Nationality:
noun: Djiboutian(s)
adjective:
Djiboutian
Ethnic groups:
Somali 60%, Afar 35%, other 5% (includes French, Arab, Ethiopian, and Italian)
Languages:
French (official), Arabic (official), Somali, Afar
Religions:
Muslim 94%, Christian 6%
Population: Age structure:
Dependency ratios:
Median age:
Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Urbanization:
Major urban areas - population: Sex ratio:
Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate:
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: Contraceptive prevalence rate: Health expenditures: Physicians density: Hospital bed density: Drinking water source:
Sanitation facility access:
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Major infectious diseases:
Obesity - adult prevalence rate: Children under the age of 5 years underweight: Education expenditures: Literacy:
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
Child labor - children ages 5-14:
810,179 (July 2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 163
[see also: Population country ranks ]
0-14 years:
32.9% (male 133,786/female 133,163)
15-24 years:
22% (male 83,871/female 94,316)
25-54 years:
36.9% (male 124,198/female 174,557)
55-64 years:
4.6% (male 17,694/female 19,931)
65 years and over:
3.5% (male 12,875/female 15,788) (2014 est.)
population pyramid: 
total dependency ratio:
60.5 %
youth dependency ratio:
54 %
elderly dependency ratio:
6.5 %
potential support ratio:
15.3 (2014 est.)
total:
22.8 years
male:
21.1 years
female:
24.1 years (2014 est.)
2.23% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 41
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
24.08 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 62
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
7.84 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 105
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
6.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 22
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
urban population:
77.1% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization:
1.96% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
DJIBOUTI (capital) 496,000 (2011)
at birth:
1.03 male(s)/female
0-14 years:
1.01 male(s)/female
15-24 years:
0.89 male(s)/female
25-54 years:
0.71 male(s)/female
55-64 years:
0.85 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.82 male(s)/female
total population:
0.86 male(s)/female (2014 est.)
200 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 56
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total:
50.2 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 39
male:
57.46 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
42.72 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)
total population:
62.4 years
country comparison to the world: 187
male:
59.93 years
female:
64.94 years (2014 est.)
2.47 children born/woman (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 82
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
17.8% (2006)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]
7.9% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 64
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
0.23 physicians/1,000 population (2006)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
1.4 beds/1,000 population (2010)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 65.5% of population
total: 92.1% of population
unimproved:
urban: 0% of population
rural: 34.5% of population
total: 7.9% of population (2012 est.)
improved:
urban: 73.1% of population
rural: 21.6% of population
total: 61.4% of population
unimproved:
urban: 26.9% of population
rural: 78.4% of population
total: 38.6% of population (2012 est.)
1.2% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 39
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
7,700 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 114
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
800 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 83
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
degree of risk:
high
food or waterborne diseases:
bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease:
dengue fever
note:
highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2013)
9.4% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 134
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
29.8% (2012)
country comparison to the world: 15
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
8.4% of GDP (2007)
country comparison to the world: 11
[see also: Education expenditures - percent of GDP country ranks ]
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
67.9%
male:
78%
female:
58.4% (2003 est.)
total:
6 years
male:
7 years
female:
6 years (2011)
total number:
13,176
percentage:
8 % (2006 est.)