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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Djibouti was 1,168,722 in 2024 vs 104,175 people in Tonga in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Djibouti's population is 1,196,428 people compared to 103,744 in Tonga.

Population statistics:

  • Djibouti's population is 11.5 times bigger than Tonga's.
  • Djibouti is ranked the 158th most populous country in the world, while Tonga is the 183rd.
  • The countries together account for 0.02% of the world: 0.01% for Djibouti vs 0.001% for Tonga.
  • For the last 10 years, Djibouti has had an average growth rate of +1.57% per year vs -0.25% in Tonga.
  • Since 2005, the population of Djibouti has increased from 839K people to 1.2M (42.6% growth), while Tonga has declined from 106K to 104K (1.82% decline).
  • Djibouti is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 1.84M people compared to the peak of 118K people in 2100 for Tonga.

Djibouti vs Tonga: live population counter

Djibouti Tonga
Current population
1196428
103744
Population rank 158/197 183/197
Percent of world population 0.01% 0.001%
One net population change
33.3 minutes
20.8 hours
One birth every
22 minutes
3.62 hours
One death every
1.02 hours
13 hours
One migration net change every
1.18 months
4.08 hours
Annual migration change -11 -2,149
Daily growth/decline +43 -1
Annual growth/decline +15,778 -422
Annual growth/decline rate +1.37% -0.4%
Population growth rate rank 79/197 181/197

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

Djibouti
Population

Growth rate
Tonga
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Djibouti Tonga Djibouti Tonga
1960 86,024 66,170 - -
1961 89,390 68,037 3.91% 2.82%
1962 93,283 69,940 4.36% 2.8%
1963 97,872 71,885 4.92% 2.78%
1964 103,198 73,879 5.44% 2.77%
1965 109,092 75,924 5.71% 2.77%
1966 115,269 78,002 5.66% 2.74%
1967 121,649 79,814 5.53% 2.32%
1968 128,250 81,353 5.43% 1.93%
1969 136,078 82,885 6.1% 1.88%
1970 145,175 84,401 6.69% 1.83%
1971 155,136 85,896 6.86% 1.77%
1972 166,256 87,356 7.17% 1.7%
1973 178,449 88,805 7.33% 1.66%
1974 192,613 90,683 7.94% 2.11%
1975 209,908 93,017 8.98% 2.57%
1976 230,737 95,325 9.92% 2.48%
1977 254,613 96,725 10.3% 1.47%
1978 280,031 97,204 9.98% 0.5%
1979 304,513 97,544 8.74% 0.35%
1980 325,815 97,769 7% 0.23%
1981 343,047 97,909 5.29% 0.14%
1982 356,880 97,980 4.03% 0.07%
1983 369,553 97,998 3.55% 0.02%
1984 384,053 97,990 3.92% -0.008%
1985 402,687 97,984 4.85% -0.006%
1986 426,341 98,010 5.87% 0.03%
1987 454,399 98,376 6.58% 0.37%
1988 484,523 98,969 6.63% 0.6%
1989 523,355 99,403 8.01% 0.44%
1990 579,538 99,700 10.7% 0.3%
1991 631,092 99,895 8.9% 0.2%
1992 626,010 100,022 -0.81% 0.13%
1993 614,245 100,103 -1.88% 0.08%
1994 626,710 100,166 2.03% 0.06%
1995 633,074 100,225 1.02% 0.06%
1996 648,348 100,275 2.41% 0.05%
1997 671,817 100,674 3.62% 0.4%
1998 699,352 101,388 4.1% 0.71%
1999 724,218 102,046 3.56% 0.65%
2000 747,318 102,677 3.19% 0.62%
2001 771,313 103,288 3.21% 0.6%
2002 795,574 103,874 3.15% 0.57%
2003 813,519 104,464 2.26% 0.57%
2004 826,124 105,071 1.55% 0.58%
2005 839,167 105,671 1.58% 0.57%
2006 855,764 106,253 1.98% 0.55%
2007 874,528 106,726 2.19% 0.45%
2008 892,734 107,020 2.08% 0.28%
2009 911,527 107,203 2.11% 0.17%
2010 930,251 107,400 2.05% 0.18%
2011 948,558 107,570 1.97% 0.16%
2012 966,747 107,460 1.92% -0.1%
2013 984,824 107,078 1.87% -0.36%
2014 1,002,717 106,609 1.82% -0.44%
2015 1,020,313 106,095 1.75% -0.48%
2016 1,037,653 105,524 1.7% -0.54%
2017 1,054,841 105,356 1.66% -0.16%
2018 1,071,882 105,567 1.62% 0.2%
2019 1,088,709 105,669 1.57% 0.1%
2020 1,105,188 105,704 1.51% 0.03%
2021 1,121,248 105,490 1.45% -0.2%
2022 1,137,096 105,042 1.41% -0.42%
2023 1,152,944 104,597 1.39% -0.42%
2024 1,168,722 104,175 1.37% -0.4%
2025 1,184,076 103,744 1.31% -0.41%
2026 1,199,453 103,290 1.3% -0.44%
2027 1,215,019 102,899 1.3% -0.38%
2028 1,230,584 102,568 1.28% -0.32%
2029 1,246,669 102,280 1.31% -0.28%
2030 1,262,678 102,069 1.28% -0.21%
2031 1,278,340 101,927 1.24% -0.14%
2032 1,293,443 101,837 1.18% -0.09%
2033 1,307,796 101,807 1.11% -0.03%
2034 1,321,611 101,806 1.06% -0.001%
2035 1,335,496 101,833 1.05% 0.03%
2036 1,349,357 101,895 1.04% 0.06%
2037 1,363,478 101,993 1.05% 0.1%
2038 1,377,783 102,173 1.05% 0.18%
2039 1,391,875 102,367 1.02% 0.19%
2040 1,406,628 102,568 1.06% 0.2%
2041 1,421,789 102,805 1.08% 0.23%
2042 1,436,439 103,038 1.03% 0.23%
2043 1,449,557 103,306 0.91% 0.26%
2044 1,461,638 103,612 0.83% 0.3%
2045 1,474,036 103,928 0.85% 0.3%
2046 1,486,457 104,232 0.84% 0.29%
2047 1,498,043 104,502 0.78% 0.26%
2048 1,508,873 104,744 0.72% 0.23%
2049 1,519,716 104,975 0.72% 0.22%
2050 1,530,539 105,193 0.71% 0.21%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Djibouti increased by 181,146 people (a 21.6% growth), while Tonga gained 424 people (a 0.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Djibouti gained 176,115 (a 17.3% growth), while Tonga's population decreased by -2,351 (a 2.22% decline).

Djibouti was ranked 158th most populous country in 2005 and is still 158th in 2025. Tonga was ranked 182nd in 2005 and ranked 183rd 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 Tonga will increase by 1.4% to 105,193 people and will still be ranked 183rd.

Biggest cities by population

Djibouti
City Population
Djibouti 604K
Ali Sabieh 71.2K
Dikhil 35K
Obock 21.2K
Tonga
City Population
Nukualofa 23.2K
Mua 5K

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