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Population in Djibouti compared to the United States: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Djibouti was 1,168,722 in 2024 vs 340,110,988 people in the United States in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Djibouti's population is 1,196,428 people compared to 343,323,530 in the United States.

Population statistics:

  • The United States' population is 287 times bigger than Djibouti's.
  • Djibouti is ranked the 158th most populous country in the world, while the United States is the 3rd.
  • The countries together account for 4.17% of the world: 0.01% for Djibouti vs 4.15% for the United States.
  • For the last 10 years, Djibouti has had an average growth rate of +1.57% per year vs +0.67% in the United States.
  • Since 2005, the population of Djibouti has increased from 839K people to 1.2M (42.6% growth), while the United States has grown from 296M to 343M (16.2% growth).
  • Djibouti is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 1.84M people compared to the peak of 415M people in 2100 for the United States.

Djibouti vs United States: live population counter

Djibouti United States
Current population
1196428
343323530
Population rank 158/197 3/197
Percent of world population 0.01% 4.15%
One net population change
33.3 minutes
6.07 seconds
One birth every
22 minutes
8.8 seconds
One death every
1.02 hours
10.2 seconds
One migration net change every
1.18 months
24.5 seconds
Annual migration change -11 +1,286,132
Daily growth/decline +43 +14,236
Annual growth/decline +15,778 +5,196,093
Annual growth/decline rate +1.37% +1.55%
Population growth rate rank 79/197 72/197

Djibouti and the United States: population history and growth rate by year chart

Djibouti
Population

Growth rate
United States
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Djibouti United States Djibouti United States
1900 - 76,094,000 - -
1901 - 77,584,000 - 1.96%
1902 - 79,163,000 - 2.04%
1903 - 80,632,000 - 1.86%
1904 - 82,166,000 - 1.9%
1905 - 83,822,000 - 2.02%
1906 - 85,450,000 - 1.94%
1907 - 87,008,000 - 1.82%
1908 - 88,710,000 - 1.96%
1909 - 90,490,000 - 2.01%
1910 - 92,407,000 - 2.12%
1911 - 93,863,000 - 1.58%
1912 - 95,335,000 - 1.57%
1913 - 97,225,000 - 1.98%
1914 - 99,111,000 - 1.94%
1915 - 100,546,000 - 1.45%
1916 - 101,961,000 - 1.41%
1917 - 103,268,000 - 1.28%
1918 - 103,208,000 - -0.06%
1919 - 104,514,000 - 1.27%
1920 - 106,461,000 - 1.86%
1921 - 108,538,000 - 1.95%
1922 - 110,049,000 - 1.39%
1923 - 111,947,000 - 1.72%
1924 - 114,109,000 - 1.93%
1925 - 115,829,000 - 1.51%
1926 - 117,397,000 - 1.35%
1927 - 119,035,000 - 1.4%
1928 - 120,509,000 - 1.24%
1929 - 121,767,000 - 1.04%
1930 - 123,076,741 - 1.08%
1931 - 124,039,648 - 0.78%
1932 - 124,840,471 - 0.65%
1933 - 125,578,763 - 0.59%
1934 - 126,373,773 - 0.63%
1935 - 127,250,232 - 0.69%
1936 - 128,053,180 - 0.63%
1937 - 128,824,829 - 0.6%
1938 - 129,824,939 - 0.78%
1939 - 130,879,718 - 0.81%
1940 - 132,122,446 - 0.95%
1941 - 133,402,471 - 0.97%
1942 - 134,859,553 - 1.09%
1943 - 136,739,353 - 1.39%
1944 - 138,397,345 - 1.21%
1945 - 139,928,165 - 1.11%
1946 - 141,388,566 - 1.04%
1947 - 144,126,071 - 1.94%
1948 - 146,631,302 - 1.74%
1949 - 149,188,130 - 1.74%
1950 - 152,271,417 - 2.07%
1951 - 154,877,889 - 1.71%
1952 - 157,552,740 - 1.73%
1953 - 160,184,192 - 1.67%
1954 - 163,025,854 - 1.77%
1955 - 165,931,202 - 1.78%
1956 - 168,903,031 - 1.79%
1957 - 171,984,130 - 1.82%
1958 - 174,881,904 - 1.68%
1959 - 177,829,628 - 1.69%
1960 86,024 180,671,158 - 1.6%
1961 89,390 183,691,481 3.91% 1.67%
1962 93,283 186,537,737 4.36% 1.55%
1963 97,872 189,241,798 4.92% 1.45%
1964 103,198 191,888,791 5.44% 1.4%
1965 109,092 194,302,963 5.71% 1.26%
1966 115,269 196,560,338 5.66% 1.16%
1967 121,649 198,712,056 5.53% 1.09%
1968 128,250 200,706,052 5.43% 1%
1969 136,078 202,676,946 6.1% 0.98%
1970 145,175 205,052,174 6.69% 1.17%
1971 155,136 207,660,677 6.86% 1.27%
1972 166,256 209,896,021 7.17% 1.08%
1973 178,449 211,908,788 7.33% 0.96%
1974 192,613 213,853,928 7.94% 0.92%
1975 209,908 215,973,199 8.98% 0.99%
1976 230,737 218,035,164 9.92% 0.95%
1977 254,613 220,239,425 10.3% 1.01%
1978 280,031 222,584,545 9.98% 1.06%
1979 304,513 225,055,487 8.74% 1.11%
1980 325,815 226,542,250 7% 0.66%
1981 343,047 229,465,744 5.29% 1.29%
1982 356,880 231,664,432 4.03% 0.96%
1983 369,553 233,792,014 3.55% 0.92%
1984 384,053 235,824,908 3.92% 0.87%
1985 402,687 237,923,734 4.85% 0.89%
1986 426,341 240,132,831 5.87% 0.93%
1987 454,399 242,288,936 6.58% 0.9%
1988 484,523 244,499,004 6.63% 0.91%
1989 523,355 246,819,222 8.01% 0.95%
1990 579,538 250,131,894 10.7% 1.34%
1991 631,092 253,492,503 8.9% 1.34%
1992 626,010 256,894,189 -0.81% 1.34%
1993 614,245 260,255,352 -1.88% 1.31%
1994 626,710 263,435,673 2.03% 1.22%
1995 633,074 266,557,091 1.02% 1.18%
1996 648,348 269,667,391 2.41% 1.17%
1997 671,817 272,911,760 3.62% 1.2%
1998 699,352 276,115,288 4.1% 1.17%
1999 724,218 279,294,713 3.56% 1.15%
2000 747,318 282,162,411 3.19% 1.03%
2001 771,313 284,968,955 3.21% 0.99%
2002 795,574 287,625,193 3.15% 0.93%
2003 813,519 290,107,933 2.26% 0.86%
2004 826,124 292,805,298 1.55% 0.93%
2005 839,167 295,516,599 1.58% 0.93%
2006 855,764 298,379,912 1.98% 0.97%
2007 874,528 301,231,207 2.19% 0.96%
2008 892,734 304,093,966 2.08% 0.95%
2009 911,527 306,771,529 2.11% 0.88%
2010 930,251 309,327,143 2.05% 0.83%
2011 948,558 311,583,481 1.97% 0.73%
2012 966,747 313,877,662 1.92% 0.74%
2013 984,824 316,059,947 1.87% 0.7%
2014 1,002,717 318,386,329 1.82% 0.74%
2015 1,020,313 320,738,994 1.75% 0.74%
2016 1,037,653 323,071,755 1.7% 0.73%
2017 1,054,841 325,122,128 1.66% 0.63%
2018 1,071,882 326,838,199 1.62% 0.53%
2019 1,088,709 328,329,953 1.57% 0.46%
2020 1,105,188 331,526,933 1.51% 0.97%
2021 1,121,248 331,893,745 1.45% 0.11%
2022 1,137,096 333,271,411 1.41% 0.42%
2023 1,152,944 334,914,895 1.39% 0.49%
2024 1,168,722 340,110,988 1.37% 1.55%
2025 1,184,076 341,931,772 1.31% 0.54%
2026 1,199,453 343,664,369 1.3% 0.51%
2027 1,215,019 345,331,185 1.3% 0.49%
2028 1,230,584 346,981,137 1.28% 0.48%
2029 1,246,669 348,601,982 1.31% 0.47%
2030 1,262,678 350,176,974 1.28% 0.45%
2031 1,278,340 351,725,612 1.24% 0.44%
2032 1,293,443 353,249,060 1.18% 0.43%
2033 1,307,796 354,749,644 1.11% 0.42%
2034 1,321,611 356,234,239 1.06% 0.42%
2035 1,335,496 357,694,316 1.05% 0.41%
2036 1,349,357 359,119,002 1.04% 0.4%
2037 1,363,478 360,517,853 1.05% 0.39%
2038 1,377,783 361,895,407 1.05% 0.38%
2039 1,391,875 363,229,908 1.02% 0.37%
2040 1,406,628 364,512,364 1.06% 0.35%
2041 1,421,789 365,753,139 1.08% 0.34%
2042 1,436,439 366,969,419 1.03% 0.33%
2043 1,449,557 368,146,925 0.91% 0.32%
2044 1,461,638 369,258,123 0.83% 0.3%
2045 1,474,036 370,318,770 0.85% 0.29%
2046 1,486,457 371,328,255 0.84% 0.27%
2047 1,498,043 372,299,116 0.78% 0.26%
2048 1,508,873 373,230,539 0.72% 0.25%
2049 1,519,716 374,119,803 0.72% 0.24%
2050 1,530,539 374,986,259 0.71% 0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Djibouti increased by 181,146 people (a 21.6% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Djibouti gained 176,115 (a 17.3% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Djibouti was ranked 158th most populous country in 2005 and is still 158th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.

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