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Djibouti vs Fiji

Flag of Djibouti

Djibouti

1,184,076#160 · +1.31%/yr
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Flag of Fiji

Fiji

933,154#161 · +0.47%/yr

Djibouti has 1.3× the population of Fiji: 1,184,076 vs 933,154, a gap of 250,922. Djibouti is growing faster (+1.31% vs +0.47% a year), adding about 15,454 people a year against +4,380. At these source-year rates the modelled relative population gap is widening. Fiji is the older society: 6.6% aged 65+ against 5.0% in Djibouti, while Djibouti has more children (28.8% under 15 vs 26.8%). People in Fiji live 1.3 years longer on average (67.5 vs 66.2). GDP per capita is 1.7× higher in Fiji ($6,642 vs $3,906).

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

Djibouti vs Fiji — side by side

Flag of Djibouti DjiboutiFlag of Fiji Fiji
Population1,184,0762025933,1542025
Growth rate / yr+1.31%2025+0.47%2025
Births per 1,00020.9202417.92024
Deaths per 1,0007.520249.52024
Children per woman2.6220242.272024
Life expectancy66.2 yrs202467.5 yrs2024
Aged 0–1428.8%202526.8%2025
Aged 65+5.0%20256.6%2025
Density49.7 /km²202350.6 /km²2023
Area23,200 km²202318,270 km²2023
Urban population73.0%202559.5%2025
Net migration / yr-5812025-3,2882025
GDP per capita$3,9062025$6,6422025
Country population rank (available records)#160#161
Base / world population (World Bank 2025)0.01%0.01%

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; Fiji: 2.3× 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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