Which has higher population, Djibouti or Fiji?

Djibouti, at 1.15 million people against 924,150 people in Fiji as of 2023.

What is the difference in population between Djibouti and Fiji?

228,800 people, with Djibouti ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Djibouti and Fiji?

241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Djibouti vs Fiji: Population

Djibouti

1.15 million people

in 2023

Fiji

924,150 people

in 2023

Djibouti rank

160th

Fiji rank

161st

Population over time

Djibouti
Fiji

How they compare

Djibouti currently reports 1.15 million people against 924,150 people in Fiji, a difference of 228,800 people.

That makes Djibouti's figure about 1.2 times Fiji's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Fiji ahead.

Djibouti ranks 160th and Fiji ranks 161st of 238 regions.

Across the 40 decades both report, Djibouti averaged higher in 2 and Fiji in 38.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Djibouti	Fiji	Difference	Ahead
1000s	10,800 people	30,055 people	19,255 people	Fiji
1100s	12,960 people	33,394 people	20,434 people	Fiji
1200s	15,120 people	37,105 people	21,985 people	Fiji
1300s	17,280 people	41,228 people	23,948 people	Fiji
1400s	19,440 people	45,809 people	26,369 people	Fiji
1500s	21,600 people	50,898 people	29,298 people	Fiji
1600s	22,950 people	56,554 people	33,604 people	Fiji
1700s	24,300 people	62,838 people	38,538 people	Fiji
1710s	24,790 people	66,145 people	41,355 people	Fiji
1720s	25,030 people	69,626 people	44,596 people	Fiji
1730s	25,283 people	73,291 people	48,008 people	Fiji
1740s	25,550 people	77,148 people	51,598 people	Fiji
1750s	25,833 people	81,209 people	55,376 people	Fiji
1760s	26,133 people	85,483 people	59,350 people	Fiji
1770s	26,453 people	89,982 people	63,529 people	Fiji
1780s	26,796 people	94,718 people	67,922 people	Fiji
1790s	27,163 people	99,703 people	72,540 people	Fiji
1800s	22,848 people	131,567 people	108,719 people	Fiji
1810s	22,857 people	133,891 people	111,034 people	Fiji
1820s	24,969 people	136,255 people	111,286 people	Fiji
1830s	30,156 people	138,650 people	108,494 people	Fiji
1840s	36,454 people	138,600 people	102,146 people	Fiji
1850s	40,340 people	135,984 people	95,644 people	Fiji
1860s	40,370 people	133,754 people	93,384 people	Fiji
1870s	40,523 people	131,540 people	91,017 people	Fiji
1880s	40,897 people	128,021 people	87,124 people	Fiji
1890s	41,655 people	125,335 people	83,680 people	Fiji
1900s	42,880 people	135,096 people	92,215 people	Fiji
1910s	43,957 people	155,819 people	111,862 people	Fiji
1920s	46,512 people	185,199 people	138,687 people	Fiji
1930s	50,884 people	237,847 people	186,962 people	Fiji
1940s	56,944 people	287,862 people	230,918 people	Fiji
1950s	72,214 people	347,209 people	274,995 people	Fiji
1960s	108,026 people	464,426 people	356,400 people	Fiji
1970s	211,756 people	574,782 people	363,026 people	Fiji
1980s	407,073 people	710,812 people	303,739 people	Fiji
1990s	645,446 people	799,228 people	153,782 people	Fiji
2000s	832,761 people	877,049 people	44,288 people	Fiji
2010s	1.01 million people	916,089 people	94,565 people	Djibouti
2020s	1.13 million people	918,817 people	210,306 people	Djibouti

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Djibouti or Fiji?: Djibouti, at 1.15 million people against 924,150 people in Fiji as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Djibouti and Fiji?: 228,800 people, with Djibouti ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Djibouti and Fiji?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Djibouti and Fiji rank globally for population?: Djibouti ranks 160th and Fiji ranks 161st of 238 regions.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.