Economy · Urban population · Djibouti
Djibouti’s urban population rose to 73% of population in 2025.
73% of population
2025
Up 0.07 pp from 2024.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
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73% of population
What it is. Urban population is the share of all residents who live in areas classed as urban. It combines population counts and projections with each country's own definition of what counts as a town or city, so the threshold can differ from one country to the next. The figure says where people live, and leaves out the size of cities, the quality of housing and how well services reach residents.
Neither way is good in itself. A higher share can reflect jobs and services drawing people to towns, and can also mean crowded housing and strained utilities. A lower share can mean a thriving countryside, and can also mean city life has become harder. The direction depends on what is driving it. In 2025 the figure is 73% of population, against 72.9% of population a year earlier, a rise of 0.07 percentage points. Since 2016 the range runs from 71.1% of population in 2016 to 73% of population in 2025, so the latest reading sits at the top of its range for the period.
Why it matters. With 73% of population living in urban areas, most households in Djibouti buy food, water and housing in town and look to urban employers for work. The share has crept up slowly since 2016, so the state can plan housing, water and transport on a steady base. Firms serving city customers draw on a market that is growing at a measured pace.
| Period | Urban population · Djibouti |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 71.1% of population |
| 2017 | 71.3% of population |
| 2018 | 71.5% of population |
| 2019 | 71.7% of population |
| 2020 | 72% of population |
| 2021 | 72.3% of population |
| 2022 | 72.6% of population |
| 2023 | 72.8% of population |
| 2024 | 72.9% of population |
| 2025 | 73% of population |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Strata-AF™ Data, Urban population, Djibouti, 2025; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/economy/urban-population/djibouti
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Share of the population living in urban areas. Unit: % of population.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (series SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS), retrieved through the World Bank API and published under CC BY 4.0. Updated annually; the World Bank's own source notes apply.