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Djibouti

Map Djibouti
Maps copyright Hammond World Atlas Corp.

Flag of 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.

 
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