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Djibouti — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Djibouti, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
1.31%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -66.0% since 1961
Population growth for Djibouti was 1.31% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 10.20% in 1990. The lowest was -1.90% in 1993 (about -1.5× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.67% per year.
Djibouti ranks 81 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 37%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 1.56%, so Djibouti sits below it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 87% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 25%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
1.31%
First (1961)
3.84%
Change
-66.0%
Highest
10.20%
in 1990
Lowest
-1.90%
in 1993
Average
4.03%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.67%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.31% |
| 2024 | 1.36% |
| 2023 | 1.38% |
| 2022 | 1.4% |
| 2021 | 1.44% |
| 2020 | 1.5% |
| 2019 | 1.56% |
| 2018 | 1.6% |
| 2017 | 1.64% |
| 2016 | 1.69% |
| 2015 | 1.74% |
| 2014 | 1.8% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.