Djibouti 



Facts
Population:
460,700 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
42.58% (male 98,314; female 97,859)
15-64 years:
54.58% (male 132,619; female 118,841)
65 years and over:
2.84% (male 6,787; female 6,280) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
2.6% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
40.66 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
14.66 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.12 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
1.08 male(s)/female
total population:
1.07 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
101.51 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
51.21 years
male:
49.37 years
female:
53.1 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
5.72 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
11.75% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
37,000 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
3,100 (1999 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Djiboutian(s)
adjective:
Djiboutian
Ethnic groups:
Somali 60%, Afar 35%, French, Arab, Ethiopian, and Italian 5%
Religions:
Muslim 94%, Christian 6%
Languages:
French (official), Arabic (official), Somali, Afar
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
46.2%
male:
60.3%
female:
32.7% (1995 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $574 million (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
2% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $1,300 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
3%
industry:
22%
services:
75% (1998 est.)
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
NA%
highest 10%:
NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2% (2000 est.)
Labor force:
282,000
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 75%, industry 11%, services 14% (1991 est.)
Unemployment rate:
50% (2000 est.)
Budget:
revenues:
$133 million
expenditures:
$187 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999 est.)
Industries:
limited to a few small-scale enterprises, such as dairy products and mineral-water bottling
Industrial production growth rate:
3% (1996 est.)
Electricity - production:
180 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
100%
hydro:
0%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
167.4 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
fruits, vegetables; goats, sheep, camels
Exports:
$260 million (f.o.b., 1999 est.)
Exports - commodities:
reexports, hides and skins, coffee (in transit)
Exports - partners:
Somalia 53%, Yemen 23%, Ethiopia 5%, (1998)
Imports:
$440 million (f.o.b., 1999 est.)
Imports - commodities:
foods, beverages, transport equipment, chemicals, petroleum products
Imports - partners:
France 13%, Ethiopia 12%, Italy 9%, Saudi Arabia 6%, UK 6% (1998)
Debt - external:
$356 million (1999 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$106.3 million (1995)
Currency:
Djiboutian franc (DJF)
Currency code:
DJF
Exchange rates:
Djiboutian francs per US dollar - 177.721 (fixed rate since 1973)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.