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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Djibouti was 1,168,722 in 2024 vs 143,533,851 people in Russia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Djibouti's population is 1,196,428 people compared to 142,718,132 in Russia.

Population statistics:

  • Russia's population is 119.3 times bigger than Djibouti's.
  • Djibouti is ranked the 158th most populous country in the world, while Russia is the 9th.
  • The countries together account for 1.74% of the world: 0.01% for Djibouti vs 1.73% for Russia.
  • For the last 10 years, Djibouti has had an average growth rate of +1.57% per year vs -0.02% in Russia.
  • Since 2005, the population of Djibouti has increased from 839K people to 1.2M (42.6% growth), while Russia has declined from 144M to 143M (0.56% decline).
  • Djibouti is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 1.84M people, while Russia's population already peaked in 1992 at 149M people and is projected to decrease to 125M people by 2100.

Djibouti vs Russia: live population counter

Djibouti Russia
Current population
1196428
142718132
Population rank 158/197 9/197
Percent of world population 0.01% 1.73%
One net population change
33.3 minutes
1.8 minutes
One birth every
22 minutes
25.5 seconds
One death every
1.02 hours
18.1 seconds
One migration net change every
1.18 months
2.95 minutes
Annual migration change -11 -178,042
Daily growth/decline +43 -801
Annual growth/decline +15,778 -292,279
Annual growth/decline rate +1.37% -0.2%
Population growth rate rank 79/197 177/197

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

Djibouti
Population

Growth rate
Russia
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Djibouti Russia Djibouti Russia
1960 86,024 119,897,000 - -
1961 89,390 121,236,000 3.91% 1.12%
1962 93,283 122,591,000 4.36% 1.12%
1963 97,872 123,960,000 4.92% 1.12%
1964 103,198 125,345,000 5.44% 1.12%
1965 109,092 126,745,000 5.71% 1.12%
1966 115,269 127,468,000 5.66% 0.57%
1967 121,649 128,196,000 5.53% 0.57%
1968 128,250 128,928,000 5.43% 0.57%
1969 136,078 129,664,000 6.1% 0.57%
1970 145,175 130,404,000 6.69% 0.57%
1971 155,136 131,155,000 6.86% 0.58%
1972 166,256 131,909,000 7.17% 0.57%
1973 178,449 132,669,000 7.33% 0.58%
1974 192,613 133,432,000 7.94% 0.58%
1975 209,908 134,200,000 8.98% 0.58%
1976 230,737 135,147,000 9.92% 0.71%
1977 254,613 136,100,000 10.3% 0.71%
1978 280,031 137,060,000 9.98% 0.71%
1979 304,513 138,027,000 8.74% 0.71%
1980 325,815 139,010,000 7% 0.71%
1981 343,047 139,941,000 5.29% 0.67%
1982 356,880 140,823,000 4.03% 0.63%
1983 369,553 141,668,000 3.55% 0.6%
1984 384,053 142,745,000 3.92% 0.76%
1985 402,687 143,858,000 4.85% 0.78%
1986 426,341 144,894,000 5.87% 0.72%
1987 454,399 145,908,000 6.58% 0.7%
1988 484,523 146,857,000 6.63% 0.65%
1989 523,355 147,721,000 8.01% 0.59%
1990 579,538 147,969,406 10.7% 0.17%
1991 631,092 148,394,216 8.9% 0.29%
1992 626,010 148,538,197 -0.81% 0.1%
1993 614,245 148,458,777 -1.88% -0.05%
1994 626,710 148,407,912 2.03% -0.03%
1995 633,074 148,375,787 1.02% -0.02%
1996 648,348 148,160,129 2.41% -0.15%
1997 671,817 147,915,361 3.62% -0.17%
1998 699,352 147,670,784 4.1% -0.17%
1999 724,218 147,214,776 3.56% -0.31%
2000 747,318 146,596,869 3.19% -0.42%
2001 771,313 145,976,482 3.21% -0.42%
2002 795,574 145,306,497 3.15% -0.46%
2003 813,519 144,648,618 2.26% -0.45%
2004 826,124 144,067,316 1.55% -0.4%
2005 839,167 143,518,814 1.58% -0.38%
2006 855,764 143,049,637 1.98% -0.33%
2007 874,528 142,805,114 2.19% -0.17%
2008 892,734 142,742,366 2.08% -0.04%
2009 911,527 142,785,348 2.11% 0.03%
2010 930,251 142,849,468 2.05% 0.04%
2011 948,558 143,018,195 1.97% 0.12%
2012 966,747 143,378,447 1.92% 0.25%
2013 984,824 143,805,638 1.87% 0.3%
2014 1,002,717 144,237,223 1.82% 0.3%
2015 1,020,313 144,640,716 1.75% 0.28%
2016 1,037,653 145,015,460 1.7% 0.26%
2017 1,054,841 145,293,260 1.66% 0.19%
2018 1,071,882 145,398,106 1.62% 0.07%
2019 1,088,709 145,453,291 1.57% 0.04%
2020 1,105,188 145,245,148 1.51% -0.14%
2021 1,121,248 144,746,762 1.45% -0.34%
2022 1,137,096 144,236,933 1.41% -0.35%
2023 1,152,944 143,826,130 1.39% -0.28%
2024 1,168,722 143,533,851 1.37% -0.2%
2025 1,184,076 142,718,132 1.31% -0.57%
2026 1,199,453 142,120,553 1.3% -0.42%
2027 1,215,019 141,773,330 1.3% -0.24%
2028 1,230,584 141,402,326 1.28% -0.26%
2029 1,246,669 141,021,009 1.31% -0.27%
2030 1,262,678 140,628,883 1.28% -0.28%
2031 1,278,340 140,218,596 1.24% -0.29%
2032 1,293,443 139,807,207 1.18% -0.29%
2033 1,307,796 139,414,947 1.11% -0.28%
2034 1,321,611 139,034,543 1.06% -0.27%
2035 1,335,496 138,666,694 1.05% -0.26%
2036 1,349,357 138,311,757 1.04% -0.26%
2037 1,363,478 137,968,177 1.05% -0.25%
2038 1,377,783 137,643,032 1.05% -0.24%
2039 1,391,875 137,336,299 1.02% -0.22%
2040 1,406,628 137,053,347 1.06% -0.21%
2041 1,421,789 136,795,588 1.08% -0.19%
2042 1,436,439 136,558,692 1.03% -0.17%
2043 1,449,557 136,335,849 0.91% -0.16%
2044 1,461,638 136,124,845 0.83% -0.15%
2045 1,474,036 135,933,758 0.85% -0.14%
2046 1,486,457 135,756,848 0.84% -0.13%
2047 1,498,043 135,574,181 0.78% -0.13%
2048 1,508,873 135,372,557 0.72% -0.15%
2049 1,519,716 135,156,911 0.72% -0.16%
2050 1,530,539 134,923,391 0.71% -0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Djibouti increased by 181,146 people (a 21.6% growth), while Russia gained 1,121,902 people (a 0.78% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Djibouti gained 176,115 (a 17.3% growth), while Russia's population decreased by -1,922,584 (a 1.33% decline).

Djibouti was ranked 158th most populous country in 2005 and is still 158th in 2025. Russia was ranked 9th in 2005 and still ranked 9th 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 Russia will decrease by 5.46% to 134,923,391 people and rank change from 9th to 13th.

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