Demographics of Côte d'Ivoire

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date30 Oct 2021

As of 2021, the population of Côte divoire is projected at 27.05 million, up by 2.56% compared with 26.38 million in 2020. Côte divoire is ranked 53rd in terms of population and 24th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.94 million births in Côte divoire in 2021. That is 2,587 per day, which is ranked 29th. The crude birth rate is 34.85 per 1000 people. There are 0.26 million deaths in Côte divoire in 2021. That is 710 per day, which is ranked 38th. The crude death rate is 9.56 per 1000 people.

14 million people are living in urban areas, which is 52.18% of Côte divoire population. Côte divoire is ranked 156th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Côte divoire in 2021 is 101.59 males per 100 females. There are 13.63 million males and 13.42 million females in Côte divoire. The percentage of female population is 49.61% compare to 50.39% male population. Côte divoire has 212.87 thousand more males than females. Côte divoire is at 156th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Côte d'Ivoire population

Year Population Growth (%)
19502,630,131-
19553,004,4212.90
19603,503,5593.43
19654,226,8433.82
19705,102,0704.18
19756,412,4094.76
19808,033,6524.52
19859,918,2044.07
199011,924,8733.67
199514,199,7593.38
200016,454,6602.63
200518,354,5132.14
201020,532,9442.36
201523,226,1482.55
201623,822,7262.57
201724,437,4752.58
201825,069,2262.59
201925,716,5542.58
202026,378,2752.57
202127,053,6292.56
  • Total
  • Crude

Côte d'Ivoire death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195095,974151,06235.9656.41
195599,880169,19833.0756.18
1960101,121192,27828.6354.47
1965103,297221,12624.3652.32
1970106,868263,78920.7051.10
1975112,742326,26517.4850.59
1980122,681391,22915.2148.57
1985135,759450,69413.6845.42
1990157,869517,50113.1943.22
1995198,463597,26113.9542.03
2000245,789673,09314.9941.07
2005266,552720,25514.4939.16
2010259,025770,52912.5837.40
2015250,769848,36510.7736.44
2020256,661928,9379.7135.17
2021259,304944,1459.5634.85
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Côte d'Ivoire

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
1950262,0012,368,130-9.962
1955397,4782,631,8258.8213.121
1960629,1782,929,81010.9317.679
19651,058,8393,262,95210.6924.500
19701,476,4013,765,9947.1528.163
19752,129,8664,478,7437.8532.229
19803,054,4845,239,1915.1436.829
19853,875,3496,347,2094.6337.910
19904,826,8077,440,9474.6039.345
19955,992,3008,548,5204.1941.210
20007,201,0379,485,5243.3643.155
20058,294,18910,042,1142.8345.234
20109,655,95810,745,3733.2547.330
201511,425,67911,682,7933.4649.444
202013,532,31212,639,4383.4451.706
202113,998,74412,828,9843.4552.180
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Côte d'Ivoire population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 2,121,961 2,095,299 4,217,260 15.59 101.272
05-09 1,862,211 1,843,855 3,706,066 13.70 100.996
10-14 1,638,565 1,625,466 3,264,031 12.07 100.806
15-19 1,480,268 1,477,206 2,957,474 10.93 100.207
20-24 1,298,893 1,307,798 2,606,691 9.64 99.319
25-29 1,091,838 1,101,623 2,193,461 8.11 99.112
30-34 896,277 904,083 1,800,360 6.65 99.137
35-39 736,623 738,243 1,474,866 5.45 99.781
40-44 617,372 605,008 1,222,380 4.52 102.044
45-49 496,688 470,910 967,598 3.58 105.474
50-54 397,375 362,737 760,112 2.81 109.549
55-59 323,388 287,880 611,268 2.26 112.334
60-64 257,700 226,806 484,506 1.79 113.621
65-69 189,771 167,568 357,339 1.32 113.250
70-74 119,348 103,511 222,859 0.82 115.300
75-79 67,398 62,090 129,488 0.48 108.549
80-84 28,851 29,758 58,609 0.22 96.952
85-89 7,685 9,079 16,764 0.06 84.646
90-94 980 1,379 2,359 0.01 71.066
95-99 54 81 135 0.00 66.667
100+ 1 2 3 0.00 50.000
Total 13,633,247 13,420,382 27,053,629 101.586