Djibouti Djibouti, officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, Bordered by Somalia[to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden to the east. The country has an area of 23,200 km2 (8,958 sq mi) and population of 920,000. From – Wikipedia