Official Languages

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Languages spoken here

Afar (secondary) · Amharic (secondary) · French (secondary) · French (Quebec) (secondary) · Somali (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Djibouti

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Somali, Issa	674000	Somali	Islam
Afar	383000	Afar	Islam
Arab, Yemeni	41000	Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni	Islam
Arab, Omani	28000	Arabic, Omani	Islam
French	26000	French	Christianity
Deaf	5100	Language unknown	Unknown
Amhara, Ethiopian	4100	Amharic	Christianity

Languages

7 languages recorded here.

Afar

Amharic

Arabic, Omani

Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni

French

Language unknown

Somali

All catalogue fields

157 fields recorded

rog3: DJ
iso3: DJI
iso2: DJ
ctry: Djibouti
poplpeoples: 1161000
cntpeoples: 7
cntpeopleslr: 5
poplpeopleslr: 1131000
jpscalectry: 1
rol3officiallanguage: arb
officiallang: Arabic, Standard
rlg3primary: 6
religionprimary: Islam
percentchristianity: 2.2391058258897
percentevangelical: 0.077659613942845
c_10_40window: Y
rog2: AFR
continent: Africa
regioncode: 7
regionname: Africa, East and Southern
workersneeded: 24
harvest_rog3: DJ
harvest_iso3: DJI
harvest_iso2: DJ
harvest_owcountrycode: DJIB
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: DJ
harvest_countrynumber: 60
harvest_ctry: Djibouti
harvest_ctryshort: Djibouti
harvest_countrynamechinese: 吉布提
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 吉布提
harvest_countrynamedutch: Djibouti
harvest_countrynamefrench: Djibouti
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Djibouti
harvest_countrynamegerman: Dschibuti
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Dschibuti
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Djibouti
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Djibouti
harvest_countrynameitalian: Gibuti
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Gibuti
harvest_countrynamekorean: 지부티
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 지부티
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Djibouti
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Djibouti
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Djibouti
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Djibouti
harvest_countrynamerussian: Джибути
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Джибути
harvest_countrynamespanish: Yibuti
harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Yibuti
harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Djibouti
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: Djibouti
harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix: 在
harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix: de
harvest_germanconcatenationprefix: in
harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix: di
harvest_italianconcatenationprefix: -
harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix: 의
harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix: i
harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix: no
harvest_russianconcatenationprefix: B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix: en
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix: ở
harvest_ethnologuemapexists: Y
harvest_rog2: AFR
harvest_regioncode2414: 1
harvest_regioncode: 7
harvest_unsr: 014
harvest_worldabc: A
harvest_maniregioncode: EH
harvest_capital: Djibouti
harvest_population: 1184000
harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_prayercastvideo: https://prayercast.com/djibouti.html
harvest_waldnerguide: prayer-guide-dj+er.pdf
harvest_unmap: https://un.org/geospatial/content/djibouti
harvest_jpscale: 1
harvest_c_10_40window: Y
harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal: Y
harvest_biblerestrictionsrank: 36
harvest_bibleshortagerank: 73
harvest_bibleaccessurl: https://www.bibleaccesslist.org/profiles/DJ_2025_profile.pdf
harvest_owpctevang: 0.1
harvest_owpctcharismatic: 0.076616541
harvest_owevangelicalgrowthrate: 3.4000001
harvest_owcountrypage: djibouti
harvest_literacyrate: 68
harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized: 78
harvest_rol3officiallanguage: arb
harvest_rol3secondarylanguage: fra
harvest_rlg3primary: 6
harvest_pctanimist: 0
harvest_pctbahai: 0
harvest_pctbuddhism: 0
harvest_pctchinese: 0
harvest_pcthindu: 0.02
harvest_pctislam: 97.03
harvest_pctsikh: 0
harvest_pctjudaism: 0
harvest_pctnonreligious: 1.2
harvest_pctother: 0
harvest_pctchristian: 1.75
harvest_pctchristianprotestant: 0.09
harvest_pctchristianindependent: 0.05
harvest_pctchristiananglican: 0
harvest_pctchristianromancatholic: 0.8
harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 0.8100000000000002
harvest_pctchristianmarginal: 0
harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated: 0
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing: 0
harvest_pctchristianother: 0
harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A004
harvest_hdiyear: 2015
harvest_hdivalue: 0.473
harvest_hdirank: 172
harvest_internetusers: 13.1
harvest_flashmapzoom: 1200
harvest_flashmapzoomx: -656
harvest_flashmapzoomy: -569
harvest_googlemapzoom: 7
harvest_googlemaplat: 11.5
harvest_googlemaplng: 43
harvest_ctrylatitude: 11.825138
harvest_ctrylongitude: 42.590275
harvest_securitylevel: 2
harvest_ethnolinguisticmap: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/africa/horn_ethnic_80.jpg
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/djibouti/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 101
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 1.222222222222222
harvest_v59country: Y
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=dj&joshua=dj
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-djibouti
harvest_internetusage: 56
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2017
harvest_pray1040url: https://pray1040.com/pray-for-djibouti/
harvest_voiceofmartyrsurl: https://www.persecution.com/globalprayerguide/djibouti/
harvest_areasquaremiles: 8958
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 23200
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 53
harvest_countryphonecode: 253
harvest_wincountryprofile: http://win1040.com/page.php?id=529
harvest_owpctchristian1986: 3.7
harvest_owpctchristian1993: 2.8
harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 0
harvest_owpctchristian2001: 4.67
harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 0.1
harvest_stonyground: Y
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .dj
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/djibouti
harvest_source: WCE
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00