[Djibouti]

Jeune Afr. 1996 May;36(1843-1844):49.
[Article in French]

Abstract

PIP: The capital of Djibouti is Djibouti. As of 1995, Djibouti had a population of 600,000 governed by a presidential regime. 1994 gross national product and per capita income were, respectively, $445.1 million and $830. Per capita income declined by 2.8% per year over the period 1985-94. In 1994, Djibouti owed $246.9 million, then being serviced at $13 million. For the same year, Djibouti exported $404 million in goods and services and imported $463.2 million. As of 1995, the population was growing in size by 2.6% annually. In 1992-93, life expectancy at birth was 48.3 years and the infant mortality rate was 115 per 1000 births. Other data are presented on the country's topography, climate and vegetation, demographics, principal cities, population distribution, religions, political structure, economics and finances, foreign commerce, and transportation and communications.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Africa
  • Africa South of the Sahara
  • Africa, Eastern
  • Africa, Northern
  • Demography
  • Developing Countries
  • Djibouti
  • Economics*
  • Government*
  • Income*
  • Infant Mortality*
  • Life Expectancy*
  • Longevity
  • Middle East
  • Mortality
  • Politics
  • Population
  • Population Dynamics
  • Population Growth*
  • Socioeconomic Factors