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Rural population share — Djibouti

Rural population share in Djibouti in 2025 — 27%. Ranked 140 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 22.2 pp.

2025 27% −0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 140of 217
Period maximum 49.2%1960
Period minimum 23.9%1991

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Djibouti, 1960–20252030405019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 49.2%1962: 47%1964: 44.6%1966: 42%1968: 39.4%1970: 36.9%1972: 34.4%1974: 32.1%1976: 30%1978: 28.2%1980: 26.8%1982: 25.8%1984: 25.2%1986: 24.6%1988: 24.2%1990: 23.9%1992: 23.9%1994: 24.3%1996: 24.9%1998: 25.8%2000: 26.7%2002: 27.5%2004: 28.4%2006: 29%2008: 29.3%2010: 29.4%2012: 29.3%2014: 29.1%2016: 28.9%2018: 28.5%2020: 28%2022: 27.4%2024: 27.1%2025: 27%
Change over the period: −22.2 pp Annual average: -0.34 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Djibouti

Djibouti 27%
World 42.2%
Sub-Saharan Africa 55.3%
Eastern Africa computed 68.2%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 56.6%
Rural population share — Djibouti, by year Djibouti All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 27 −0.1 pp
2024 27.1 −0.1 pp
2023 27.2 −0.2 pp
2022 27.4 −0.3 pp
2021 27.7 −0.3 pp
2020 28 −0.3 pp
2019 28.3 −0.2 pp
2018 28.5 −0.2 pp
2017 28.7 −0.2 pp
2016 28.9 −0.1 pp
2015 29 −0.1 pp
2014 29.1 −0.1 pp
2013 29.2 −0.1 pp
2012 29.3 −0 pp
2011 29.3 −0 pp
2010 29.4 −0 pp
2009 29.4 +0 pp
2008 29.3 +0.1 pp
2007 29.2 +0.2 pp
2006 29 +0.3 pp
2005 28.7 +0.3 pp
2004 28.4 +0.4 pp
2003 28 +0.4 pp
2002 27.5 +0.4 pp
2001 27.1 +0.5 pp
2000 26.7 +0.5 pp
1999 26.2 +0.4 pp
1998 25.8 +0.4 pp
1997 25.3 +0.4 pp
1996 24.9 +0.3 pp
1995 24.6 +0.3 pp
1994 24.3 +0.2 pp
1993 24.1 +0.1 pp
1992 23.9 +0 pp
1991 23.9 −0 pp
1990 23.9 −0.1 pp
1989 24 −0.1 pp
1988 24.2 −0.2 pp
1987 24.4 −0.2 pp
1986 24.6 −0.3 pp
1985 24.9 −0.3 pp
1984 25.2 −0.3 pp
1983 25.4 −0.3 pp
1982 25.8 −0.4 pp
1981 26.2 −0.6 pp
1980 26.8 −0.7 pp
1979 27.4 −0.8 pp
1978 28.2 −0.9 pp
1977 29 −0.9 pp
1976 30 −1 pp
1975 31 −1.1 pp
1974 32.1 −1.1 pp
1973 33.2 −1.2 pp
1972 34.4 −1.2 pp
1971 35.6 −1.3 pp
1970 36.9 −1.3 pp
1969 38.2 −1.3 pp
1968 39.4 −1.3 pp
1967 40.7 −1.3 pp
1966 42 −1.3 pp
1965 43.3 −1.3 pp
1964 44.6 −1.2 pp
1963 45.8 −1.2 pp
1962 47 −1.1 pp
1961 48.1 −1.1 pp
1960 49.2 —

Eastern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

MW Malawi 82.4 SS South Sudan 78.3 ET Ethiopia 75.9 BI Burundi 74.3 RW Rwanda 69.1 UG Uganda 68.1 KE Kenya 67.8 MG Madagascar 67.1 KM Comoros 66.1 ER Eritrea 65.5 TZ Tanzania 63.1 MZ Mozambique 62.8 MU Mauritius 61 ZW Zimbabwe 59.5 SC Seychelles 54.5 ZM Zambia 54.1 SO Somalia 44.9 DJ Djibouti 27
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About the indicator

The share of population living outside urban settlements, as a percent of the total. It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and therefore inherits every particularity of national definitions of urban areas.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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