Africa · Capital Djibouti

Djibouti

Djibouti's best placing is 61st of 194 for land area per person.

Best placing: #61Land area per person
Top 10 placings: 0 / 17
Population: 1.2 million
Land area: 23,180 km²

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Land area per person

#61 of 194

0.020 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Airports per person

#77 of 192

8.45 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Airports by area

#93 of 191

4.31 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Railways per person

#81 of 134

81.92 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2017

Population by area

#134 of 194

51.08 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

GDP per person

#127 of 182

3,906 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Railways by area

#97 of 133

4.18 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2017

Land area

#146 of 194

23,180 km² of land

47th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Coastline

#116 of 151

314 km of coastline

30th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Airports

#152 of 193

10 airports

42nd in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Population

#158 of 195

1,184,076 people

50th in Africa · World Bank · 2025

GDP

#152 of 182

4,624,533,092 US$ (current prices)

43rd in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Rainfall

#162 of 179

220 mm of precipitation per year

48th in Africa · World Bank · 2022

Forest per person

#183 of 194

0.0001 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Railways

#128 of 135

97 km of railway

37th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2017

Forest

#184 of 194

60 km² of forest

54th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Forest by area

#188 of 194

0.3 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

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