| Key Demographic
Features of Djibouti* |
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Location: Eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden
and the Red Sea, between Eritrea and Somalia
Map references: Africa
People
Population: 427,642 (July 1996 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 43% (male 91,687; female 91,242)
15-64 years: 55% (male 123,699; female 110,530)
65 years and over: 2% (male 5,389; female 5,095) (July
1996 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.5% (1996 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 106.7 deaths/1,000 live births
(1996 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 50.15 years
male: 48.24 years
female: 52.12 years (1996 est.)
Ethnic divisions: Somali 60%, Afar 35%, French, Arab,
Ethiopian, and Italian 5%
Religions: Muslim 94%, Christian 6%
Languages: French (official), Arabic (official),
Somali, Afar
Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1995
est.)
total population: 46.2%
male: 60.3%
female: 32.7%
Government
Country Abbreviation: DJ
Type of government: republic
Independence: 27 June 1977 (from France)
National holiday: Independence Day, 27 June (1977)
Constitution: multiparty constitution approved in
referendum 4 September 1992
Legal system: based on French civil law system,
traditional practices, and Islamic law
Suffrage: NA years of age; universal adult
People's Progress Assembly (RPP), Hassan GOULED Aptidon
other parties: Democratic Renewal Party (PRD), Mohamed
Jama ELABE; Democratic National Party (PND), ADEN Robleh
Awaleh
Other political or pressure groups: Front for the
Restoration of Unity and Democracy (FRUD) and affiliates;
Movement for Unity and Democracy (MUD)
International organization participation: ACCT, ACP,
AfDB, AFESD, AL, ECA, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB,
IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGADD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat (nonsignatory
user), Interpol, IOC, ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, UN, UNAMIR, UNCTAD,
UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIH, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WMO, WTrO
Diplomatic representation in US:
chief of mission: Ambassador ROBLE Olhaye Oudine
chancery: Suite 515, 1156 15th Street NW, Washington,
DC 20005
telephone: [1] (202) 331-0270
FAX: [1] (202) 331-0302
US diplomatic representation:
chief of mission: Ambassador Martin L. CHESHES
embassy:
mailing address:
telephone: [253] 35 39 95
FAX: [253] 35 39 40
Flag: two equal horizontal bands of light blue (top)
and light green with a white isosceles triangle based on the
hoist side bearing a red five-pointed star in the center
Economy
Economic overview:
GDP: purchasing power parity - $500 million (1994 est.)
GDP real growth rate: -3% (1994 est.)
GDP per capita: $1,200 (1994 est.)
Unemployment rate: over 30% (1994 est.)
Communications
Telephones: 7,200 (1986 est.)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 2, shortwave 0
Radios: NA
Television broadcast stations: 1
Televisions: 17,000 (1993 est.)
*Source: World Factbook 1996, U.S.
Central Intelligence Agency
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