Middle East & North Africa
A life that begins in Djibouti
One in every 5,412 babies in the world is born here: about 24,784 a year, 0.047 a minute.
- Population
- 1,184,076
- Births a year
- 24,784
- Life expectancy
- 66.2
- Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
- 48.9
Health and survival
Life expectancy, women (years)
68.7
World: 75.9
Life expectancy, men (years)
63.7
World: 71
Babies who die before 1 (per 1,000)
43
World: 27.8
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
48.9
World: 37.6
Mothers who die in childbirth (per 100,000 births)
162
World: 189
Adults living with HIV (%)
0.9
World: 0.7
Adults who smoke (%)
≈ 21
World: 20
Alcohol per adult (litres a year)
0.38
World: 4.6
Road deaths (per 100,000)
23.5
World: 17
Homicides (per 100,000)
≈ 1.3
World: 4.7
Family and school
Children per woman
2.62
World: 2.85
Women married before 18 (%)
7
World: 18
Children in primary school (%)
66
World: 89
Secondary school enrolment (%)
≈ 92
World: 81
Higher education enrolment (%)
5
World: 48
Children aged 7–14 who work (%)
≈ 6.6
World: 11.9
Money and work
Income per person (PPP)
$7,223
World: $21,797
Income inequality (Gini, 0–100)
42
World: 34
Living on under $3 a day (%)
25.4
World: 9.9
Unemployment (%)
26
World: 5.1
Jobs in farming (%)
1
World: 27
Women in the workforce (%)
19
World: 48
Health costs paid out of pocket (%)
29
World: 37
Home and connection
Living in cities (%)
73
World: 58
Access to electricity (%)
69
World: 92
Safe drinking water (%)
80
World: 91
Internet users (%)
65
World: 72
Peace and wellbeing
Life satisfaction (0–10)
4.37
World: 5.4
Deaths in armed conflict (per 100,000 a year)
0
World: 2.43
Refugees abroad (% of population)
0.19
World: 0.34
≈ Estimated from the region
From 1960 to 2050
How life here has changed, and where UN projections expect it to go. The dashed part is a projection.
1960: 43.5 → 2026: 66.2 → 2050: 70.9
World
1960: 268 → 2026: 47 → 2050: 22
World
1960: 6.9 → 2026: 2.6 → 2050: 2.1
World
1960: 51 → 2026: 73 → 2050: 74
World
Nobody chooses where they are born
In the game, the country is drawn by the real share of births: Djibouti comes up about once in every 5,412 lives.
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All 178 countries →Sources: World Bank (WDI), UN World Population Prospects, Our World in Data, World Happiness Report, UCDP and PRIO. Updated 2026-10-18.