Ivory Coast vs South Africa statistics compared

Ivory Coast has a population of 31.9M (ranked 50/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Ivory Coast's land area is 122,780 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 66th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Ivory Coast ranks 76/197 ($86.5B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Ivory Coast ranks 142/197 ($2,710), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Ivory Coast and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Ivory Coast and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Ivory Coast

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Ivory Coast	South Africa
1960	$546,203,559	$8,748,596,501
1961	$618,245,634	$9,225,996,310
1962	$645,284,474	$9,813,996,074
1963	$761,047,198	$10,854,195,658
1964	$921,063,327	$11,955,995,218
1965	$919,771,229	$13,068,994,772
1966	$1,024,102,880	$14,211,394,315
1967	$1,082,922,725	$15,821,393,671
1968	$1,281,281,277	$17,124,793,150
1969	$1,361,360,293	$19,256,992,297
1970	$1,455,482,795	$21,218,391,513
1971	$1,584,128,509	$23,411,076,638
1972	$1,849,400,402	$24,515,919,217
1973	$2,508,421,426	$33,262,772,008
1974	$3,070,152,309	$41,389,186,095
1975	$3,893,839,190	$42,906,905,672
1976	$4,662,053,825	$41,150,460,288
1977	$6,265,068,189	$45,328,411,332
1978	$7,900,526,298	$51,607,412,902
1979	$9,142,933,967	$63,038,658,089
1980	$10,175,617,609	$89,411,864,402
1981	$8,432,589,942	$93,141,472,164
1982	$7,567,110,849	$85,904,057,409
1983	$6,838,184,773	$96,204,110,942
1984	$6,841,639,247	$84,870,163,366
1985	$6,977,650,644	$64,459,376,087
1986	$9,158,302,100	$73,354,771,399
1987	$10,087,654,465	$96,535,763,418
1988	$10,255,169,806	$103,976,831,871
1989	$9,757,410,645	$108,055,624,082
1990	$10,795,850,583	$126,048,140,142
1991	$10,492,628,581	$135,203,698,238
1992	$11,152,971,274	$146,956,150,987
1993	$11,045,760,288	$147,194,747,566
1994	$8,313,557,510	$153,512,712,382
1995	$11,000,146,267	$171,735,933,897
1996	$18,071,152,831	$163,234,925,381
1997	$18,047,558,038	$168,978,057,328
1998	$19,619,654,756	$152,982,984,557
1999	$18,870,992,456	$151,516,957,079
2000	$16,577,533,892	$151,752,757,215
2001	$16,810,537,044	$135,429,905,923
2002	$18,054,383,321	$129,087,556,612
2003	$21,251,754,340	$197,018,965,309
2004	$23,510,575,681	$255,806,908,595
2005	$24,036,918,703	$288,867,217,197
2006	$25,281,413,263	$303,858,675,364
2007	$28,760,090,953	$333,077,117,254
2008	$34,078,240,293	$316,131,258,616
2009	$33,886,813,250	$329,754,060,647
2010	$34,936,307,980	$417,363,822,802
2011	$36,693,710,801	$458,199,494,831
2012	$36,302,302,877	$434,400,545,086
2013	$42,760,235,485	$400,886,013,596
2014	$48,843,005,614	$381,198,869,776
2015	$45,815,005,169	$346,709,790,459
2016	$48,407,761,037	$323,585,509,674
2017	$52,512,343,997	$381,448,814,653
2018	$58,522,477,787	$405,260,723,893
2019	$60,382,894,697	$389,330,032,224
2020	$63,027,852,805	$337,974,655,408
2021	$72,794,636,649	$420,886,877,629
2022	$70,922,824,824	$406,920,004,594
2023	$79,618,056,324	$380,699,271,816
2024	$86,538,413,923	$400,260,724,226

Ivory Coast and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Ivory Coast

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ivory Coast	South Africa
1960	$148.7	$532
1961	$162.3	$546
1962	$163.1	$563
1963	$185.1	$605
1964	$215.5	$646
1965	$207	$685
1966	$221.8	$722
1967	$225.6	$779
1968	$256.8	$817
1969	$262.2	$891
1970	$269	$952
1971	$280.3	$1,020
1972	$313	$1,038
1973	$406	$1,369
1974	$474	$1,656
1975	$575	$1,670
1976	$661	$1,559
1977	$856	$1,671
1978	$1,039	$1,852
1979	$1,157	$2,202
1980	$1,238	$3,029
1981	$986	$3,050
1982	$849	$2,717
1983	$737	$2,938
1984	$709	$2,504
1985	$695	$1,839
1986	$877	$2,027
1987	$930	$2,586
1988	$910	$2,702
1989	$833	$2,727
1990	$886	$3,093
1991	$827	$3,243
1992	$845	$3,462
1993	$804	$3,400
1994	$582	$3,489
1995	$740	$3,856
1996	$1,170	$3,618
1997	$1,125	$3,700
1998	$1,177	$3,310
1999	$1,096	$3,242
2000	$937	$3,218
2001	$925	$2,847
2002	$968	$2,688
2003	$1,111	$4,062
2004	$1,200	$5,221
2005	$1,198	$5,837
2006	$1,230	$6,077
2007	$1,368	$6,592
2008	$1,584	$6,185
2009	$1,540	$6,375
2010	$1,554	$7,973
2011	$1,597	$8,646
2012	$1,547	$8,077
2013	$1,786	$7,332
2014	$1,991	$6,857
2015	$1,815	$6,112
2016	$1,863	$5,651
2017	$1,964	$6,618
2018	$2,131	$6,914
2019	$2,142	$6,534
2020	$2,180	$5,581
2021	$2,456	$6,843
2022	$2,333	$6,523
2023	$2,555	$6,023
2024	$2,710	$6,253

Ivory Coast vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ivory Coast

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ivory Coast	South Africa
1950	30.8	43.1
1951	31.4	44.1
1952	32	45
1953	32.5	46.1
1954	33.2	47.1
1955	33.8	48.2
1956	34.5	49.2
1957	35.2	50.2
1958	35.8	51.1
1959	36.5	51.9
1960	37.2	52.6
1961	37.9	53.1
1962	38.6	53.6
1963	39.3	53.9
1964	40	54.2
1965	40.6	54.4
1966	41.3	54.7
1967	42	55
1968	42.6	55.2
1969	43.3	55.4
1970	44	55.7
1971	44.8	56
1972	45.6	56.4
1973	46.4	56.7
1974	47.2	57.1
1975	48	57.6
1976	48.9	58
1977	49.6	58.5
1978	50.4	59
1979	51	59.5
1980	51.4	60
1981	51.8	60.4
1982	52.1	60.9
1983	52.4	61.4
1984	52.6	61.8
1985	52.9	62.2
1986	53	62.4
1987	53.1	62.7
1988	53.1	62.9
1989	53	63
1990	52.8	62.9
1991	52.6	63
1992	52.4	62.8
1993	52.2	62.6
1994	52	62.1
1995	51.7	61.6
1996	51.6	61.1
1997	51.5	60.5
1998	51.2	59.9
1999	51.3	59.2
2000	51.4	58.4
2001	51.4	57.2
2002	51.5	55.6
2003	51.4	54.2
2004	51.9	54
2005	52.4	53.9
2006	52.9	54.2
2007	53.5	54.9
2008	54.2	56
2009	54.7	57.4
2010	55.3	58.9
2011	56	60.6
2012	56.6	61.7
2013	57.1	62.4
2014	57.8	63.2
2015	58.3	64.1
2016	58.8	64.7
2017	59.3	65.4
2018	59.8	65.7
2019	60.3	66.1
2020	60.1	65.2
2021	60.3	62
2022	61.6	65.5
2023	61.9	66.1
2024	62.1	66.3
2025	62.3	66.5

Ivory Coast and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Ivory Coast

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Ivory Coast	South Africa
1960	3,673,666	16,440,172
1961	3,810,151	16,908,035
1962	3,956,939	17,418,522
1963	4,112,061	17,954,564
1964	4,273,952	18,511,361
1965	4,442,377	19,089,380
1966	4,617,519	19,690,087
1967	4,799,744	20,314,066
1968	4,990,021	20,957,287
1969	5,192,221	21,614,676
1970	5,411,567	22,279,984
1971	5,650,868	22,942,143
1972	5,909,716	23,609,456
1973	6,184,944	24,294,263
1974	6,474,057	24,989,108
1975	6,776,297	25,690,940
1976	7,057,958	26,395,450
1977	7,321,950	27,118,952
1978	7,603,130	27,869,507
1979	7,902,267	28,634,162
1980	8,220,714	29,518,857
1981	8,556,596	30,541,044
1982	8,907,936	31,615,339
1983	9,272,744	32,739,304
1984	9,650,516	33,892,788
1985	10,040,483	35,042,093
1986	10,440,917	36,180,515
1987	10,851,475	37,326,190
1988	11,275,189	38,480,649
1989	11,719,771	39,628,575
1990	12,189,778	40,746,268
1991	12,683,870	41,687,898
1992	13,200,310	42,443,509
1993	13,735,951	43,297,156
1994	14,287,201	44,004,139
1995	14,855,565	44,541,554
1996	15,442,312	45,123,018
1997	16,047,170	45,666,838
1998	16,663,948	46,223,880
1999	17,215,935	46,730,335
2000	17,699,004	47,159,719
2001	18,178,913	47,566,800
2002	18,654,771	48,019,415
2003	19,125,542	48,500,348
2004	19,595,000	48,991,421
2005	20,068,458	49,490,033
2006	20,546,802	49,998,277
2007	21,030,558	50,528,584
2008	21,514,439	51,114,599
2009	21,997,940	51,728,516
2010	22,488,065	52,344,051
2011	22,982,000	52,995,205
2012	23,467,078	53,782,567
2013	23,939,775	54,678,791
2014	24,527,395	55,594,838
2015	25,246,342	56,723,537
2016	25,989,405	57,259,551
2017	26,733,372	57,635,162
2018	27,464,173	58,613,001
2019	28,193,009	59,587,885
2020	28,915,449	60,562,381
2021	29,639,736	61,502,603
2022	30,395,002	62,378,410
2023	31,165,654	63,212,384
2024	31,934,230	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Ivory Coast and South Africa

Fertility rate

Ivory Coast

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ivory Coast	South Africa
1960	7.69	6.11
1961	7.72	6.08
1962	7.75	6.05
1963	7.78	6.01
1964	7.81	5.96
1965	7.84	5.89
1966	7.87	5.91
1967	7.89	5.85
1968	7.91	5.78
1969	7.93	5.72
1970	7.94	5.63
1971	7.94	5.57
1972	7.94	5.49
1973	7.94	5.41
1974	7.93	5.3
1975	7.91	5.19
1976	7.88	5.07
1977	7.83	4.94
1978	7.67	4.85
1979	7.63	4.82
1980	7.59	4.78
1981	7.54	4.71
1982	7.49	4.7
1983	7.42	4.63
1984	7.35	4.57
1985	7.27	4.5
1986	7.19	4.41
1987	7.09	4.35
1988	6.97	4.18
1989	6.85	3.98
1990	6.72	3.72
1991	6.59	3.62
1992	6.43	3.48
1993	6.27	3.37
1994	6.13	3.26
1995	6.04	3.17
1996	5.95	2.99
1997	5.9	2.73
1998	5.85	2.63
1999	5.81	2.56
2000	5.77	2.41
2001	5.7	2.37
2002	5.64	2.32
2003	5.57	2.36
2004	5.53	2.44
2005	5.5	2.51
2006	5.45	2.55
2007	5.4	2.55
2008	5.36	2.68
2009	5.33	2.5
2010	5.29	2.44
2011	5.24	2.44
2012	5.19	2.45
2013	5.14	2.43
2014	5.07	2.42
2015	4.97	2.36
2016	4.87	2.26
2017	4.76	2.28
2018	4.6	2.27
2019	4.52	2.26
2020	4.46	2.26
2021	4.41	2.25
2022	4.35	2.23
2023	4.28	2.22

Ivory Coast and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Ivory Coast

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ivory Coast	South Africa
1960	18.5	19
1961	18.5	19
1962	18.5	18.9
1963	18.5	18.9
1964	18.4	18.9
1965	18.3	18.8
1966	18.2	18.8
1967	18.1	18.8
1968	18	18.8
1969	17.8	18.8
1970	17.7	18.8
1971	17.7	18.8
1972	17.7	18.8
1973	17.6	18.8
1974	17.6	18.9
1975	17.5	18.9
1976	17.4	19
1977	17.1	19.1
1978	16.9	19.2
1979	16.7	19.3
1980	16.5	19.4
1981	16.4	19.6
1982	16.3	19.8
1983	16.2	20
1984	16.1	20.2
1985	16	20.4
1986	16	20.5
1987	15.9	20.7
1988	15.9	20.9
1989	16	21.1
1990	16	21.3
1991	16.1	21.5
1992	16.2	21.5
1993	16.3	21.9
1994	16.4	22
1995	16.5	21.5
1996	16.6	21.2
1997	16.7	21.2
1998	16.8	21.4
1999	16.8	21.6
2000	16.8	21.9
2001	16.8	22.2
2002	16.7	22.4
2003	16.7	22.8
2004	16.7	23.1
2005	16.7	23.3
2006	16.6	23.5
2007	16.6	23.8
2008	16.9	24
2009	17.3	24.3
2010	17.7	24.6
2011	18.2	25
2012	18.6	25.3
2013	19	25.7
2014	19.1	26
2015	19	26.4
2016	18.9	26.7
2017	18.9	27
2018	18.9	27.5
2019	18.9	27.9
2020	18.9	28.3
2021	19	28.6
2022	19.1	28.9
2023	19.2	29.2
2024	19.3	29.5

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