Population density rose 1.53% to 37.1 km per capita in Djibouti in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, population density in Djibouti reached an all time high of 37.7 km per capita in 2013 and an all time low of 3.82 km per capita in 1961. When compared to Djibouti's main peers, population density in Eritrea amounted to 60.7 km per capita, 91.7 km per capita in Ethiopia, 16.3 km per capita in Somalia and 45.2 km per capita in Yemen in 2015.
Djibouti has been ranked 127th within the group of 177 countries we follow in terms of population density, 1 place below the position seen 10 years ago.
Population Density | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Djibouti | km per capita | 35.5 | 36.0 | 36.5 | 37.1 | 37.7 | ||||||||||||||||
Eritrea | km per capita | 55.0 | 56.8 | 58.7 | 60.7 | 62.7 | ||||||||||||||||
Ethiopia | km per capita | 84.8 | 87.1 | 89.4 | 91.7 | 94.1 | ||||||||||||||||
Kenya | km per capita | 70.0 | 71.9 | 73.8 | 75.9 | 77.9 | ||||||||||||||||
Oman | km per capita | 8.60 | 9.06 | 9.77 | 10.7 | 11.7 | ||||||||||||||||
Saudi Arabia | km per capita | 12.5 | 12.7 | 12.9 | 13.2 | 13.4 | ||||||||||||||||
Somalia | km per capita | 15.0 | 15.4 | 15.8 | 16.3 | 16.7 | ||||||||||||||||
Sudan | km per capita | 18.7 | 19.2 | 19.7 | 20.2 | 20.7 | ||||||||||||||||
Yemen | km per capita | 42.1 | 43.1 | 44.1 | 45.2 | 46.2 |