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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Djibouti was 1,168,722 in 2024 vs 35,557,673 people in Malaysia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Djibouti's population is 1,196,428 people compared to 36,304,998 in Malaysia.

Population statistics:

  • Malaysia's population is 30.3 times bigger than Djibouti's.
  • Djibouti is ranked the 158th most populous country in the world, while Malaysia is the 45th.
  • The countries together account for 0.45% of the world: 0.01% for Djibouti vs 0.44% for Malaysia.
  • For the last 10 years, Djibouti has had an average growth rate of +1.57% per year vs +1.5% in Malaysia.
  • Since 2005, the population of Djibouti has increased from 839K people to 1.2M (42.6% growth), while Malaysia has grown from 25.8M to 36.3M (40.5% growth).
  • Djibouti is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 1.84M people compared to the peak of 46.4M people in 2072 for Malaysia.

Djibouti vs Malaysia: live population counter

Djibouti Malaysia
Current population
1196428
36304998
Population rank 158/197 45/197
Percent of world population 0.01% 0.44%
One net population change
33.3 minutes
1.22 minutes
One birth every
22 minutes
1.21 minutes
One death every
1.02 hours
2.9 minutes
One migration net change every
1.18 months
3.01 minutes
Annual migration change -11 +174,770
Daily growth/decline +43 +1,182
Annual growth/decline +15,778 +431,375
Annual growth/decline rate +1.37% +1.23%
Population growth rate rank 79/197 91/197

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

Djibouti
Population

Growth rate
Malaysia
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Djibouti Malaysia Djibouti Malaysia
1960 86,024 7,956,197 - -
1961 89,390 8,164,443 3.91% 2.62%
1962 93,283 8,380,172 4.36% 2.64%
1963 97,872 8,602,160 4.92% 2.65%
1964 103,198 8,828,406 5.44% 2.63%
1965 109,092 9,056,408 5.71% 2.58%
1966 115,269 9,284,688 5.66% 2.52%
1967 121,649 9,507,099 5.53% 2.4%
1968 128,250 9,725,281 5.43% 2.29%
1969 136,078 9,947,597 6.1% 2.29%
1970 145,175 10,178,802 6.69% 2.32%
1971 155,136 10,423,453 6.86% 2.4%
1972 166,256 10,676,835 7.17% 2.43%
1973 178,449 10,935,621 7.33% 2.42%
1974 192,613 11,200,906 7.94% 2.43%
1975 209,908 11,471,914 8.98% 2.42%
1976 230,737 11,750,097 9.92% 2.42%
1977 254,613 12,035,713 10.3% 2.43%
1978 280,031 12,328,157 9.98% 2.43%
1979 304,513 12,627,862 8.74% 2.43%
1980 325,815 12,983,363 7% 2.82%
1981 343,047 13,399,203 5.29% 3.2%
1982 356,880 13,832,798 4.03% 3.24%
1983 369,553 14,285,907 3.55% 3.28%
1984 384,053 14,759,009 3.92% 3.31%
1985 402,687 15,252,258 4.85% 3.34%
1986 426,341 15,760,419 5.87% 3.33%
1987 454,399 16,276,737 6.58% 3.28%
1988 484,523 16,796,605 6.63% 3.19%
1989 523,355 17,314,997 8.01% 3.09%
1990 579,538 17,833,171 10.7% 2.99%
1991 631,092 18,342,464 8.9% 2.86%
1992 626,010 18,834,572 -0.81% 2.68%
1993 614,245 19,322,664 -1.88% 2.59%
1994 626,710 19,820,446 2.03% 2.58%
1995 633,074 20,330,599 1.02% 2.57%
1996 648,348 20,850,087 2.41% 2.56%
1997 671,817 21,375,218 3.62% 2.52%
1998 699,352 21,906,713 4.1% 2.49%
1999 724,218 22,435,531 3.56% 2.41%
2000 747,318 22,967,816 3.19% 2.37%
2001 771,313 23,526,538 3.21% 2.43%
2002 795,574 24,102,477 3.15% 2.45%
2003 813,519 24,679,602 2.26% 2.39%
2004 826,124 25,256,772 1.55% 2.34%
2005 839,167 25,836,071 1.58% 2.29%
2006 855,764 26,417,909 1.98% 2.25%
2007 874,528 26,998,389 2.19% 2.2%
2008 892,734 27,570,059 2.08% 2.12%
2009 911,527 28,124,778 2.11% 2.01%
2010 930,251 28,655,776 2.05% 1.89%
2011 948,558 29,162,039 1.97% 1.77%
2012 966,747 29,662,831 1.92% 1.72%
2013 984,824 30,174,265 1.87% 1.72%
2014 1,002,717 30,696,137 1.82% 1.73%
2015 1,020,313 31,232,798 1.75% 1.75%
2016 1,037,653 31,789,685 1.7% 1.78%
2017 1,054,841 32,355,644 1.66% 1.78%
2018 1,071,882 32,910,967 1.62% 1.72%
2019 1,088,709 33,440,596 1.57% 1.61%
2020 1,105,188 33,889,558 1.51% 1.34%
2021 1,121,248 34,282,399 1.45% 1.16%
2022 1,137,096 34,695,493 1.41% 1.2%
2023 1,152,944 35,126,298 1.39% 1.24%
2024 1,168,722 35,557,673 1.37% 1.23%
2025 1,184,076 35,977,838 1.31% 1.18%
2026 1,199,453 36,385,119 1.3% 1.13%
2027 1,215,019 36,785,089 1.3% 1.1%
2028 1,230,584 37,182,773 1.28% 1.08%
2029 1,246,669 37,574,292 1.31% 1.05%
2030 1,262,678 37,961,722 1.28% 1.03%
2031 1,278,340 38,347,786 1.24% 1.02%
2032 1,293,443 38,728,383 1.18% 0.99%
2033 1,307,796 39,097,871 1.11% 0.95%
2034 1,321,611 39,457,849 1.06% 0.92%
2035 1,335,496 39,814,834 1.05% 0.9%
2036 1,349,357 40,166,904 1.04% 0.88%
2037 1,363,478 40,512,289 1.05% 0.86%
2038 1,377,783 40,853,318 1.05% 0.84%
2039 1,391,875 41,185,892 1.02% 0.81%
2040 1,406,628 41,509,646 1.06% 0.79%
2041 1,421,789 41,828,594 1.08% 0.77%
2042 1,436,439 42,144,474 1.03% 0.76%
2043 1,449,557 42,455,952 0.91% 0.74%
2044 1,461,638 42,754,140 0.83% 0.7%
2045 1,474,036 43,038,205 0.85% 0.66%
2046 1,486,457 43,313,754 0.84% 0.64%
2047 1,498,043 43,580,459 0.78% 0.62%
2048 1,508,873 43,831,577 0.72% 0.58%
2049 1,519,716 44,065,538 0.72% 0.53%
2050 1,530,539 44,289,765 0.71% 0.51%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Djibouti increased by 181,146 people (a 21.6% growth), while Malaysia gained 5,396,727 people (a 20.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Djibouti gained 176,115 (a 17.3% growth), while Malaysia's population increased by 5,072,200 (a 16.2% growth).

Djibouti was ranked 158th most populous country in 2005 and is still 158th in 2025. Malaysia was ranked 44th in 2005 and ranked 45th 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 Malaysia will increase by 22% to 44,289,765 people and rank change from 45th to 49th.

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