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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Djibouti was 1,168,722 in 2024 vs 568,847 people in Malta in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Djibouti's population is 1,199,623 people compared to 578,778 in Malta.

Population statistics:

  • Djibouti's population is 2.07 times bigger than Malta's.
  • Djibouti is ranked the 158th most populous country in the world, while Malta is the 167th.
  • The countries together account for 0.02% of the world: 0.01% for Djibouti vs 0.007% for Malta.
  • For the last 10 years, Djibouti has had an average growth rate of +1.57% per year vs +2.69% in Malta.
  • Since 2006, the population of Djibouti has increased from 856K people to 1.2M (40.2% growth), while Malta has grown from 405K to 579K (42.8% growth).
  • Djibouti is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 1.84M people compared to the peak of 587K people in 2033 for Malta.

Djibouti vs Malta: live population counter

Djibouti Malta
Current population
1199623
578778
Population rank 158/197 167/197
Percent of world population 0.01% 0.007%
One net population change
33.3 minutes
32.6 minutes
One birth every
22 minutes
1.96 hours
One death every
1.02 hours
2.17 hours
One migration net change every
1.18 months
1.39 hours
Annual migration change -11 +6,323
Daily growth/decline +43 +44
Annual growth/decline +15,778 +16,100
Annual growth/decline rate +1.37% +2.91%
Population growth rate rank 77/197 19/197

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

Djibouti
Population

Growth rate
Malta
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Djibouti Malta Djibouti Malta
1960 86,024 326,550 - -
1961 89,390 325,250 3.91% -0.4%
1962 93,283 323,900 4.36% -0.42%
1963 97,872 322,550 4.92% -0.42%
1964 103,198 321,250 5.44% -0.4%
1965 109,092 318,800 5.71% -0.76%
1966 115,269 315,200 5.66% -1.13%
1967 121,649 311,550 5.53% -1.16%
1968 128,250 307,900 5.43% -1.17%
1969 136,078 304,300 6.1% -1.17%
1970 145,175 302,650 6.69% -0.54%
1971 155,136 302,700 6.86% 0.02%
1972 166,256 302,450 7.17% -0.08%
1973 178,449 302,200 7.33% -0.08%
1974 192,613 301,996 7.94% -0.07%
1975 209,908 304,222 8.98% 0.74%
1976 230,737 305,774 9.92% 0.51%
1977 254,613 306,970 10.3% 0.39%
1978 280,031 310,182 9.98% 1.05%
1979 304,513 313,342 8.74% 1.02%
1980 325,815 316,645 7% 1.05%
1981 343,047 318,982 5.29% 0.74%
1982 356,880 325,898 4.03% 2.17%
1983 369,553 330,524 3.55% 1.42%
1984 384,053 330,593 3.92% 0.02%
1985 402,687 336,452 4.85% 1.77%
1986 426,341 342,121 5.87% 1.68%
1987 454,399 344,485 6.58% 0.69%
1988 484,523 347,325 6.63% 0.82%
1989 523,355 350,722 8.01% 0.98%
1990 579,538 354,170 10.7% 0.98%
1991 631,092 363,845 8.9% 2.73%
1992 626,010 367,618 -0.81% 1.04%
1993 614,245 371,308 -1.88% 1%
1994 626,710 374,797 2.03% 0.94%
1995 633,074 377,419 1.02% 0.7%
1996 648,348 379,905 2.41% 0.66%
1997 671,817 382,791 3.62% 0.76%
1998 699,352 385,287 4.1% 0.65%
1999 724,218 387,578 3.56% 0.59%
2000 747,318 390,087 3.19% 0.65%
2001 771,313 393,028 3.21% 0.75%
2002 795,574 395,969 3.15% 0.75%
2003 813,519 398,582 2.26% 0.66%
2004 826,124 401,268 1.55% 0.67%
2005 839,167 403,834 1.58% 0.64%
2006 855,764 405,308 1.98% 0.37%
2007 874,528 406,724 2.19% 0.35%
2008 892,734 409,379 2.08% 0.65%
2009 911,527 412,477 2.11% 0.76%
2010 930,251 414,508 2.05% 0.49%
2011 948,558 416,268 1.97% 0.42%
2012 966,747 420,028 1.92% 0.9%
2013 984,824 424,810 1.87% 1.14%
2014 1,002,717 433,481 1.82% 2.04%
2015 1,020,313 444,220 1.75% 2.48%
2016 1,037,653 454,505 1.7% 2.32%
2017 1,054,841 467,106 1.66% 2.77%
2018 1,071,882 483,903 1.62% 3.6%
2019 1,088,709 503,912 1.57% 4.13%
2020 1,105,188 515,490 1.51% 2.3%
2021 1,121,248 518,150 1.45% 0.52%
2022 1,137,096 531,113 1.41% 2.5%
2023 1,152,944 552,747 1.39% 4.07%
2024 1,168,722 568,847 1.37% 2.91%
2025 1,184,076 574,955 1.31% 1.07%
2026 1,199,453 578,756 1.3% 0.66%
2027 1,215,019 580,829 1.3% 0.36%
2028 1,230,584 582,657 1.28% 0.31%
2029 1,246,669 584,129 1.31% 0.25%
2030 1,262,678 585,315 1.28% 0.2%
2031 1,278,340 586,254 1.24% 0.16%
2032 1,293,443 586,948 1.18% 0.12%
2033 1,307,796 587,297 1.11% 0.06%
2034 1,321,611 587,151 1.06% -0.02%
2035 1,335,496 586,661 1.05% -0.08%
2036 1,349,357 586,003 1.04% -0.11%
2037 1,363,478 585,174 1.05% -0.14%
2038 1,377,783 584,125 1.05% -0.18%
2039 1,391,875 582,893 1.02% -0.21%
2040 1,406,628 581,634 1.06% -0.22%
2041 1,421,789 580,285 1.08% -0.23%
2042 1,436,439 578,871 1.03% -0.24%
2043 1,449,557 577,384 0.91% -0.26%
2044 1,461,638 575,789 0.83% -0.28%
2045 1,474,036 574,143 0.85% -0.29%
2046 1,486,457 572,420 0.84% -0.3%
2047 1,498,043 570,534 0.78% -0.33%
2048 1,508,873 568,553 0.72% -0.35%
2049 1,519,716 566,709 0.72% -0.32%
2050 1,530,539 564,751 0.71% -0.35%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Djibouti increased by 181,889 people (a 21.3% growth), while Malta gained 49,197 people (a 12.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Djibouti gained 161,970 (a 15.6% growth), while Malta's population increased by 124,273 (a 27.3% growth).

Djibouti was ranked 159th most populous country in 2006 and is 158th in 2026. Malta was ranked 168th in 2006 and ranked 167th 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 Malta will decrease by 2.42% to 564,751 people and rank change from 167th to 168th.

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