Statistical information Djibouti 1992

Djibouti in the World

Djibouti - Introduction 1992

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Background: The French Territory of the Afars and the Issas became Djibouti in 1977.

Djibouti - Geography 1992

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Location

Geographic coordinates

Map reference

Area
Total: 22,000 km²
Land: 21,980 km²
Comparative: slightly larger than Massachusetts

Land boundaries: 517 km; Ethiopia 459 km, Somalia 58 km

Coastline: 314 km

Maritime claims
Contiguous zone: 24 nm
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Territorial sea: 12 nm
Disputes:

possible claim by Somalia based on unification of ethnic
Somalis

Climate: desert; torrid, dry

Terrain: coastal plain and plateau separated by central mountains

Elevation

Natural resources: geothermal areas

Land use

Land use: arable land: 0%; permanent crops: 0%; meadows and pastures 9%; forest and woodland NEGL%; other 91%

Irrigated land

Major rivers

Major watersheds area km²

Total water withdrawal

Total renewable water resources

Natural hazards

Geography

Djibouti - People 1992

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Population: 390,906 (July 1992), growth rate 2.7% (1992)

Nationality: noun - Djiboutian(s; adjective - Djiboutian

Ethnic groups:

Somali 60%, Afar 35%, French, Arab, Ethiopian, and
Italian 5%

Languages: French and Arabic (both official; Somali and Afar widely used

Religions: Muslim 94%, Christian 6%

Demographic profile

Age structure

Age structure

Dependency ratios

Median age

Population growth rate

Birth rate: 43 births/1000 population (1992)

Death rate: 16 deaths/1000 population (1992)

Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1000 population (1992)

Population distribution

Urbanization

Major urban areas

Environment
Current issues: vast wasteland
Current issues note: strategic location near world's busiest shipping lanes and close to Arabian oilfields; terminus of rail traffic into Ethiopia

Air pollutants

Sex ratio

Mothers mean age at first birth

Maternal mortality ratio

Infant mortality rate: 115 deaths/1000 live births (1992)

Life expectancy at birth: 47 years male, 50 years female (1992)

Total fertility rate: 6.3 children born/woman (1992)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

Drinking water source

Current health expenditure

Physicians density

Hospital bed density

Sanitation facility access

Hiv/Aids

Major infectious diseases

Obesity adult prevalence rate

Alcohol consumption

Tobacco use

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

Education expenditures

Literacy: 48% (male 63%, female 34%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990)

School life expectancy primary to tertiary education

Youth unemployment

Djibouti - Government 1992

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Country name
Conventional long form: Republic of Djibouti

Government type: republic

Capital: Djibouti

Administrative divisions:

5 districts (cercles, singular - cercle); `Ali
Sabih, Dikhil, Djibouti, Obock, Tadjoura

Dependent areas

Independence: 27 June 1977 (from France; formerly French Territory of the Afars and Issas)

National holiday: Independence Day, 27 June (1977)

Constitution:

partial constitution ratified January 1981 by the National
Assembly

Legal system: based on French civil law system, traditional practices, and Islamic law

International law organization participation

Citizenship

Suffrage: universal adult at age NA
National Assembly: last held 24 April 1987 (next scheduled for May 1992 but post- poned); results - RPP is the only party; seats - (65 total) RPP 65
President: last held 24 April 1987 (next to be held April 1993); results - President Hassan GOULED Aptidon was reelected without opposition

Executive branch: president, prime minister, Council of Ministers

Legislative branch: National Assembly (Assemblee Nationale)

Judicial branch: Supreme Court (Cour Supreme)

Political parties and leaders

International organization participation:

ACCT, ACP, AfDB, AFESD, AL, ECA, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, IDA,
IDB, IFAD, IFC, IGADD, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, LORCS, NAM, OAU,
OIC, UN, UNESCO, UNCTAD, UPU, WHO, WMO

Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Roble OLHAYE; Chancery at Suite 515, 1156 15th Street NW, Washington, DC 20,005; telephone (202) 331-0270
US:

Ambassador Charles R. BAQUET III; Embassy at Villa Plateau du
Serpent, Boulevard Marechal Joffre, Djibouti (mailing address is B. P. 185,
Djibouti); telephone 253 35-39-95; FAX 253 35-39-40

Diplomatic representation

Flag description

: 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

National symbols

National anthem

National heritage

Djibouti - Economy 1992

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Economy overview:

The economy is based on service activities connected with the country's strategic location and status as a free trade zone in northeast
Africa. Djibouti provides services as both a transit port for the region and an international transshipment and refueling center. It has few natural resources and little industry. The nation is, therefore, heavily dependent on foreign assistance to help support its balance of payments and to finance development projects. An unemployment rate of over 30% continues to be a major problem. Per capita consumption dropped an estimated 35% over the last five years because of recession and a high population growth rate (including immigrants and refugees).

GDP: exchange rate conversion - $340 million, $1,000 per capita; real growth rate -1.0% (1989 est.)

Real gdp purchasing power parity

Real gdp growth rate

Real gdp per capita

Gross national saving

Gdp composition by sector of origin

Gdp composition by end use

Gdp composition by sector of origin

Agriculture products: accounts for only 5% of GDP; scanty rainfall limits crop production to mostly fruit and vegetables; half of population pastoral nomads herding goats, sheep, and camels; imports bulk of food needs

Industries: limited to a few small-scale enterprises, such as dairy products and mineral-water bottling

Industrial production growth rate: growth rate 0.1% (1989; manufacturing accounts for 4% of GDP

Labor force: NA, but a small number of semiskilled laborers at the port and 3,000 railway workers; 52% of population of working age (1983)
Organized labor:

3,000 railway workers, General Union of Djiboutian
Workers (UGTD), government affiliated; some smaller unions

Labor force