Population: 328,758 (July 1989), growth rate 2.6% (1989)

Birth rate: 43 births/1,000 population (1989)

Death rate: 17 deaths/1,000 population (1989)

Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1989)

Infant mortality rate: 121 deaths/1,000 live births (1989)

Life expectancy at birth: 45 years male, 49 years female (1989)

Total fertility rate: 6.4 children born/woman (1989)

Nationality: noun--Djiboutian(s); adjective--Djiboutian

Ethnic divisions: 60% Somali (Issa); 35% Afar, 5% French, Arab, Ethiopian, and Italian

Religion: 94% Muslim, 6% Christian

Language: French (official); Arabic, Somali, and Afar widely used

Literacy: 20%

Labor force: NA, but a small number of semiskilled laborers at the port and 3,000 railway workers; 52% of population of working age (1983)

Organized labor: 3,000 railway workers

NOTE: The information regarding Djibouti on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Djibouti People 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Djibouti People 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.