Ivory Coast
Population 2026
33,494,339
Overview
- Yearly change
- +2.39%
- Density
- 105 per km²
- Land area
- 318,000 km²
- Capital
- Yamoussoukro
- Currency
- Franc (XOF)
- Official languages
- FR-CI
- Urban population
- 54.5%
- Continent
- AF
Demographics
- Births
- 1,028,9532026
- Deaths
- 251,6232026
- Birth rate
- 31.6per 1,000
- Death rate
- 7.6per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 4.23
- Life expectancy
- 62.1At birth, years
- Median age
- 18.5
- Net migration
- 11,305
Age distribution
- 0–1440.5%
- 15–6456.9%
- 65+2.7%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $99.8B
- GDP per capita
- $3.1K
- GDP growth
- +6.5%
- Inflation
- 0.1%
- Unemployment
- 2.3%
- Exports
- $29.7B
- Imports
- $24.7B
- Tourism receipts
- 1.5%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture16.8%
- Industry23.9%
- Manufacturing12.3%
- Services51.2%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture45.4%
- Industry14.3%
- Services40.3%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | AbidjanAbidjan Autonomous District | 6,321,0172026 |
| 2 | AboboAbidjan Autonomous District | 1,340,0832026 |
| 3 | BouakéVallée du Bandama District | 832,3712026 |
| 4 | KorhogoSavanes District | 440,9262026 |
| 5 | DaloaSassandra-Marahoue | 421,8712026 |
| 6 | KoumassiAbidjan Autonomous District | 412,2822026 |
| 7 | San-PédroBas-Sassandra District | 390,6542026 |
| 8 | GagnoaGoh-Djiboua | 277,0442026 |
| 9 | YamoussoukroLacs District | 275,6862024 |
| 10 | SinfraZanzan District | 245,2262026 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33,494,339 | 1.0M | 252K |
| 2020 | 28,915,452 | 973K | 246K |
| 2010 | 22,488,068 | 921K | 244K |
| 2000 | 17,699,007 | 784K | 239K |
| 1990 | 12,189,780 | 567K | 164K |
| 1980 | 8,220,717 | 405K | 124K |
| 1970 | 5,411,573 | 285K | 115K |
| 1960 | 3,673,672 | 201K | 101K |
| 1950 | 2,735,187 | 148K | 91.7K |