Flamingos on Lake Abbé, Djibouti

Who needs a visa for Djibouti?

Sub-Saharan Africa · Djibouti

Photo: Cjulien21 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Of 198 nationalities, 1 enters Djibouti with no paperwork at all. The rest: 197 can get a visa at the border.

We have not found a Djibouti government portal we can link to with confidence, so we link to none — a lookalike is worse than nothing. Apply through Djibouti's own immigration service or its embassy.

What do you need?

Who needs what

Visa free 1

Nothing to apply for and nothing to pay before you travel.

Visa on arrival 197

Issued at the border rather than beforehand. Bring the fee in cash in the currency the border post accepts. It is a permission, not a guarantee.

About Djibouti

Region
Eastern Africa
Capital
Djibouti
Population
1,184,076 2025 · 159th of 197
Size
23,200 km² 147th largest of 199
Density
51 per km²
Languages
Arabic, French
Currency
Djiboutian franc DJF
Borders
Eritrea Ethiopia Somalia

Capital, area, languages and currency from the open country dataset, pulled 21 September 2026. Population from the World Bank, series updated 13 July 2026. Density is calculated from the two figures above.