2009	36.8%	27.5%
2010	36.4%	27.3%
2011	35.9%	27.1%
2012	35.5%	27%
2013	35.1%	26.9%
2014	34.6%	26.8%
2015	34%	26.6%
2016	33.4%	26.5%
2017	32.8%	26.4%
2018	32.2%	26.2%
2019	31.6%	26%
2020	31%	25.8%
2021	30.5%	25.6%
2022	30%	25.3%
2023	29.6%	25%
2024	29.2%	24.7%
2025	28.8%	24.4%
2026	28.5%	24.1%
2027	28.1%	23.8%
2028	27.8%	23.4%
2029	27.5%	23.1%
2030	27.3%	22.8%
2031	27%	22.6%
2032	26.8%	22.3%
2033	26.6%	22.1%
2034	26.4%	21.9%
2035	26.2%	21.7%
2036	26.1%	21.6%
2037	25.9%	21.5%
2038	25.7%	21.4%
2039	25.5%	21.3%
2040	25.3%	21.2%
2041	25.1%	21.1%
2042	24.9%	21%
2043	24.7%	21%
2044	24.5%	20.9%
2045	24.3%	20.8%
2046	24.1%	20.7%
2047	23.8%	20.7%
2048	23.6%	20.6%
2049	23.4%	20.5%
2050	23.2%	20.4%

The share of children aged 0-14 in Djibouti decreased from 38.5% to 29.2% between 2004 and 2024 due to changes in birth rates.

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Djibouti	World
1960	2.35%	4.97%
1961	2.38%	4.99%
1962	2.41%	5.01%
1963	2.43%	5.02%
1964	2.45%	5.04%
1965	2.47%	5.08%
1966	2.49%	5.12%
1967	2.51%	5.16%
1968	2.53%	5.2%
1969	2.55%	5.24%
1970	2.57%	5.28%
1971	2.59%	5.32%
1972	2.61%	5.37%
1973	2.62%	5.42%
1974	2.64%	5.47%
1975	2.66%	5.53%
1976	2.68%	5.59%
1977	2.7%	5.65%
1978	2.72%	5.71%
1979	2.74%	5.77%
1980	2.76%	5.81%
1981	2.78%	5.81%
1982	2.8%	5.8%
1983	2.83%	5.79%
1984	2.85%	5.8%
1985	2.87%	5.82%
1986	2.9%	5.86%
1987	2.92%	5.91%
1988	2.95%	5.95%
1989	2.97%	6.01%
1990	2.99%	6.07%
1991	3.02%	6.14%
1992	3.04%	6.21%
1993	3.07%	6.29%
1994	3.09%	6.37%
1995	3.12%	6.45%
1996	3.15%	6.53%
1997	3.15%	6.61%
1998	3.14%	6.68%
1999	3.15%	6.76%
2000	3.16%	6.84%
2001	3.18%	6.92%
2002	3.2%	7.01%
2003	3.25%	7.1%
2004	3.31%	7.18%
2005	3.37%	7.26%
2006	3.42%	7.34%
2007	3.47%	7.41%
2008	3.53%	7.47%
2009	3.59%	7.52%
2010	3.67%	7.58%
2011	3.75%	7.66%
2012	3.84%	7.78%
2013	3.93%	7.92%
2014	4.03%	8.08%
2015	4.12%	8.26%
2016	4.2%	8.45%
2017	4.27%	8.65%
2018	4.33%	8.88%
2019	4.41%	9.1%
2020	4.48%	9.33%
2021	4.54%	9.53%
2022	4.63%	9.74%
2023	4.74%	9.98%
2024	4.85%	10.2%
2025	4.97%	10.4%
2026	5.1%	10.6%
2027	5.24%	10.8%
2028	5.39%	11.1%
2029	5.54%	11.5%
2030	5.71%	11.7%
2031	5.88%	12%
2032	6.07%	12.3%
2033	6.26%	12.6%
2034	6.47%	12.8%
2035	6.69%	13.1%
2036	6.92%	13.4%
2037	7.15%	13.7%
2038	7.39%	13.9%
2039	7.63%	14.1%
2040	7.87%	14.3%
2041	8.1%	14.5%
2042	8.33%	14.7%
2043	8.56%	14.9%
2044	8.79%	15%
2045	9%	15.2%
2046	9.19%	15.4%
2047	9.38%	15.7%
2048	9.57%	15.9%
2049	9.74%	16.1%
2050	9.91%	16.3%

The share of older people aged 65 and over in Djibouti increased from 3.31% to 4.85% between 2004 and 2024 due to changes in life expectancy.