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Ivory Coast vs North Korea statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Ivory Coast has a population of 31.9M (ranked 50/197), compared with 26.5M in North Korea (ranked 56/197). Ivory Coast's land area is 122,780 sq mi versus 46,491 sq mi for North Korea (ranked 66th vs. 97th).

By GDP, Ivory Coast ranks 76/197 ($86.5B) and North Korea ranks 106/197 ($34.9B). By GDP per capita, Ivory Coast ranks 142/197 ($2,710), while North Korea ranks 168/197 ($1,319).

Main facts and rankings

Ivory Coast North Korea
Population
33340347
26621357
Population rank 50/197 56/197
GDP
$86.5B
2024
$34.9B
2024
GDP rank 76/197 106/197
GDP per capita
$2,710
2024
$1,319
2024
GDP per capita rank 142/197 168/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$7,653
2024
$1,700
2015
Government debt
$51.3B
2024
n/a
Debt-to-GDP ratio
58.1%
2025
n/a
Government debt per person
$1,606
2024
n/a
Government debt per person rank 125/185 n/a
Average annual personal income after taxes
$2,373
2025
$1,642
2025
Land area
122,780 sq mi
2025
46,491 sq mi
2025
Population density
260.1 ppl/mi²
2024
570 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
4.28
2023
1.78
2023
Median age
19.3 years
2024
37.3 years
2024
Life expectancy
62.3 years
2025
73.9 years
2025

Ivory Coast and North Korea: Comparison Charts

Ivory Coast and North Korea economies compared

GDP
Ivory Coast

North Korea
Year GDP
Ivory Coast North Korea
1960 $546,203,559 -
1961 $618,245,634 -
1962 $645,284,474 -
1963 $761,047,198 -
1964 $921,063,327 -
1965 $919,771,229 -
1966 $1,024,102,880 -
1967 $1,082,922,725 -
1968 $1,281,281,277 -
1969 $1,361,360,293 -
1970 $1,455,482,795 -
1971 $1,584,128,509 -
1972 $1,849,400,402 -
1973 $2,508,421,426 -
1974 $3,070,152,309 -
1975 $3,893,839,190 -
1976 $4,662,053,825 -
1977 $6,265,068,189 -
1978 $7,900,526,298 -
1979 $9,142,933,967 -
1980 $10,175,617,609 -
1981 $8,432,589,942 -
1982 $7,567,110,849 -
1983 $6,838,184,773 -
1984 $6,841,639,247 -
1985 $6,977,650,644 -
1986 $9,158,302,100 -
1987 $10,087,654,465 -
1988 $10,255,169,806 -
1989 $9,757,410,645 -
1990 $10,795,850,583 -
1991 $10,492,628,581 -
1992 $11,152,971,274 -
1993 $11,045,760,288 -
1994 $8,313,557,510 -
1995 $11,000,146,267 -
1996 $18,071,152,831 -
1997 $18,047,558,038 -
1998 $19,619,654,756 -
1999 $18,870,992,456 -
2000 $16,577,533,892 -
2001 $16,810,537,044 -
2002 $18,054,383,321 -
2003 $21,251,754,340 -
2004 $23,510,575,681 -
2005 $24,036,918,703 -
2006 $25,281,413,263 -
2007 $28,760,090,953 -
2008 $34,078,240,293 -
2009 $33,886,813,250 $23,356,470,000
2010 $34,936,307,980 $25,995,513,000
2011 $36,693,710,801 $29,005,020,000
2012 $36,302,302,877 $29,890,710,000
2013 $42,760,235,485 $30,588,922,000
2014 $48,843,005,614 $30,554,460,000
2015 $45,815,005,169 $30,723,030,000
2016 $48,407,761,037 $28,882,640,000
2017 $52,512,343,997 $29,105,440,000
2018 $58,522,477,787 $28,536,400,000
2019 $60,382,894,697 $28,222,880,000
2020 $63,027,852,805 $27,728,240,000
2021 $72,794,636,649 $32,301,720,000
2022 $70,922,824,824 $28,971,360,000
2023 $79,618,056,324 $32,155,360,000
2024 $86,538,413,923 $34,943,120,000

Ivory Coast and North Korea economies compared

GDP per capita
Ivory Coast

North Korea
Year GDP per capita
Ivory Coast North Korea
1960 $148.7 -
1961 $162.3 -
1962 $163.1 -
1963 $185.1 -
1964 $215.5 -
1965 $207 -
1966 $221.8 -
1967 $225.6 -
1968 $256.8 -
1969 $262.2 -
1970 $269 -
1971 $280.3 -
1972 $313 -
1973 $406 -
1974 $474 -
1975 $575 -
1976 $661 -
1977 $856 -
1978 $1,039 -
1979 $1,157 -
1980 $1,238 -
1981 $986 -
1982 $849 -
1983 $737 -
1984 $709 -
1985 $695 -
1986 $877 -
1987 $930 -
1988 $910 -
1989 $833 -
1990 $886 -
1991 $827 -
1992 $845 -
1993 $804 -
1994 $582 -
1995 $740 -
1996 $1,170 -
1997 $1,125 -
1998 $1,177 -
1999 $1,096 -
2000 $937 -
2001 $925 -
2002 $968 -
2003 $1,111 -
2004 $1,200 -
2005 $1,198 -
2006 $1,230 -
2007 $1,368 -
2008 $1,584 -
2009 $1,540 $939
2010 $1,554 $1,040
2011 $1,597 $1,156
2012 $1,547 $1,186
2013 $1,786 $1,208
2014 $1,991 $1,201
2015 $1,815 $1,201
2016 $1,863 $1,124
2017 $1,964 $1,127
2018 $2,131 $1,100
2019 $2,142 $1,084
2020 $2,180 $1,061
2021 $2,456 $1,231
2022 $2,333 $1,100
2023 $2,555 $1,217
2024 $2,710 $1,319

Ivory Coast vs. North Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Ivory Coast

North Korea
Year Life expectancy, years
Ivory Coast North Korea
1950 30.8 14.2
1951 31.4 17.7
1952 32 32.8
1953 32.5 40.3
1954 33.2 50.6
1955 33.8 51.8
1956 34.5 52.8
1957 35.2 53.7
1958 35.8 54.5
1959 36.5 55.2
1960 37.2 55.8
1961 37.9 56.4
1962 38.6 57
1963 39.3 57.6
1964 40 58.2
1965 40.6 58.8
1966 41.3 59.4
1967 42 60.1
1968 42.6 60.8
1969 43.3 61.4
1970 44 62
1971 44.8 62.7
1972 45.6 63.3
1973 46.4 63.8
1974 47.2 64.3
1975 48 64.8
1976 48.9 65.3
1977 49.6 65.8
1978 50.4 66.3
1979 51 66.7
1980 51.4 67.2
1981 51.8 67.7
1982 52.1 68.1
1983 52.4 68.5
1984 52.6 68.9
1985 52.9 69.2
1986 53 69.5
1987 53.1 69.8
1988 53.1 70.1
1989 53 70.3
1990 52.8 70.5
1991 52.6 70.7
1992 52.4 71
1993 52.2 70.8
1994 52 70.5
1995 51.7 60.8
1996 51.6 60.8
1997 51.5 60.9
1998 51.2 60.9
1999 51.3 60.9
2000 51.4 60.9
2001 51.4 60.9
2002 51.5 60.9
2003 51.4 69.4
2004 51.9 69.3
2005 52.4 69.2
2006 52.9 69.1
2007 53.5 69
2008 54.2 69.3
2009 54.7 69.7
2010 55.3 70.2
2011 56 70.8
2012 56.6 71.3
2013 57.1 71.9
2014 57.8 72.5
2015 58.3 72.8
2016 58.8 73
2017 59.3 73
2018 59.8 73
2019 60.3 72.9
2020 60.1 72.8
2021 60.3 73.4
2022 61.6 73.6
2023 61.9 73.6
2024 62.1 73.7
2025 62.3 73.9

Ivory Coast and North Korea population clocks and comparison

Population
Ivory Coast

North Korea
Year Population
Ivory Coast North Korea
1960 3,673,666 11,722,953
1961 3,810,151 11,990,713
1962 3,956,939 12,262,882
1963 4,112,061 12,567,057
1964 4,273,952 12,889,770
1965 4,442,377 13,219,369
1966 4,617,519 13,569,094
1967 4,799,744 13,958,350
1968 4,990,021 14,365,596
1969 5,192,221 14,767,615
1970 5,411,567 15,172,775
1971 5,650,868 15,572,457
1972 5,909,716 15,975,069
1973 6,184,944 16,350,367
1974 6,474,057 16,673,121
1975 6,776,297 16,971,055
1976 7,057,958 17,243,450
1977 7,321,950 17,492,798
1978 7,603,130 17,735,995
1979 7,902,267 17,983,470
1980 8,220,714 18,236,786
1981 8,556,596 18,501,295
1982 8,907,936 18,776,357
1983 9,272,744 19,054,034
1984 9,650,516 19,335,043
1985 10,040,483 19,620,388
1986 10,440,917 19,910,855
1987 10,851,475 20,205,483
1988 11,275,189 20,503,161
1989 11,719,771 20,804,367
1990 12,189,778 21,112,137
1991 12,683,870 21,428,638
1992 13,200,310 21,750,911
1993 13,735,951 22,073,352
1994 14,287,201 22,393,975
1995 14,855,565 22,669,304
1996 15,442,312 22,895,746
1997 16,047,170 23,110,830
1998 16,663,948 23,311,564
1999 17,215,935 23,497,599
2000 17,699,004 23,665,910
2001 18,178,913 23,815,358
2002 18,654,771 23,943,973
2003 19,125,542 24,090,380
2004 19,595,000 24,254,943
2005 20,068,458 24,396,433
2006 20,546,802 24,524,507
2007 21,030,558 24,646,383
2008 21,514,439 24,764,618
2009 21,997,940 24,878,332
2010 22,488,065 24,987,258
2011 22,982,000 25,097,874
2012 23,467,078 25,211,728
2013 23,939,775 25,329,451
2014 24,527,395 25,451,262
2015 25,246,342 25,575,350
2016 25,989,405 25,698,326
2017 26,733,372 25,817,709
2018 27,464,173 25,931,147
2019 28,193,009 26,037,632
2020 28,915,449 26,136,312
2021 29,639,736 26,232,534
2022 30,395,002 26,328,845
2023 31,165,654 26,418,204
2024 31,934,230 26,498,823

Fertility rates in Ivory Coast and North Korea

Fertility rate
Ivory Coast

North Korea
Year Fertility rate
Ivory Coast North Korea
1960 7.69 3.57
1961 7.72 3.26
1962 7.75 3.41
1963 7.78 3.63
1964 7.81 3.55
1965 7.84 3.56
1966 7.87 3.71
1967 7.89 4.05
1968 7.91 3.87
1969 7.93 3.86
1970 7.94 3.85
1971 7.94 3.74
1972 7.94 3.89
1973 7.94 3.35
1974 7.93 3.14
1975 7.91 3.05
1976 7.88 2.84
1977 7.83 2.77
1978 7.67 2.79
1979 7.63 2.85
1980 7.59 2.84
1981 7.54 2.92
1982 7.49 2.85
1983 7.42 2.78
1984 7.35 2.71
1985 7.27 2.65
1986 7.19 2.59
1987 7.09 2.53
1988 6.97 2.47
1989 6.85 2.41
1990 6.72 2.39
1991 6.59 2.35
1992 6.43 2.29
1993 6.27 2.22
1994 6.13 2.18
1995 6.04 2.15
1996 5.95 2.09
1997 5.9 2.03
1998 5.85 1.99
1999 5.81 1.97
2000 5.77 1.94
2001 5.7 1.94
2002 5.64 1.92
2003 5.57 1.91
2004 5.53 1.9
2005 5.5 1.87
2006 5.45 1.94
2007 5.4 1.94
2008 5.36 1.97
2009 5.33 1.91
2010 5.29 1.89
2011 5.24 1.88
2012 5.19 1.88
2013 5.14 1.88
2014 5.07 1.87
2015 4.97 1.86
2016 4.87 1.86
2017 4.76 1.85
2018 4.6 1.83
2019 4.52 1.83
2020 4.46 1.82
2021 4.41 1.81
2022 4.35 1.8
2023 4.28 1.78

Ivory Coast and North Korea demographics compared

Median age
Ivory Coast

North Korea
Year Median age, years
Ivory Coast North Korea
1960 18.5 19.9
1961 18.5 20.2
1962 18.5 20.6
1963 18.5 20.8
1964 18.4 21
1965 18.3 21.2
1966 18.2 21.3
1967 18.1 21.4
1968 18 21.4
1969 17.8 21.4
1970 17.7 21.4
1971 17.7 21.2
1972 17.7 20.9
1973 17.6 20.7
1974 17.6 20.7
1975 17.5 20.9
1976 17.4 21.1
1977 17.1 21.4
1978 16.9 21.8
1979 16.7 22.2
1980 16.5 22.5
1981 16.4 22.8
1982 16.3 23.1
1983 16.2 23.5
1984 16.1 23.9
1985 16 24.2
1986 16 24.5
1987 15.9 24.8
1988 15.9 25.1
1989 16 25.6
1990 16 26
1991 16.1 26.4
1992 16.2 26.8
1993 16.3 27.2
1994 16.4 27.6
1995 16.5 28
1996 16.6 28.3
1997 16.7 28.8
1998 16.8 29.2
1999 16.8 29.6
2000 16.8 30.1
2001 16.8 30.5
2002 16.7 31
2003 16.7 31.4
2004 16.7 31.8
2005 16.7 32.1
2006 16.6 32.5
2007 16.6 32.9
2008 16.9 33.3
2009 17.3 33.7
2010 17.7 34
2011 18.2 34.3
2012 18.6 34.5
2013 19 34.7
2014 19.1 35
2015 19 35.2
2016 18.9 35.4
2017 18.9 35.7
2018 18.9 35.9
2019 18.9 36.2
2020 18.9 36.4
2021 19 36.6
2022 19.1 36.8
2023 19.2 37.1
2024 19.3 37.3

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Ivory Coast North Korea
GNI, Atlas method
$80.2B
2024
n/a
Government expenditure, % of GDP
20.4%
2025
n/a
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.43%
2023
n/a
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.89%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
27,000
2020
1,469,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.02%
2025
n/a
Unemployment rate
2.31%
2022
25.6%
2013
Services, % of GDP
53.9%
2024
n/a
Industry, % of GDP
22.1%
2024
n/a
Economic freedom index
57.8
2025
3
2025
Income share by richest 10%
27.8%
2021
n/a
Income share by poorest 10%
3.1%
2021
n/a
Listed domestic companies
46
2020
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$7.33B
2020
n/a
Personal remittances received
$1.09B
2024
n/a
International tourist arrivals
668,000
2020
n/a
International tourism as share of exports
1.51%
2020
n/a
Banked people share
57.6%
2024
n/a

Energy

Ivory Coast North Korea
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
472 kg
2022
641 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$14.2
2022
n/a
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
14.4 megatons
2023
64.3 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.46 tons
2023
2.43 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
37.6%
2022
85.1%
2022
Renewable energy use share
58.2%
2021
14.7%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
1.71%
2022
8.5%
2022
Net energy imports use share
14.4%
2022
4.9%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
324 kWh
2022
830 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
22.8%
2021
63.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
22.8%
2022
62.7%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
72.4%
2023
57.5%
2023

Society

Ivory Coast North Korea
% of world population
0.39%
2024
0.33%
2024
Annual migration change
+7,838
2024
-2,473
2024
Urban population
53.6%
2024
63.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.52 ft
2025
5.73 ft
2025
Average female height
5.21 ft
2025
5.29 ft
2025
Quality of life index
22.5
2025
11.8
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
45
2024
15
2024
Higher education index
31
2025
12
2025
Homicides per 100K people
11.6
2015
4.4
2015
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
24.1
2019
24.2
2019
Visa free countries
65
2025
51
2025
Adult literacy rate
50%
2021
100%
2018
English speaking
1%
2025
0%
2025
People using the Internet
40.7%
2023
0%
2012

Health

Ivory Coast North Korea
Government health expenditure per capita
$86.2
2022
n/a
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$24.8
2022
n/a
Life expectancy
62.3 years
2025
73.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
18%
2022
n/a
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.18
2022
3.67
2017
Age at first childbirth
19.6 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
359
2023
67
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
67.1
2023
18
2023
Obesity rate
12.1%
2022
11.1%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
5%
2024
9.9%
2024
Air quality index
25
2025
42
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
8.8%
2022
16.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
2.85 liters
2020
3.87 liters
2020

Territory

Ivory Coast North Korea
% of world land
0.21%
2025
0.08%
2025
Land area per capita
3,845 sq mi
2024
1,754 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
106,175 sq mi
2025
10,021 sq mi
2025
Forest area
9,645 sq mi
2025
23,036 sq mi
2025
Roads length n/a
15,879 mi
2006

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