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Djibouti vs Madagascar statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Djibouti has a population of 1.17M (ranked 158/197), compared with 32M in Madagascar (ranked 49/197). Djibouti's land area is 8,950 sq mi versus 224,634 sq mi for Madagascar (ranked 147th vs. 44th).

By GDP, Djibouti ranks 165/197 ($4.09B) and Madagascar ranks 136/197 ($17.4B). By GDP per capita, Djibouti ranks 134/197 ($3,496), while Madagascar ranks 193/197 ($545).

Main facts and rankings

Djibouti Madagascar
Population
1196428
33368335
Population rank 158/197 49/197
GDP
$4.09B
2024
$17.4B
2024
GDP rank 165/197 136/197
GDP per capita
$3,496
2024
$545
2024
GDP per capita rank 134/197 193/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$7,776
2024
$1,884
2024
Government debt
$1.36B
2024
$8.78B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
31.2%
2025
51.3%
2025
Government debt per person
$1,163
2024
$274.7
2024
Government debt per person rank 138/185 180/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$2,788
2025
$1,489
2025
Land area
8,950 sq mi
2025
224,634 sq mi
2025
Population density
130.6 ppl/mi²
2024
142.3 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.61
2023
3.97
2023
Median age
25.7 years
2024
20 years
2024
Life expectancy
66.4 years
2025
64 years
2025

Djibouti and Madagascar: Comparison Charts

Djibouti and Madagascar economies compared

GDP
Djibouti

Madagascar
Year GDP
Djibouti Madagascar
1960 - $673,081,725
1961 - $699,161,945
1962 - $739,286,908
1963 - $759,345,864
1964 - $802,482,184
1965 - $833,563,473
1966 - $900,264,585
1967 - $956,436,932
1968 - $1,031,669,637
1969 - $1,056,391,056
1970 - $1,111,859,571
1971 - $1,199,507,631
1972 - $1,341,590,690
1973 - $1,653,062,335
1974 - $1,917,508,190
1975 - $2,283,049,215
1976 - $2,181,844,179
1977 - $2,358,930,406
1978 - $2,669,755,115
1979 - $3,463,565,854
1980 - $5,201,818,348
1981 - $4,759,333,998
1982 - $4,784,977,326
1983 - $4,686,457,031
1984 - $3,905,938,481
1985 $340,989,528 $3,802,557,895
1986 - $4,347,989,788
1987 $373,371,738 $3,212,900,556
1988 $395,794,539 $3,189,456,965
1989 $409,220,087 $3,175,638,333
1990 $452,328,087 $3,931,334,875
1991 $462,421,999 $3,254,713,056
1992 $478,058,305 $3,714,966,678
1993 $466,048,469 $4,063,298,919
1994 $491,689,221 $3,522,227,092
1995 $497,723,961 $3,838,100,904
1996 $494,004,648 $4,931,861,039
1997 $502,675,542 $4,262,965,420
1998 $514,267,869 $4,401,967,633
1999 $536,080,148 $4,277,903,780
2000 $551,230,862 $4,629,247,204
2001 $572,417,441 $5,438,332,602
2002 $591,122,040 $5,351,701,663
2003 $622,044,666 $6,372,498,890
2004 $666,072,102 $5,064,732,626
2005 $708,633,195 $5,859,269,753
2006 $768,873,684 $6,395,712,491
2007 $847,918,929 $8,524,620,890
2008 $999,105,339 $10,725,137,724
2009 $1,049,110,685 $9,616,879,409
2010 $1,128,611,700 $9,982,711,338
2011 $1,239,144,502 $11,551,819,618
2012 $1,353,632,942 $11,578,975,062
2013 $2,044,440,443 $12,423,555,455
2014 $2,220,637,966 $12,522,957,399
2015 $2,424,391,785 $11,323,020,701
2016 $2,604,955,229 $11,848,613,858
2017 $2,762,581,334 $13,176,313,594
2018 $2,913,464,658 $13,760,033,282
2019 $3,088,851,450 $14,104,664,679
2020 $3,144,136,197 $13,051,441,204
2021 $3,392,796,953 $14,354,731,964
2022 $3,562,814,909 $15,325,603,273
2023 $3,917,150,481 $15,869,945,478
2024 $4,086,402,719 $17,420,814,801

Djibouti and Madagascar economies compared

GDP per capita
Djibouti

Madagascar
Year GDP per capita
Djibouti Madagascar
1960 - $131.7
1961 - $133.3
1962 - $137.3
1963 - $137.4
1964 - $141.5
1965 - $143.2
1966 - $150.7
1967 - $155.9
1968 - $163.6
1969 - $162.9
1970 - $166.6
1971 - $174.6
1972 - $189.6
1973 - $226.8
1974 - $255.3
1975 - $295
1976 - $273.5
1977 - $286.9
1978 - $315
1979 - $396
1980 - $578
1981 - $513
1982 - $501
1983 - $476
1984 - $385
1985 $847 $364
1986 $800 $405
1987 $822 $290.8
1988 $817 $280.5
1989 $782 $271.3
1990 $780 $326
1991 $733 $262
1992 $764 $290.2
1993 $759 $308
1994 $785 $258.7
1995 $786 $273.1
1996 $762 $340
1997 $748 $284.4
1998 $735 $284.2
1999 $740 $267.4
2000 $738 $280.3
2001 $742 $319
2002 $743 $305
2003 $765 $353
2004 $806 $272.2
2005 $844 $306
2006 $898 $324
2007 $970 $420
2008 $1,119 $513
2009 $1,151 $446
2010 $1,213 $450
2011 $1,306 $506
2012 $1,400 $494
2013 $2,076 $515
2014 $2,215 $506
2015 $2,376 $445
2016 $2,510 $454
2017 $2,619 $492
2018 $2,718 $500
2019 $2,837 $500
2020 $2,845 $451
2021 $3,026 $483
2022 $3,133 $504
2023 $3,398 $509
2024 $3,496 $545

Djibouti vs. Madagascar life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Djibouti

Madagascar
Year Life expectancy, years
Djibouti Madagascar
1950 40.7 39.7
1951 41 39.9
1952 41.2 40.3
1953 41.5 40.7
1954 41.8 40.9
1955 42 41.3
1956 42.3 41.7
1957 42.6 42.1
1958 42.8 42.5
1959 43.1 43
1960 43.4 43.3
1961 43.8 43.8
1962 44.1 44.2
1963 44.4 44.6
1964 44.8 45
1965 45.2 45.4
1966 45.6 46
1967 46.1 46.5
1968 46.6 46.9
1969 47.1 47.3
1970 47.5 47.9
1971 47.3 48.2
1972 48.5 48.5
1973 49.1 48.9
1974 49.5 49.3
1975 49.9 49.6
1976 50.3 49.8
1977 50.8 49.9
1978 51.2 50
1979 51.6 50.1
1980 52 50
1981 52.4 49.8
1982 52.9 50
1983 53.3 50.1
1984 53.7 50.2
1985 54.1 50.4
1986 54.5 50.7
1987 54.8 51.1
1988 55.1 51.4
1989 55.4 51.8
1990 55.5 52.1
1991 55.2 52.6
1992 54.4 52.9
1993 55.7 53.7
1994 55.6 54.2
1995 56.2 54.8
1996 56.3 55.5
1997 56.2 56.1
1998 56.4 56.8
1999 56.6 57.4
2000 56.7 58
2001 57.5 58.7
2002 57.8 59.2
2003 58 59.7
2004 58.1 60.2
2005 58.5 60.7
2006 59 61.1
2007 59.4 61.5
2008 59.8 62
2009 60.4 62.3
2010 60.7 62.6
2011 61.3 62.9
2012 61.7 63
2013 62.1 63.2
2014 62.4 63.3
2015 62.8 63.4
2016 63.3 63.4
2017 63.7 63.4
2018 64.1 63.5
2019 64.4 63.5
2020 64.2 62.7
2021 63.8 62.5
2022 65.5 63.1
2023 66 63.6
2024 66.2 63.8
2025 66.4 64

Djibouti and Madagascar population clocks and comparison

Population
Djibouti

Madagascar
Year Population
Djibouti Madagascar
1960 86,024 5,111,029
1961 89,390 5,246,158
1962 93,283 5,384,150
1963 97,872 5,525,185
1964 103,198 5,669,863
1965 109,092 5,819,116
1966 115,269 5,974,279
1967 121,649 6,136,486
1968 128,250 6,306,493
1969 136,078 6,484,716
1970 145,175 6,672,003
1971 155,136 6,868,868
1972 166,256 7,074,398
1973 178,449 7,288,048
1974 192,613 7,509,726
1975 209,908 7,739,336
1976 230,737 7,976,831
1977 254,613 8,222,240
1978 280,031 8,475,864
1979 304,513 8,737,581
1980 325,815 9,006,032
1981 343,047 9,279,011
1982 356,880 9,557,671
1983 369,553 9,843,044
1984 384,053 10,134,550
1985 402,687 10,433,142
1986 426,341 10,736,857
1987 454,399 11,047,291
1988 484,523 11,369,462
1989 523,355 11,704,998
1990 579,538 12,055,639
1991 631,092 12,421,412
1992 626,010 12,800,870
1993 614,245 13,197,345
1994 626,710 13,613,850
1995 633,074 14,051,275
1996 648,348 14,510,711
1997 671,817 14,990,814
1998 699,352 15,489,364
1999 724,218 16,000,506
2000 747,318 16,516,338
2001 771,313 17,032,939
2002 795,574 17,549,913
2003 813,519 18,071,854
2004 826,124 18,606,608
2005 839,167 19,159,707
2006 855,764 19,730,909
2007 874,528 20,318,583
2008 892,734 20,923,840
2009 911,527 21,547,280
2010 930,251 22,183,340
2011 948,558 22,822,300
2012 966,747 23,462,438
2013 984,824 24,109,290
2014 1,002,717 24,764,348
2015 1,020,313 25,426,702
2016 1,037,653 26,099,952
2017 1,054,841 26,788,375
2018 1,071,882 27,494,926
2019 1,088,709 28,219,554
2020 1,105,188 28,953,556
2021 1,121,248 29,691,083
2022 1,137,096 30,437,261
2023 1,152,944 31,195,932
2024 1,168,722 31,964,956

Fertility rates in Djibouti and Madagascar

Fertility rate
Djibouti

Madagascar
Year Fertility rate
Djibouti Madagascar
1960 6.85 7.34
1961 6.85 7.3
1962 6.85 7.26
1963 6.86 7.21
1964 6.87 7.19
1965 6.86 7.17
1966 6.88 7.16
1967 6.87 7.14
1968 6.88 7.13
1969 6.88 7.12
1970 6.88 7.1
1971 6.88 7.07
1972 6.85 7.04
1973 6.82 7.01
1974 6.78 6.99
1975 6.74 6.97
1976 6.69 6.95
1977 6.64 6.93
1978 6.59 6.9
1979 6.52 6.87
1980 6.46 6.84
1981 6.4 6.77
1982 6.34 6.7
1983 6.3 6.63
1984 6.25 6.55
1985 6.19 6.46
1986 6.14 6.34
1987 6.09 6.24
1988 6.03 6.18
1989 5.97 6.15
1990 5.93 6.14
1991 5.86 6.12
1992 5.75 6.08
1993 5.64 6.06
1994 5.51 6.04
1995 5.33 6.04
1996 5.15 6.03
1997 4.97 6.02
1998 4.8 5.99
1999 4.69 5.84
2000 4.6 5.67
2001 4.52 5.53
2002 4.41 5.41
2003 4.3 5.33
2004 4.16 5.26
2005 4.04 5.2
2006 3.9 5.13
2007 3.76 5.08
2008 3.62 5.04
2009 3.52 5
2010 3.43 4.9
2011 3.34 4.74
2012 3.26 4.61
2013 3.19 4.53
2014 3.12 4.42
2015 3.04 4.34
2016 2.97 4.29
2017 2.92 4.26
2018 2.86 4.25
2019 2.8 4.22
2020 2.75 4.17
2021 2.7 4.1
2022 2.65 4.04
2023 2.61 3.97

Djibouti and Madagascar demographics compared

Median age
Djibouti

Madagascar
Year Median age, years
Djibouti Madagascar
1960 17.7 17.9
1961 17.7 17.5
1962 17.8 17.2
1963 17.9 17
1964 17.9 16.8
1965 17.9 16.8
1966 17.9 16.7
1967 17.9 16.7
1968 17.9 16.7
1969 17.8 16.6
1970 17.8 16.7
1971 17.7 16.7
1972 17.6 16.6
1973 17.5 16.6
1974 17.4 16.6
1975 17.3 16.6
1976 17.3 16.6
1977 17.2 16.5
1978 17.2 16.5
1979 17.2 16.5
1980 17.2 16.4
1981 17.2 16.4
1982 17.3 16.4
1983 17.3 16.4
1984 17.4 16.5
1985 17.4 16.5
1986 17.5 16.6
1987 17.6 16.6
1988 17.7 16.7
1989 17.8 16.8
1990 17.9 16.9
1991 18 16.9
1992 18.1 17
1993 18.2 17
1994 18.3 17.1
1995 18.4 17.1
1996 18.6 17.1
1997 18.9 17.1
1998 19.3 17.2
1999 19.6 17.2
2000 19.9 17.2
2001 20.2 17.2
2002 20.4 17.2
2003 20.6 17.2
2004 20.6 17.3
2005 20.7 17.3
2006 20.9 17.4
2007 21.1 17.5
2008 21.3 17.6
2009 21.6 17.7
2010 21.8 17.8
2011 22 17.9
2012 22.3 18.1
2013 22.5 18.2
2014 22.8 18.4
2015 23.1 18.6
2016 23.4 18.7
2017 23.6 18.9
2018 23.9 19.1
2019 24.2 19.3
2020 24.5 19.4
2021 24.8 19.6
2022 25.1 19.7
2023 25.4 19.9
2024 25.7 20

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Djibouti Madagascar
GNI, Atlas method
$4.14B
2024
$16.4B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
21.6%
2025
15.7%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.75%
2018
3.05%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.63%
2008
0.66%
2023
Armed forces personnel
13,000
2020
22,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.05%
2025
-3.88%
2025
Unemployment rate
40%
2017
3.19%
2022
Services, % of GDP
75.5%
2024
46.4%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
15.4%
2024
22.8%
2024
Economic freedom index
55.7
2025
57
2025
Income share by richest 10%
32.3%
2017
29.6%
2021
Income share by poorest 10%
1.9%
2017
2.9%
2021
Total reserves including gold
$349M
2024
$2.78B
2024
Personal remittances received
$56M
2024
$385M
2024
International tourist arrivals
63,000
2013
87,099
2020
International tourism as share of exports
1.25%
2018
7.8%
2020
Banked people share
12.3%
2011
24.5%
2024

Energy

Djibouti Madagascar
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
163.5 kg
2007
309 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use n/a
$5.56
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.75 megatons
2023
4.1 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.65 tons
2023
0.13 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
0%
2022
Renewable energy use share
26.9%
2022
83.1%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
0.8%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
13.7%
2017
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
81.3 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
35.4%
2021
34%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
31.5%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
65.2%
2023
39.4%
2023

Society

Djibouti Madagascar
% of world population
0.01%
2024
0.39%
2024
Annual migration change
-11
2024
-1,795
2024
Urban population
78.7%
2024
41.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.6 ft
2025
5.42 ft
2025
Average female height
5.24 ft
2025
5.02 ft
2025
Quality of life index
24.4
2025
23.6
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
31
2024
26
2024
Higher education index
6
2025
29
2025
Homicides per 100K people
6.48
2015
7.69
2015
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
23.5
2019
29.2
2019
Visa free countries
62
2025
70
2025
Adult literacy rate
67.9%
2003
77.5%
2022
English speaking
1%
2025
18%
2023
People using the Internet
65%
2023
20.4%
2023

Health

Djibouti Madagascar
Government health expenditure per capita
$81.8
2022
$16.3
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$25.4
2022
$5.27
2022
Life expectancy
66.4 years
2025
64 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
25.8%
2022
32.8%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.2
2014
0.2
2018
Age at first childbirth n/a
19.5 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
162
2023
445
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
50.4
2023
64.8
2023
Obesity rate
11.7%
2022
4.45%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.5%
2024
4.6%
2024
Air quality index
44
2025
38
2025
Tobacco use prevalence n/a
26.8%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
0.38 liters
2020
0.99 liters
2020

Territory

Djibouti Madagascar
% of world land
0.02%
2025
0.39%
2025
Land area per capita
7,658 sq mi
2024
7,028 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
6,579 sq mi
2025
157,896 sq mi
2025
Forest area
23.3 sq mi
2025
47,839 sq mi
2025
Roads length
1,798 mi
2013
19,660 mi
2018

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