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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Djibouti was 1,168,722 in 2024 vs 24,478,595 people in Mali in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Djibouti's population is 1,196,428 people compared to 25,787,988 in Mali.

Population statistics:

  • Mali's population is 21.6 times bigger than Djibouti's.
  • Djibouti is ranked the 158th most populous country in the world, while Mali is the 58th.
  • The countries together account for 0.33% of the world: 0.01% for Djibouti vs 0.31% for Mali.
  • For the last 10 years, Djibouti has had an average growth rate of +1.57% per year vs +3.12% in Mali.
  • Since 2005, the population of Djibouti has increased from 839K people to 1.2M (42.6% growth), while Mali has grown from 13.5M to 25.8M (90.5% growth).
  • Djibouti is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 1.84M people compared to the peak of 79.4M people in 2100 for Mali.

Djibouti vs Mali: live population counter

Djibouti Mali
Current population
1196428
25787988
Population rank 158/197 58/197
Percent of world population 0.01% 0.31%
One net population change
33.3 minutes
44.5 seconds
One birth every
22 minutes
33.1 seconds
One death every
1.02 hours
2.56 minutes
One migration net change every
1.18 months
11.2 minutes
Annual migration change -11 -46,880
Daily growth/decline +43 +1,944
Annual growth/decline +15,778 +709,468
Annual growth/decline rate +1.37% +2.98%
Population growth rate rank 79/197 16/197

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

Djibouti
Population

Growth rate
Mali
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Djibouti Mali Djibouti Mali
1960 86,024 5,402,550 - -
1961 89,390 5,482,283 3.91% 1.48%
1962 93,283 5,563,917 4.36% 1.49%
1963 97,872 5,646,605 4.92% 1.49%
1964 103,198 5,730,125 5.44% 1.48%
1965 109,092 5,815,487 5.71% 1.49%
1966 115,269 5,902,204 5.66% 1.49%
1967 121,649 5,990,906 5.53% 1.5%
1968 128,250 6,082,979 5.43% 1.54%
1969 136,078 6,177,704 6.1% 1.56%
1970 145,175 6,276,472 6.69% 1.6%
1971 155,136 6,377,944 6.86% 1.62%
1972 166,256 6,483,726 7.17% 1.66%
1973 178,449 6,597,106 7.33% 1.75%
1974 192,613 6,715,436 7.94% 1.79%
1975 209,908 6,837,261 8.98% 1.81%
1976 230,737 6,960,979 9.92% 1.81%
1977 254,613 7,090,979 10.3% 1.87%
1978 280,031 7,229,651 9.98% 1.96%
1979 304,513 7,375,266 8.74% 2.01%
1980 325,815 7,530,515 7% 2.1%
1981 343,047 7,692,766 5.29% 2.15%
1982 356,880 7,860,194 4.03% 2.18%
1983 369,553 8,034,400 3.55% 2.22%
1984 384,053 8,208,599 3.92% 2.17%
1985 402,687 8,374,663 4.85% 2.02%
1986 426,341 8,531,277 5.87% 1.87%
1987 454,399 8,681,164 6.58% 1.76%
1988 484,523 8,833,996 6.63% 1.76%
1989 523,355 8,999,938 8.01% 1.88%
1990 579,538 9,178,830 10.7% 1.99%
1991 631,092 9,362,888 8.9% 2.01%
1992 626,010 9,553,540 -0.81% 2.04%
1993 614,245 9,754,786 -1.88% 2.11%
1994 626,710 9,967,031 2.03% 2.18%
1995 633,074 10,185,365 1.02% 2.19%
1996 648,348 10,407,278 2.41% 2.18%
1997 671,817 10,646,495 3.62% 2.3%
1998 699,352 10,919,573 4.1% 2.56%
1999 724,218 11,227,415 3.56% 2.82%
2000 747,318 11,559,290 3.19% 2.96%
2001 771,313 11,912,158 3.21% 3.05%
2002 795,574 12,288,050 3.15% 3.16%
2003 813,519 12,684,955 2.26% 3.23%
2004 826,124 13,102,409 1.55% 3.29%
2005 839,167 13,538,647 1.58% 3.33%
2006 855,764 13,990,139 1.98% 3.33%
2007 874,528 14,457,775 2.19% 3.34%
2008 892,734 14,940,782 2.08% 3.34%
2009 911,527 15,435,539 2.11% 3.31%
2010 930,251 15,945,198 2.05% 3.3%
2011 948,558 16,469,049 1.97% 3.29%
2012 966,747 16,957,033 1.92% 2.96%
2013 984,824 17,459,615 1.87% 2.96%
2014 1,002,717 18,020,267 1.82% 3.21%
2015 1,020,313 18,593,022 1.75% 3.18%
2016 1,037,653 19,191,289 1.7% 3.22%
2017 1,054,841 19,813,011 1.66% 3.24%
2018 1,071,882 20,442,030 1.62% 3.17%
2019 1,088,709 21,068,405 1.57% 3.06%
2020 1,105,188 21,713,836 1.51% 3.06%
2021 1,121,248 22,388,630 1.45% 3.11%
2022 1,137,096 23,072,640 1.41% 3.06%
2023 1,152,944 23,769,127 1.39% 3.02%
2024 1,168,722 24,478,595 1.37% 2.98%
2025 1,184,076 25,198,817 1.31% 2.94%
2026 1,199,453 25,932,275 1.3% 2.91%
2027 1,215,019 26,679,171 1.3% 2.88%
2028 1,230,584 27,440,613 1.28% 2.85%
2029 1,246,669 28,215,513 1.31% 2.82%
2030 1,262,678 29,002,864 1.28% 2.79%
2031 1,278,340 29,804,545 1.24% 2.76%
2032 1,293,443 30,618,893 1.18% 2.73%
2033 1,307,796 31,442,801 1.11% 2.69%
2034 1,321,611 32,276,672 1.06% 2.65%
2035 1,335,496 33,118,344 1.05% 2.61%
2036 1,349,357 33,967,889 1.04% 2.57%
2037 1,363,478 34,823,450 1.05% 2.52%
2038 1,377,783 35,685,576 1.05% 2.48%
2039 1,391,875 36,549,487 1.02% 2.42%
2040 1,406,628 37,413,641 1.06% 2.36%
2041 1,421,789 38,280,868 1.08% 2.32%
2042 1,436,439 39,151,280 1.03% 2.27%
2043 1,449,557 40,026,317 0.91% 2.24%
2044 1,461,638 40,902,500 0.83% 2.19%
2045 1,474,036 41,778,984 0.85% 2.14%
2046 1,486,457 42,655,642 0.84% 2.1%
2047 1,498,043 43,530,852 0.78% 2.05%
2048 1,508,873 44,405,715 0.72% 2.01%
2049 1,519,716 45,279,772 0.72% 1.97%
2050 1,530,539 46,154,079 0.71% 1.93%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Djibouti increased by 181,146 people (a 21.6% growth), while Mali gained 5,054,375 people (a 37.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Djibouti gained 176,115 (a 17.3% growth), while Mali's population increased by 7,194,966 (a 38.7% growth).

Djibouti was ranked 158th most populous country in 2005 and is still 158th in 2025. Mali was ranked 66th in 2005 and ranked 58th 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 Mali will increase by 79% to 46,154,079 people and rank change from 58th to 46th.

Biggest cities by population

Djibouti
City Population
Djibouti 604K
Ali Sabieh 71.2K
Dikhil 35K
Obock 21.2K
Mali
City Population
Bamako 4.23M
Sikasso 226K
Segou 131K
Bougouni 59.7K
Markala 46K
Koulikoro 43.2K
Banamba 30.6K

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