The latest officially reported population of Djibouti was 1,168,722 in 2024 vs 9,974,400 people in Israel in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Djibouti's population is 1,196,428 people compared to 10,224,104 in Israel.
Population statistics:
- Israel's population is 8.55 times bigger than Djibouti's.
- Djibouti is ranked the 158th most populous country in the world, while Israel is the 96th.
- The countries together account for 0.14% of the world: 0.01% for Djibouti vs 0.12% for Israel.
- For the last 10 years, Djibouti has had an average growth rate of +1.57% per year vs +1.96% in Israel.
- Since 2005, the population of Djibouti has increased from 839K people to 1.2M (42.6% growth), while Israel has grown from 6.93M to 10.2M (47.5% growth).
- Djibouti is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 1.84M people compared to the peak of 21M people in 2100 for Israel.
Djibouti vs Israel: live population counter
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| Current population |
1196428
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10224104
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| Population rank | 158/197 | 96/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.01% | 0.12% |
| One net population change |
33.3 minutes
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4.19 minutes
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| One birth every |
22 minutes
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2.87 minutes
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| One death every |
1.02 hours
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10.3 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.18 months
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49.5 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -11 | +10,612 |
| Daily growth/decline | +43 | +344 |
| Annual growth/decline | +15,778 | +125,400 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.37% | +1.27% |
| Population growth rate rank | 79/197 | 86/197 |
Djibouti and Israel: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 86,024 | 2,114,020 | - | - |
| 1961 | 89,390 | 2,185,000 | 3.91% | 3.36% |
| 1962 | 93,283 | 2,293,000 | 4.36% | 4.94% |
| 1963 | 97,872 | 2,379,000 | 4.92% | 3.75% |
| 1964 | 103,198 | 2,475,000 | 5.44% | 4.04% |
| 1965 | 109,092 | 2,563,000 | 5.71% | 3.56% |
| 1966 | 115,269 | 2,629,000 | 5.66% | 2.58% |
| 1967 | 121,649 | 2,745,000 | 5.53% | 4.41% |
| 1968 | 128,250 | 2,803,000 | 5.43% | 2.11% |
| 1969 | 136,078 | 2,877,000 | 6.1% | 2.64% |
| 1970 | 145,175 | 2,974,000 | 6.69% | 3.37% |
| 1971 | 155,136 | 3,069,000 | 6.86% | 3.19% |
| 1972 | 166,256 | 3,148,000 | 7.17% | 2.57% |
| 1973 | 178,449 | 3,278,000 | 7.33% | 4.13% |
| 1974 | 192,613 | 3,377,000 | 7.94% | 3.02% |
| 1975 | 209,908 | 3,455,000 | 8.98% | 2.31% |
| 1976 | 230,737 | 3,533,000 | 9.92% | 2.26% |
| 1977 | 254,613 | 3,613,000 | 10.3% | 2.26% |
| 1978 | 280,031 | 3,690,000 | 9.98% | 2.13% |
| 1979 | 304,513 | 3,786,000 | 8.74% | 2.6% |
| 1980 | 325,815 | 3,878,000 | 7% | 2.43% |
| 1981 | 343,047 | 3,956,000 | 5.29% | 2.01% |
| 1982 | 356,880 | 4,031,000 | 4.03% | 1.9% |
| 1983 | 369,553 | 4,105,000 | 3.55% | 1.84% |
| 1984 | 384,053 | 4,159,000 | 3.92% | 1.32% |
| 1985 | 402,687 | 4,233,000 | 4.85% | 1.78% |
| 1986 | 426,341 | 4,299,000 | 5.87% | 1.56% |
| 1987 | 454,399 | 4,369,000 | 6.58% | 1.63% |
| 1988 | 484,523 | 4,442,000 | 6.63% | 1.67% |
| 1989 | 523,355 | 4,518,000 | 8.01% | 1.71% |
| 1990 | 579,538 | 4,660,000 | 10.7% | 3.14% |
| 1991 | 631,092 | 4,949,000 | 8.9% | 6.2% |
| 1992 | 626,010 | 5,123,000 | -0.81% | 3.52% |
| 1993 | 614,245 | 5,261,000 | -1.88% | 2.69% |
| 1994 | 626,710 | 5,399,000 | 2.03% | 2.62% |
| 1995 | 633,074 | 5,545,000 | 1.02% | 2.7% |
| 1996 | 648,348 | 5,692,000 | 2.41% | 2.65% |
| 1997 | 671,817 | 5,836,000 | 3.62% | 2.53% |
| 1998 | 699,352 | 5,971,000 | 4.1% | 2.31% |
| 1999 | 724,218 | 6,125,000 | 3.56% | 2.58% |
| 2000 | 747,318 | 6,289,000 | 3.19% | 2.68% |
| 2001 | 771,313 | 6,439,000 | 3.21% | 2.39% |
| 2002 | 795,574 | 6,570,000 | 3.15% | 2.03% |
| 2003 | 813,519 | 6,689,700 | 2.26% | 1.82% |
| 2004 | 826,124 | 6,809,000 | 1.55% | 1.78% |
| 2005 | 839,167 | 6,930,100 | 1.58% | 1.78% |
| 2006 | 855,764 | 7,053,700 | 1.98% | 1.78% |
| 2007 | 874,528 | 7,180,100 | 2.19% | 1.79% |
| 2008 | 892,734 | 7,308,800 | 2.08% | 1.79% |
| 2009 | 911,527 | 7,485,600 | 2.11% | 2.42% |
| 2010 | 930,251 | 7,623,600 | 2.05% | 1.84% |
| 2011 | 948,558 | 7,765,800 | 1.97% | 1.87% |
| 2012 | 966,747 | 7,910,500 | 1.92% | 1.86% |
| 2013 | 984,824 | 8,059,500 | 1.87% | 1.88% |
| 2014 | 1,002,717 | 8,215,700 | 1.82% | 1.94% |
| 2015 | 1,020,313 | 8,380,100 | 1.75% | 2% |
| 2016 | 1,037,653 | 8,546,000 | 1.7% | 1.98% |
| 2017 | 1,054,841 | 8,713,300 | 1.66% | 1.96% |
| 2018 | 1,071,882 | 8,882,800 | 1.62% | 1.95% |
| 2019 | 1,088,709 | 9,054,000 | 1.57% | 1.93% |
| 2020 | 1,105,188 | 9,215,100 | 1.51% | 1.78% |
| 2021 | 1,121,248 | 9,371,400 | 1.45% | 1.7% |
| 2022 | 1,137,096 | 9,557,500 | 1.41% | 1.99% |
| 2023 | 1,152,944 | 9,849,000 | 1.39% | 3.05% |
| 2024 | 1,168,722 | 9,974,400 | 1.37% | 1.27% |
| 2025 | 1,184,076 | 10,112,712 | 1.31% | 1.39% |
| 2026 | 1,199,453 | 10,251,384 | 1.3% | 1.37% |
| 2027 | 1,215,019 | 10,390,790 | 1.3% | 1.36% |
| 2028 | 1,230,584 | 10,530,831 | 1.28% | 1.35% |
| 2029 | 1,246,669 | 10,670,808 | 1.31% | 1.33% |
| 2030 | 1,262,678 | 10,812,707 | 1.28% | 1.33% |
| 2031 | 1,278,340 | 10,958,256 | 1.24% | 1.35% |
| 2032 | 1,293,443 | 11,102,895 | 1.18% | 1.32% |
| 2033 | 1,307,796 | 11,245,826 | 1.11% | 1.29% |
| 2034 | 1,321,611 | 11,390,158 | 1.06% | 1.28% |
| 2035 | 1,335,496 | 11,537,556 | 1.05% | 1.29% |
| 2036 | 1,349,357 | 11,685,531 | 1.04% | 1.28% |
| 2037 | 1,363,478 | 11,835,669 | 1.05% | 1.28% |
| 2038 | 1,377,783 | 11,990,527 | 1.05% | 1.31% |
| 2039 | 1,391,875 | 12,147,999 | 1.02% | 1.31% |
| 2040 | 1,406,628 | 12,306,173 | 1.06% | 1.3% |
| 2041 | 1,421,789 | 12,464,653 | 1.08% | 1.29% |
| 2042 | 1,436,439 | 12,626,052 | 1.03% | 1.29% |
| 2043 | 1,449,557 | 12,788,911 | 0.91% | 1.29% |
| 2044 | 1,461,638 | 12,952,526 | 0.83% | 1.28% |
| 2045 | 1,474,036 | 13,114,360 | 0.85% | 1.25% |
| 2046 | 1,486,457 | 13,274,365 | 0.84% | 1.22% |
| 2047 | 1,498,043 | 13,433,565 | 0.78% | 1.2% |
| 2048 | 1,508,873 | 13,590,900 | 0.72% | 1.17% |
| 2049 | 1,519,716 | 13,750,245 | 0.72% | 1.17% |
| 2050 | 1,530,539 | 13,911,988 | 0.71% | 1.18% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Djibouti increased by 181,146 people (a 21.6% growth), while Israel gained 1,450,000 people (a 20.9% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Djibouti gained 176,115 (a 17.3% growth), while Israel's population increased by 1,844,004 (a 22% growth).
Djibouti was ranked 158th most populous country in 2005 and is still 158th in 2025. Israel was ranked 98th in 2005 and ranked 96th 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 Israel will increase by 36.1% to 13,911,988 people and rank change from 96th to 88th.
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Population differences between Djibouti and Israel
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| Life expectancy | 66.4 years | 82.8 years |
| Average age | 28.8 years | 33.6 years |
| Median age | 25.7 years | 30.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.6:50.4 | 49.8:50.2 |
| Fertility rate | 2.61 births per woman | 2.85 births per woman |
| Population density | 130.6 ppl/mi² | 1,194 ppl/mi² |
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