The latest officially reported population of Djibouti was 1,168,722 in 2024 vs 116,538,258 people in Egypt in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Djibouti's population is 1,199,623 people compared to 120,120,267 in Egypt.
Population statistics:
- Egypt's population is 100.1 times bigger than Djibouti's.
- Djibouti is ranked the 158th most populous country in the world, while Egypt is the 13th.
- The countries together account for 1.47% of the world: 0.01% for Djibouti vs 1.45% for Egypt.
- For the last 10 years, Djibouti has had an average growth rate of +1.57% per year vs +1.84% in Egypt.
- Since 2006, the population of Djibouti has increased from 856K people to 1.2M (40.2% growth), while Egypt has grown from 82.7M to 120M (45.2% growth).
- Djibouti is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 1.84M people compared to the peak of 202M people in 2100 for Egypt.
Djibouti vs Egypt: live population counter
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| Current population |
1199623
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120120267
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| Population rank | 158/197 | 13/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.01% | 1.45% |
| One net population change |
33.3 minutes
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15.7 seconds
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| One birth every |
22 minutes
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13.1 seconds
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| One death every |
1.02 hours
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50.4 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
1.18 months
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4.24 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -11 | +123,884 |
| Daily growth/decline | +43 | +5,486 |
| Annual growth/decline | +15,778 | +2,002,486 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.37% | +1.75% |
| Population growth rate rank | 77/197 | 62/197 |
Djibouti and Egypt: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 86,024 | 26,896,479 | - | - |
| 1961 | 89,390 | 27,600,898 | 3.91% | 2.62% |
| 1962 | 93,283 | 28,337,013 | 4.36% | 2.67% |
| 1963 | 97,872 | 29,091,869 | 4.92% | 2.66% |
| 1964 | 103,198 | 29,858,922 | 5.44% | 2.64% |
| 1965 | 109,092 | 30,629,174 | 5.71% | 2.58% |
| 1966 | 115,269 | 31,406,541 | 5.66% | 2.54% |
| 1967 | 121,649 | 32,196,360 | 5.53% | 2.51% |
| 1968 | 128,250 | 32,998,319 | 5.43% | 2.49% |
| 1969 | 136,078 | 33,811,615 | 6.1% | 2.46% |
| 1970 | 145,175 | 34,623,990 | 6.69% | 2.4% |
| 1971 | 155,136 | 35,433,368 | 6.86% | 2.34% |
| 1972 | 166,256 | 36,258,328 | 7.17% | 2.33% |
| 1973 | 178,449 | 37,102,043 | 7.33% | 2.33% |
| 1974 | 192,613 | 37,969,667 | 7.94% | 2.34% |
| 1975 | 209,908 | 38,875,327 | 8.98% | 2.39% |
| 1976 | 230,737 | 39,795,557 | 9.92% | 2.37% |
| 1977 | 254,613 | 40,748,870 | 10.3% | 2.4% |
| 1978 | 280,031 | 41,761,431 | 9.98% | 2.48% |
| 1979 | 304,513 | 42,818,628 | 8.74% | 2.53% |
| 1980 | 325,815 | 43,950,413 | 7% | 2.64% |
| 1981 | 343,047 | 45,147,224 | 5.29% | 2.72% |
| 1982 | 356,880 | 46,407,611 | 4.03% | 2.79% |
| 1983 | 369,553 | 47,786,402 | 3.55% | 2.97% |
| 1984 | 384,053 | 49,247,334 | 3.92% | 3.06% |
| 1985 | 402,687 | 50,734,968 | 4.85% | 3.02% |
| 1986 | 426,341 | 52,206,295 | 5.87% | 2.9% |
| 1987 | 454,399 | 53,674,435 | 6.58% | 2.81% |
| 1988 | 484,523 | 55,187,681 | 6.63% | 2.82% |
| 1989 | 523,355 | 56,710,642 | 8.01% | 2.76% |
| 1990 | 579,538 | 58,396,618 | 10.7% | 2.97% |
| 1991 | 631,092 | 60,028,997 | 8.9% | 2.8% |
| 1992 | 626,010 | 61,480,660 | -0.81% | 2.42% |
| 1993 | 614,245 | 62,915,681 | -1.88% | 2.33% |
| 1994 | 626,710 | 64,285,589 | 2.03% | 2.18% |
| 1995 | 633,074 | 65,652,622 | 1.02% | 2.13% |
| 1996 | 648,348 | 67,028,048 | 2.41% | 2.1% |
| 1997 | 671,817 | 68,431,740 | 3.62% | 2.09% |
| 1998 | 699,352 | 69,943,294 | 4.1% | 2.21% |
| 1999 | 724,218 | 71,520,954 | 3.56% | 2.26% |
| 2000 | 747,318 | 73,083,284 | 3.19% | 2.18% |
| 2001 | 771,313 | 74,652,029 | 3.21% | 2.15% |
| 2002 | 795,574 | 76,239,137 | 3.15% | 2.13% |
| 2003 | 813,519 | 77,853,548 | 2.26% | 2.12% |
| 2004 | 826,124 | 79,477,443 | 1.55% | 2.09% |
| 2005 | 839,167 | 81,101,004 | 1.58% | 2.04% |
| 2006 | 855,764 | 82,700,403 | 1.98% | 1.97% |
| 2007 | 874,528 | 84,276,225 | 2.19% | 1.91% |
| 2008 | 892,734 | 85,864,789 | 2.08% | 1.88% |
| 2009 | 911,527 | 87,501,636 | 2.11% | 1.91% |
| 2010 | 930,251 | 89,196,072 | 2.05% | 1.94% |
| 2011 | 948,558 | 91,093,059 | 1.97% | 2.13% |
| 2012 | 966,747 | 93,161,001 | 1.92% | 2.27% |
| 2013 | 984,824 | 95,333,553 | 1.87% | 2.33% |
| 2014 | 1,002,717 | 97,528,654 | 1.82% | 2.3% |
| 2015 | 1,020,313 | 99,597,342 | 1.75% | 2.12% |
| 2016 | 1,037,653 | 101,644,589 | 1.7% | 2.06% |
| 2017 | 1,054,841 | 103,696,057 | 1.66% | 2.02% |
| 2018 | 1,071,882 | 105,682,094 | 1.62% | 1.92% |
| 2019 | 1,088,709 | 107,553,158 | 1.57% | 1.77% |
| 2020 | 1,105,188 | 109,315,124 | 1.51% | 1.64% |
| 2021 | 1,121,248 | 110,957,008 | 1.45% | 1.5% |
| 2022 | 1,137,096 | 112,618,250 | 1.41% | 1.5% |
| 2023 | 1,152,944 | 114,535,772 | 1.39% | 1.7% |
| 2024 | 1,168,722 | 116,538,258 | 1.37% | 1.75% |
| 2025 | 1,184,076 | 118,365,997 | 1.31% | 1.57% |
| 2026 | 1,199,453 | 120,101,181 | 1.3% | 1.47% |
| 2027 | 1,215,019 | 121,847,622 | 1.3% | 1.45% |
| 2028 | 1,230,584 | 123,608,457 | 1.28% | 1.45% |
| 2029 | 1,246,669 | 125,373,058 | 1.31% | 1.43% |
| 2030 | 1,262,678 | 127,139,323 | 1.28% | 1.41% |
| 2031 | 1,278,340 | 128,912,256 | 1.24% | 1.39% |
| 2032 | 1,293,443 | 130,695,084 | 1.18% | 1.38% |
| 2033 | 1,307,796 | 132,485,612 | 1.11% | 1.37% |
| 2034 | 1,321,611 | 134,287,838 | 1.06% | 1.36% |
| 2035 | 1,335,496 | 136,097,214 | 1.05% | 1.35% |
| 2036 | 1,349,357 | 137,913,263 | 1.04% | 1.33% |
| 2037 | 1,363,478 | 139,738,699 | 1.05% | 1.32% |
| 2038 | 1,377,783 | 141,565,835 | 1.05% | 1.31% |
| 2039 | 1,391,875 | 143,393,267 | 1.02% | 1.29% |
| 2040 | 1,406,628 | 145,213,662 | 1.06% | 1.27% |
| 2041 | 1,421,789 | 147,018,554 | 1.08% | 1.24% |
| 2042 | 1,436,439 | 148,800,785 | 1.03% | 1.21% |
| 2043 | 1,449,557 | 150,547,655 | 0.91% | 1.17% |
| 2044 | 1,461,638 | 152,255,332 | 0.83% | 1.13% |
| 2045 | 1,474,036 | 153,919,190 | 0.85% | 1.09% |
| 2046 | 1,486,457 | 155,535,951 | 0.84% | 1.05% |
| 2047 | 1,498,043 | 157,114,404 | 0.78% | 1.01% |
| 2048 | 1,508,873 | 158,657,392 | 0.72% | 0.98% |
| 2049 | 1,519,716 | 160,161,615 | 0.72% | 0.95% |
| 2050 | 1,530,539 | 161,630,197 | 0.71% | 0.92% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Djibouti increased by 181,889 people (a 21.3% growth), while Egypt gained 18,944,186 people (a 22.9% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Djibouti gained 161,970 (a 15.6% growth), while Egypt's population increased by 18,475,678 (a 18.2% growth).
Djibouti was ranked 159th most populous country in 2006 and is 158th in 2026. Egypt was ranked 13th in 2006 and still ranked 13th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Djibouti's population will grow by 27.6% to 1,530,539 people with a rank change from 158th to 151st. The population of Egypt will increase by 34.6% to 161,630,197 people and rank change from 13th to 11th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Djibouti | 604K |
| Ali Sabieh | 71.2K |
| Dikhil | 35K |
| Obock | 21.2K |
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| City | Population |
| Cairo | 9.61M |
| Giza | 5.6M |
| Alexandria | 4.87M |
| Shubra El Kheima | 1.03M |
| Mansoura | 622K |
| Helwan | 619K |
| El Mahalla El Kubra | 593K |
| Port Said | 524K |
| Faiyum | 519K |
| Suez | 517K |
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Population differences between Djibouti and Egypt
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| Life expectancy | 66.6 years | 72.2 years |
| Average age | 28.8 years | 28.5 years |
| Median age | 25.7 years | 25.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.6:50.4 | 50.5:49.5 |
| Fertility rate | 2.61 births per woman | 2.75 births per woman |
| Population density | 130.6 ppl/mi² | 303 ppl/mi² |
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