Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Djibouti

Urban population share in Djibouti in 2025 — 73%. Ranked 78 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 22.2 pp.

2025 73% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 78of 217
Period maximum 76.1%1991
Period minimum 50.8%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Djibouti, 1960–20255060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 50.8%1962: 53%1964: 55.4%1966: 58%1968: 60.6%1970: 63.1%1972: 65.6%1974: 67.9%1976: 70%1978: 71.8%1980: 73.2%1982: 74.2%1984: 74.8%1986: 75.4%1988: 75.8%1990: 76.1%1992: 76.1%1994: 75.7%1996: 75.1%1998: 74.2%2000: 73.3%2002: 72.5%2004: 71.6%2006: 71%2008: 70.7%2010: 70.6%2012: 70.7%2014: 70.9%2016: 71.1%2018: 71.5%2020: 72%2022: 72.6%2024: 72.9%2025: 73%
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 73%
World 57.8%
Eastern Africa computed 31.8%
Urban population share — Djibouti, by year Djibouti All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 73 +0.1 pp
2024 72.9 +0.1 pp
2023 72.8 +0.2 pp
2022 72.6 +0.3 pp
2021 72.3 +0.3 pp
2020 72 +0.3 pp
2019 71.7 +0.2 pp
2018 71.5 +0.2 pp
2017 71.3 +0.2 pp
2016 71.1 +0.1 pp
2015 71 +0.1 pp
2014 70.9 +0.1 pp
2013 70.8 +0.1 pp
2012 70.7 +0 pp
2011 70.7 +0 pp
2010 70.6 +0 pp
2009 70.6 −0 pp
2008 70.7 −0.1 pp
2007 70.8 −0.2 pp
2006 71 −0.3 pp
2005 71.3 −0.3 pp
2004 71.6 −0.4 pp
2003 72 −0.4 pp
2002 72.5 −0.4 pp
2001 72.9 −0.5 pp
2000 73.3 −0.5 pp
1999 73.8 −0.4 pp
1998 74.2 −0.4 pp
1997 74.7 −0.4 pp
1996 75.1 −0.3 pp
1995 75.4 −0.3 pp
1994 75.7 −0.2 pp
1993 75.9 −0.1 pp
1992 76.1 −0 pp
1991 76.1 +0 pp
1990 76.1 +0.1 pp
1989 76 +0.1 pp
1988 75.8 +0.2 pp
1987 75.6 +0.2 pp
1986 75.4 +0.3 pp
1985 75.1 +0.3 pp
1984 74.8 +0.3 pp
1983 74.6 +0.3 pp
1982 74.2 +0.4 pp
1981 73.8 +0.6 pp
1980 73.2 +0.7 pp
1979 72.6 +0.8 pp
1978 71.8 +0.9 pp
1977 71 +0.9 pp
1976 70 +1 pp
1975 69 +1.1 pp
1974 67.9 +1.1 pp
1973 66.8 +1.2 pp
1972 65.6 +1.2 pp
1971 64.4 +1.3 pp
1970 63.1 +1.3 pp
1969 61.8 +1.3 pp
1968 60.6 +1.3 pp
1967 59.3 +1.3 pp
1966 58 +1.3 pp
1965 56.7 +1.3 pp
1964 55.4 +1.2 pp
1963 54.2 +1.2 pp
1962 53 +1.1 pp
1961 51.9 +1.1 pp
1960 50.8

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

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