Demographics of Côte d'Ivoire

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date12 Dec 2024

As of 2024, the population of Côte d'Ivoire is projected at 31.93 million, compared to 31.17 million in 2023. It ranks 50th in the world by population and 16th in Africa. The population growth rate for 2024 is projected at 2.42 percent, the 25th highest among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 16.25 million males and 15.69 million females in Côte d'Ivoire. The percentage of the male population is 50.88%, compared to 49.12% of the female population. Côte d'Ivoire has 559k more males than females. The sex ratio in Côte d'Ivoire in 2024 will be 103.564 males per 100 females. Côte d'Ivoire is in the 205th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate
  • Gender

Côte d'Ivoire population

Year Population Growth (%) M per 100 F
MaleFemaleTotal
19501,384,2781,350,9022,735,1802.68102.471
19551,582,4871,554,1413,136,6282.89101.824
19601,855,7451,817,9203,673,6663.57102.081
19652,256,7892,185,5884,442,3773.87103.258
19702,760,8072,650,7605,411,5674.23104.152
19753,484,7913,291,5056,776,2974.56105.872
19804,199,3334,021,3818,220,7143.99104.425
19855,097,9344,942,54910,040,4833.94103.144
19906,158,7766,031,00212,189,7783.96102.119
19957,480,6597,374,90514,855,5653.89101.434
20008,895,2088,803,79717,699,0042.72101.038
200510,072,1839,996,27520,068,4582.37100.759
201011,401,45411,086,61122,488,0652.20102.840
201512,966,28712,280,05625,246,3422.90105.588
202014,767,49414,147,95628,915,4492.47104.379
202115,121,70114,518,03529,639,7362.48104.158
202215,491,84514,903,15630,395,0022.56103.950
202315,869,63315,296,02131,165,6542.45103.750
202416,246,68115,687,54931,934,2302.42103.564
202516,628,36116,083,18532,711,5472.39103.390
  • Life expectancy
  • Median age
  • Fertility rate

Demographics Indicators

YearLife expectancy Median ageFertility rate
195030.83216.8117.610
195533.81117.3377.597
196037.24417.4787.691
196540.64317.3177.841
197044.04516.6257.936
197548.03016.4437.910
198051.43715.4197.586
198552.86114.9497.273
199052.79614.9516.719
199551.71315.4346.038
200051.39315.7085.773
200552.43215.5585.499
201055.28216.6905.292
201558.28117.9474.970
202060.14017.8544.461
202160.29017.9054.411
202261.56217.9924.349
202361.94418.0974.283
202462.11018.2034.230
202562.27818.3344.166
  • Total
  • Crude

Côte d'Ivoire death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195091,656148,45833.51054.277
195596,745171,51330.84454.681
1960101,078200,76027.51454.648
1965108,390239,99224.39954.023
1970115,020285,09121.25552.682
1975121,708350,58917.96151.738
1980124,446405,07915.13849.275
1985138,696483,24913.81448.130
1990164,037566,67213.45746.487
1995201,432655,14113.55944.101
2000238,540783,66913.47844.278
2005247,723841,41012.34441.927
2010244,024920,56310.85140.936
2015247,353978,7519.79838.768
2020245,569973,0418.49333.651
2021248,325980,5028.37833.081
2022237,562987,8257.81632.500
2023238,741997,0017.66031.990
2024242,9311,007,9817.60731.564
2025247,1231,017,5517.55531.107
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Côte d'Ivoire

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
1950262,0012,368,1309.962
1955397,4782,631,82513.121
1960629,1782,929,81017.679
19651,058,8393,262,95224.500
19701,476,4013,765,99428.163
19752,129,8664,478,74332.229
19803,054,4845,239,19136.829
19853,875,3496,347,20937.910
19904,826,8077,440,94739.345
19955,992,3008,548,52041.210
20007,201,0379,485,52443.155
20058,294,18910,042,11445.234
20109,655,95810,745,37347.330
201511,425,67911,682,79349.444
202013,532,31212,639,43851.706
202113,998,74412,828,98452.180
202214,480,84513,017,21152.661
202314,978,68113,203,63853.149
202415,492,24313,387,74553.644
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Côte d'Ivoire population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 2,335,657 2,301,354 4,637,010 14.52 101.491
05-09 2,245,679 2,224,069 4,469,748 14.00 100.972
10-14 2,015,282 1,929,915 3,945,196 12.35 104.423
15-19 1,744,539 1,656,966 3,401,506 10.65 105.285
20-24 1,452,024 1,327,973 2,779,997 8.71 109.341
25-29 1,175,460 1,138,075 2,313,535 7.24 103.285
30-34 1,064,582 1,117,371 2,181,953 6.83 95.276
35-39 1,003,840 1,044,304 2,048,144 6.41 96.125
40-44 887,639 853,870 1,741,508 5.45 103.955
45-49 721,767 627,519 1,349,286 4.23 115.019
50-54 531,716 447,211 978,926 3.07 118.896
55-59 382,048 340,522 722,570 2.26 112.195
60-64 273,145 258,550 531,696 1.66 105.645
65-69 186,578 177,064 363,642 1.14 105.373
70-74 116,171 112,993 229,163 0.72 102.813
75-79 64,142 69,361 133,503 0.42 92.476
80-84 30,709 38,305 69,014 0.22 80.170
85-89 11,607 16,172 27,779 0.09 71.772
90-94 3,235 4,788 8,023 0.03 67.565
95-99 745 1,026 1,770 0.01 72.612
100+ 118 141 260 0.00 83.688
Total 16,246,683 15,687,549 31,934,229 103.564