Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Djibouti
- Region
- Africa, Eastern Africa
- Population
- 1,184,076 (2025)
- Area
- 23,000 km²
- Currency
- Djiboutian franc (DJF)
- Languages
- French, Arabic, Somali, Afar
- Calling code
- +253
- Internet domain
- .dj
- ISO codes
- DJ, DJI, 262
- Time zone
- UTC+3:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- ##### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Djibouti covers about 23,000 square kilometres. By area it ranks 152nd among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than North Macedonia and a little larger than Belize. It shares a land border with 3 neighbours: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia. Its centre lies at about 12° north, 43° east, in the northern hemisphere.
Neighbours
People
About 1.18 million people live in Djibouti (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 161st most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 51 people to each square kilometre. About 73 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 66 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: French, Arabic, Somali, Afar.
Money and economy
The currency is the Djiboutian franc (code DJF, symbol Fr). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 4.62 billion (2025), which is about US$ 3,906 for each person (2025).
Time
Djibouti uses one time zone, UTC+3:00 (Africa/Djibouti). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Djibouti | 626,512 |
| Balbala | 554,350 |
| Ali Sabih | 50,006 |
| Dikhil | 32,801 |
| Tadjoura | 19,533 |
| Arta | 17,477 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Eastern Africa
British Indian Ocean Territory, Burundi, Comoros, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mayotte. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.