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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Djibouti was 1,168,722 in 2024 vs 40,583,164 people in Yemen in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Djibouti's population is 1,196,428 people compared to 42,727,988 in Yemen.

Population statistics:

  • Yemen's population is 35.7 times bigger than Djibouti's.
  • Djibouti is ranked the 158th most populous country in the world, while Yemen is the 37th.
  • The countries together account for 0.53% of the world: 0.01% for Djibouti vs 0.52% for Yemen.
  • For the last 10 years, Djibouti has had an average growth rate of +1.57% per year vs +3% in Yemen.
  • Since 2005, the population of Djibouti has increased from 839K people to 1.2M (42.6% growth), while Yemen has grown from 22.8M to 42.7M (87.5% growth).
  • Djibouti is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 1.84M people compared to the peak of 110M people in 2100 for Yemen.

Djibouti vs Yemen: live population counter

Djibouti Yemen
Current population
1196428
42727988
Population rank 158/197 37/197
Percent of world population 0.01% 0.52%
One net population change
33.3 minutes
26.4 seconds
One birth every
22 minutes
22.7 seconds
One death every
1.02 hours
2.78 minutes
One migration net change every
1.18 months
50.1 minutes
Annual migration change -11 -10,482
Daily growth/decline +43 +3,267
Annual growth/decline +15,778 +1,192,365
Annual growth/decline rate +1.37% +3.03%
Population growth rate rank 79/197 14/197

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

Djibouti
Population

Growth rate
Yemen
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Djibouti Yemen Djibouti Yemen
1960 86,024 5,532,301 - -
1961 89,390 5,655,232 3.91% 2.22%
1962 93,283 5,782,221 4.36% 2.25%
1963 97,872 5,911,135 4.92% 2.23%
1964 103,198 6,048,006 5.44% 2.32%
1965 109,092 6,195,593 5.71% 2.44%
1966 115,269 6,351,494 5.66% 2.52%
1967 121,649 6,516,444 5.53% 2.6%
1968 128,250 6,690,524 5.43% 2.67%
1969 136,078 6,875,859 6.1% 2.77%
1970 145,175 7,065,279 6.69% 2.75%
1971 155,136 7,257,462 6.86% 2.72%
1972 166,256 7,460,068 7.17% 2.79%
1973 178,449 7,672,796 7.33% 2.85%
1974 192,613 7,896,783 7.94% 2.92%
1975 209,908 8,133,598 8.98% 3%
1976 230,737 8,384,113 9.92% 3.08%
1977 254,613 8,648,222 10.3% 3.15%
1978 280,031 8,926,586 9.98% 3.22%
1979 304,513 9,224,194 8.74% 3.33%
1980 325,815 9,543,358 7% 3.46%
1981 343,047 9,882,362 5.29% 3.55%
1982 356,880 10,241,006 4.03% 3.63%
1983 369,553 10,621,499 3.55% 3.72%
1984 384,053 11,025,597 3.92% 3.8%
1985 402,687 11,453,825 4.85% 3.88%
1986 426,341 11,901,040 5.87% 3.9%
1987 454,399 12,369,912 6.58% 3.94%
1988 484,523 12,859,708 6.63% 3.96%
1989 523,355 13,364,174 8.01% 3.92%
1990 579,538 13,887,862 10.7% 3.92%
1991 631,092 14,430,201 8.9% 3.91%
1992 626,010 14,989,494 -0.81% 3.88%
1993 614,245 15,563,914 -1.88% 3.83%
1994 626,710 16,149,147 2.03% 3.76%
1995 633,074 16,740,058 1.02% 3.66%
1996 648,348 17,313,177 2.41% 3.42%
1997 671,817 17,873,936 3.62% 3.24%
1998 699,352 18,446,013 4.1% 3.2%
1999 724,218 19,029,420 3.56% 3.16%
2000 747,318 19,624,141 3.19% 3.13%
2001 771,313 20,226,147 3.21% 3.07%
2002 795,574 20,835,086 3.15% 3.01%
2003 813,519 21,456,379 2.26% 2.98%
2004 826,124 22,095,167 1.55% 2.98%
2005 839,167 22,790,085 1.58% 3.15%
2006 855,764 23,543,083 1.98% 3.3%
2007 874,528 24,318,082 2.19% 3.29%
2008 892,734 25,111,941 2.08% 3.26%
2009 911,527 25,927,724 2.11% 3.25%
2010 930,251 26,754,387 2.05% 3.19%
2011 948,558 27,582,897 1.97% 3.1%
2012 966,747 28,433,647 1.92% 3.08%
2013 984,824 29,312,952 1.87% 3.09%
2014 1,002,717 30,226,309 1.82% 3.12%
2015 1,020,313 31,159,379 1.75% 3.09%
2016 1,037,653 32,109,010 1.7% 3.05%
2017 1,054,841 33,090,921 1.66% 3.06%
2018 1,071,882 34,085,182 1.62% 3%
2019 1,088,709 35,111,408 1.57% 3.01%
2020 1,105,188 36,134,863 1.51% 2.91%
2021 1,121,248 37,140,230 1.45% 2.78%
2022 1,137,096 38,222,876 1.41% 2.92%
2023 1,152,944 39,390,799 1.39% 3.06%
2024 1,168,722 40,583,164 1.37% 3.03%
2025 1,184,076 41,773,871 1.31% 2.93%
2026 1,199,453 42,961,650 1.3% 2.84%
2027 1,215,019 44,145,620 1.3% 2.76%
2028 1,230,584 45,323,685 1.28% 2.67%
2029 1,246,669 46,497,573 1.31% 2.59%
2030 1,262,678 47,667,649 1.28% 2.52%
2031 1,278,340 48,827,503 1.24% 2.43%
2032 1,293,443 49,979,089 1.18% 2.36%
2033 1,307,796 51,129,867 1.11% 2.3%
2034 1,321,611 52,279,989 1.06% 2.25%
2035 1,335,496 53,429,308 1.05% 2.2%
2036 1,349,357 54,578,046 1.04% 2.15%
2037 1,363,478 55,724,259 1.05% 2.1%
2038 1,377,783 56,872,152 1.05% 2.06%
2039 1,391,875 58,024,713 1.02% 2.03%
2040 1,406,628 59,181,514 1.06% 1.99%
2041 1,421,789 60,345,667 1.08% 1.97%
2042 1,436,439 61,517,965 1.03% 1.94%
2043 1,449,557 62,696,517 0.91% 1.92%
2044 1,461,638 63,880,172 0.83% 1.89%
2045 1,474,036 65,066,344 0.85% 1.86%
2046 1,486,457 66,253,578 0.84% 1.82%
2047 1,498,043 67,438,796 0.78% 1.79%
2048 1,508,873 68,620,844 0.72% 1.75%
2049 1,519,716 69,799,794 0.72% 1.72%
2050 1,530,539 70,976,389 0.71% 1.69%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Djibouti increased by 181,146 people (a 21.6% growth), while Yemen gained 8,369,294 people (a 36.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Djibouti gained 176,115 (a 17.3% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 11,568,609 (a 37.1% growth).

Djibouti was ranked 158th most populous country in 2005 and is still 158th in 2025. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2005 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 66.1% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.

Biggest cities by population

Djibouti
City Population
Djibouti 604K
Ali Sabieh 71.2K
Dikhil 35K
Obock 21.2K
Yemen
City Population
Sanaa 2.96M
Al Hudaydah 618K
Taiz 615K
Aden 507K
Ibb 351K
Dhamar 160K
Mukalla 144K
Sa'dah 70.2K
Sayyan 70K
Zabid 50.8K

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