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Population in Djibouti compared to India: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Djibouti was 1,168,722 in 2024 vs 1,450,935,791 people in India in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Djibouti's population is 1,196,428 people compared to 1,474,115,403 in India.

Population statistics:

  • India's population is 1,232 times bigger than Djibouti's.
  • Djibouti is ranked the 158th most populous country in the world, while India is the 1st.
  • The countries together account for 17.8% of the world: 0.01% for Djibouti vs 17.8% for India.
  • For the last 10 years, Djibouti has had an average growth rate of +1.57% per year vs +1.03% in India.
  • Since 2005, the population of Djibouti has increased from 839K people to 1.2M (42.6% growth), while India has grown from 1.15B to 1.47B (27.7% growth).
  • Djibouti is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 1.84M people compared to the peak of 1.7B people in 2061 for India.

Djibouti vs India: live population counter

Djibouti India
Current population
1196428
1474115403
Population rank 158/197 1/197
Percent of world population 0.01% 17.8%
One net population change
33.3 minutes
2.45 seconds
One birth every
22 minutes
1.36 seconds
One death every
1.02 hours
3.32 seconds
One migration net change every
1.18 months
50 seconds
Annual migration change -11 -630,830
Daily growth/decline +43 +35,250
Annual growth/decline +15,778 +12,866,195
Annual growth/decline rate +1.37% +0.89%
Population growth rate rank 79/197 109/197

Djibouti and India: population history and growth rate by year chart

Djibouti
Population

Growth rate
India
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Djibouti India Djibouti India
1960 86,024 435,990,338 - -
1961 89,390 446,564,729 3.91% 2.43%
1962 93,283 457,283,090 4.36% 2.4%
1963 97,872 468,138,575 4.92% 2.37%
1964 103,198 479,229,598 5.44% 2.37%
1965 109,092 490,140,146 5.71% 2.28%
1966 115,269 500,740,247 5.66% 2.16%
1967 121,649 511,606,372 5.53% 2.17%
1968 128,250 522,716,889 5.43% 2.17%
1969 136,078 533,880,544 6.1% 2.14%
1970 145,175 545,864,268 6.69% 2.24%
1971 155,136 558,096,387 6.86% 2.24%
1972 166,256 570,482,142 7.17% 2.22%
1973 178,449 583,465,598 7.33% 2.28%
1974 192,613 597,041,391 7.94% 2.33%
1975 209,908 611,309,535 8.98% 2.39%
1976 230,737 625,861,883 9.92% 2.38%
1977 254,613 640,801,103 10.3% 2.39%
1978 280,031 655,728,229 9.98% 2.33%
1979 304,513 671,155,747 8.74% 2.35%
1980 325,815 687,354,025 7% 2.41%
1981 343,047 703,696,250 5.29% 2.38%
1982 356,880 720,313,473 4.03% 2.36%
1983 369,553 737,372,681 3.55% 2.37%
1984 384,053 754,875,449 3.92% 2.37%
1985 402,687 772,647,793 4.85% 2.35%
1986 426,341 790,689,978 5.87% 2.34%
1987 454,399 808,931,270 6.58% 2.31%
1988 484,523 827,342,990 6.63% 2.28%
1989 523,355 846,039,529 8.01% 2.26%
1990 579,538 864,972,221 10.7% 2.24%
1991 631,092 883,927,600 8.9% 2.19%
1992 626,010 902,957,070 -0.81% 2.15%
1993 614,245 922,118,387 -1.88% 2.12%
1994 626,710 941,163,767 2.03% 2.07%
1995 633,074 960,301,044 1.02% 2.03%
1996 648,348 979,678,458 2.41% 2.02%
1997 671,817 999,133,762 3.62% 1.99%
1998 699,352 1,018,665,080 4.1% 1.95%
1999 724,218 1,038,225,823 3.56% 1.92%
2000 747,318 1,057,922,733 3.19% 1.9%
2001 771,313 1,077,898,575 3.21% 1.89%
2002 795,574 1,097,600,380 3.15% 1.83%
2003 813,519 1,116,803,006 2.26% 1.75%
2004 826,124 1,135,991,513 1.55% 1.72%
2005 839,167 1,154,676,322 1.58% 1.64%
2006 855,764 1,172,878,890 1.98% 1.58%
2007 874,528 1,190,676,021 2.19% 1.52%
2008 892,734 1,207,930,964 2.08% 1.45%
2009 911,527 1,225,524,753 2.11% 1.46%
2010 930,251 1,243,481,564 2.05% 1.47%
2011 948,558 1,261,224,954 1.97% 1.43%
2012 966,747 1,278,674,502 1.92% 1.38%
2013 984,824 1,295,829,511 1.87% 1.34%
2014 1,002,717 1,312,277,191 1.82% 1.27%
2015 1,020,313 1,328,024,498 1.75% 1.2%
2016 1,037,653 1,343,944,296 1.7% 1.2%
2017 1,054,841 1,359,657,400 1.66% 1.17%
2018 1,071,882 1,374,659,064 1.62% 1.1%
2019 1,088,709 1,389,030,312 1.57% 1.05%
2020 1,105,188 1,402,617,695 1.51% 0.98%
2021 1,121,248 1,414,203,896 1.45% 0.83%
2022 1,137,096 1,425,423,212 1.41% 0.79%
2023 1,152,944 1,438,069,596 1.39% 0.89%
2024 1,168,722 1,450,935,791 1.37% 0.89%
2025 1,184,076 1,463,865,531 1.31% 0.89%
2026 1,199,453 1,476,625,576 1.3% 0.87%
2027 1,215,019 1,489,164,679 1.3% 0.85%
2028 1,230,584 1,501,432,748 1.28% 0.82%
2029 1,246,669 1,513,423,737 1.31% 0.8%
2030 1,262,678 1,525,138,852 1.28% 0.77%
2031 1,278,340 1,536,540,604 1.24% 0.75%
2032 1,293,443 1,547,607,126 1.18% 0.72%
2033 1,307,796 1,558,324,087 1.11% 0.69%
2034 1,321,611 1,568,688,356 1.06% 0.67%
2035 1,335,496 1,578,694,799 1.05% 0.64%
2036 1,349,357 1,588,325,366 1.04% 0.61%
2037 1,363,478 1,597,537,009 1.05% 0.58%
2038 1,377,783 1,606,300,646 1.05% 0.55%
2039 1,391,875 1,614,639,243 1.02% 0.52%
2040 1,406,628 1,622,580,052 1.06% 0.49%
2041 1,421,789 1,630,119,374 1.08% 0.46%
2042 1,436,439 1,637,235,363 1.03% 0.44%
2043 1,449,557 1,643,915,269 0.91% 0.41%
2044 1,461,638 1,650,186,610 0.83% 0.38%
2045 1,474,036 1,656,067,585 0.85% 0.36%
2046 1,486,457 1,661,548,400 0.84% 0.33%
2047 1,498,043 1,666,628,151 0.78% 0.31%
2048 1,508,873 1,671,309,727 0.72% 0.28%
2049 1,519,716 1,675,619,893 0.72% 0.26%
2050 1,530,539 1,679,589,268 0.71% 0.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Djibouti increased by 181,146 people (a 21.6% growth), while India gained 173,348,176 people (a 15% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Djibouti gained 176,115 (a 17.3% growth), while India's population increased by 146,090,905 (a 11% growth).

Djibouti was ranked 158th most populous country in 2005 and is still 158th in 2025. India was ranked 2nd in 2005 and ranked 1st now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Djibouti's population will grow by 27.9% to 1,530,539 people with a rank change from 158th to 151st. The population of India will increase by 13.9% to 1,679,589,268 people and will still be ranked 1st.

Biggest cities by population

Djibouti
City Population
Djibouti 604K
Ali Sabieh 71.2K
Dikhil 35K
Obock 21.2K

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