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Djibouti: map and facts
Djibouti is in Eastern Africa. It has about 1.18 million people (2025), the 156th largest population. It covers 23,200 km², the 146th largest by area. That is about 51 people per km². Its highest point is Moussa Ali, at 2,028 m.
Facts
- Population: 1,184,076 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 23,200 km² (2024, World Bank). This figure covers a different area from the one this map shows: as drawn, about 21,900 km².
- Capital: Djibouti
- Highest point: Moussa Ali, 2,028 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 0.3% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Moussa Ali: 2,028 m (its highest point)
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Danakil Desert.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): bare ground 52%, grassland 30.1%, open shrubland 16.2%, water 1.6%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): hills 55.5%, mountains 31.7%, plains 7.2%, plateaus 5.6%.
Forests covered 0.3% of its land in 2024, up from 0.2% in 1990 (World Bank).
Neighbours
Djibouti shares land borders with Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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