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Djibouti vs Estonia

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Djibouti

1,184,076#160 · +1.31%/yr
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Estonia

1,366,475#157 · −0.43%/yr

Estonia has 1.2× the population of Djibouti: 1,366,475 vs 1,184,076, a gap of 182,399. Djibouti is growing faster (+1.31% vs −0.43% a year), adding about 15,454 people a year against −5,853. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Djibouti would overtake Estonia in about 8 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2033) — a projection, not a forecast. Estonia is the older society: 21.8% aged 65+ against 5.0% in Djibouti, while Djibouti has more children (28.8% under 15 vs 15.3%). Djibouti is 1.6× as densely populated (49.7 vs 32.1 people per km²). People in Estonia live 13.1 years longer on average (79.3 vs 66.2). GDP per capita is 8.8× higher in Estonia ($34,418 vs $3,906).

Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Djibouti) and 2025 (Estonia); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.

Djibouti vs Estonia — side by side

Flag of Djibouti DjiboutiFlag of Estonia Estonia
Population1,184,07620251,366,4752025
Growth rate / yr+1.31%2025−0.43%2025
Births per 1,00020.920247.12024
Deaths per 1,0007.5202411.52024
Children per woman2.6220241.182024
Life expectancy66.2 yrs202479.3 yrs2024
Aged 0–1428.8%202515.3%2025
Aged 65+5.0%202521.8%2025
Density49.7 /km²202332.1 /km²2023
Area23,200 km²202345,340 km²2023
Urban population73.0%202570.7%2025
Net migration / yr-5812025-13,3502025
GDP per capita$3,9062025$34,4182025
Country population rank (available records)#160#157
Base / world population (World Bank 2025)0.01%0.02%

Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.

Population since 1960

World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Djibouti: 13.8× from 1960 to 2025; Estonia: 1.1× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.

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