Geography - note: strategic location near world's busiest shipping lanes and close to Arabian oilfields; terminus of rail traffic into Ethiopia; mostly wasteland
@Djibouti:People
Population: 451,442 (July 2000 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 43% (male 96,482; female 96,025) 15-64 years: 55% (male 130,264; female 116,270) 65 years and over: 2% (male 6,426; female 5,975) (2000 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.45% (2000 est.)
Birth rate: 40.98 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate: 14.87 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate: -11.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.12 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 1.08 male(s)/female total population: 1.07 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 103.32 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)