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Ivory Coast vs South Sudan statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Ivory Coast has a population of 31.9M (ranked 50/197), compared with 11.9M in South Sudan (ranked 81/197). Ivory Coast's land area is 122,780 sq mi versus 243,990 sq mi for South Sudan (ranked 66th vs. 41st).

By GDP, Ivory Coast ranks 76/197 ($86.5B) and South Sudan ranks 150/197 ($12B). By GDP per capita, Ivory Coast ranks 142/197 ($2,710), while South Sudan ranks 172/197 ($1,080).

Main facts and rankings

Ivory Coast South Sudan
Population
33340347
12387398
Population rank 50/197 81/197
GDP
$86.5B
2024
$12B
2015
GDP rank 76/197 150/197
GDP per capita
$2,710
2024
$1,080
2015
GDP per capita rank 142/197 172/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$7,653
2024
$1,155
2015
Government debt
$51.3B
2024
$6.87B
2015
Debt-to-GDP ratio
58.1%
2025
63.2%
2025
Government debt per person
$1,606
2024
$618
2015
Government debt per person rank 125/185 159/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$2,373
2025
$1,540
2025
Land area
122,780 sq mi
2025
243,990 sq mi
2025
Population density
260.1 ppl/mi²
2024
49 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
4.28
2023
3.86
2023
Median age
19.3 years
2024
19.4 years
2024
Life expectancy
62.3 years
2025
57.9 years
2025

Ivory Coast and South Sudan: Comparison Charts

Ivory Coast and South Sudan economies compared

GDP
Ivory Coast

South Sudan
Year GDP
Ivory Coast South Sudan
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 $14,586,253,383
2009 $33,886,813,250 $12,231,264,525
2010 $34,936,307,980 $14,602,072,411
2011 $36,693,710,801 $14,907,308,933
2012 $36,302,302,877 $11,931,472,169
2013 $42,760,235,485 $18,426,469,017
2014 $48,843,005,614 $13,962,212,847
2015 $45,815,005,169 $11,997,800,760
2016 $48,407,761,037 -
2017 $52,512,343,997 -
2018 $58,522,477,787 -
2019 $60,382,894,697 -
2020 $63,027,852,805 -
2021 $72,794,636,649 -
2022 $70,922,824,824 -
2023 $79,618,056,324 -
2024 $86,538,413,923 -

Ivory Coast and South Sudan economies compared

GDP per capita
Ivory Coast

South Sudan
Year GDP per capita
Ivory Coast South Sudan
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 $1,654
2009 $1,540 $1,323
2010 $1,554 $1,498
2011 $1,597 $1,449
2012 $1,547 $1,109
2013 $1,786 $1,650
2014 $1,991 $1,243
2015 $1,815 $1,080
2016 $1,863 -
2017 $1,964 -
2018 $2,131 -
2019 $2,142 -
2020 $2,180 -
2021 $2,456 -
2022 $2,333 -
2023 $2,555 -
2024 $2,710 -

Ivory Coast vs. South Sudan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Ivory Coast

South Sudan
Year Life expectancy, years
Ivory Coast South Sudan
1950 30.8 30.2
1951 31.4 30.6
1952 32 31
1953 32.5 31.4
1954 33.2 31.7
1955 33.8 32
1956 34.5 31.6
1957 35.2 30.9
1958 35.8 27.6
1959 36.5 27.8
1960 37.2 28.1
1961 37.9 28.3
1962 38.6 28.5
1963 39.3 28.2
1964 40 32.5
1965 40.6 28.8
1966 41.3 25.6
1967 42 25.9
1968 42.6 26.1
1969 43.3 25.4
1970 44 25.6
1971 44.8 31
1972 45.6 31.3
1973 46.4 36.3
1974 47.2 36.6
1975 48 36.9
1976 48.9 37.1
1977 49.6 37.4
1978 50.4 37.6
1979 51 37.8
1980 51.4 38
1981 51.8 38.3
1982 52.1 38.7
1983 52.4 34.7
1984 52.6 31.8
1985 52.9 32.4
1986 53 32.8
1987 53.1 20.7
1988 53.1 11
1989 53 28.2
1990 52.8 28.6
1991 52.6 29.2
1992 52.4 21.9
1993 52.2 22.3
1994 52 44.9
1995 51.7 31.5
1996 51.6 32.1
1997 51.5 33.1
1998 51.2 19
1999 51.3 44.5
2000 51.4 47.6
2001 51.4 48.6
2002 51.5 49.4
2003 51.4 52.3
2004 51.9 53.1
2005 52.4 54
2006 52.9 54.7
2007 53.5 55.4
2008 54.2 56.3
2009 54.7 56.8
2010 55.3 57.5
2011 56 57.7
2012 56.6 58.2
2013 57.1 58.3
2014 57.8 45.6
2015 58.3 39.8
2016 58.8 36.7
2017 59.3 35.4
2018 59.8 51.9
2019 60.3 58.1
2020 60.1 57.6
2021 60.3 57
2022 61.6 57.2
2023 61.9 57.6
2024 62.1 57.7
2025 62.3 57.9

Ivory Coast and South Sudan population clocks and comparison

Population
Ivory Coast

South Sudan
Year Population
Ivory Coast South Sudan
1960 3,673,666 2,931,559
1961 3,810,151 2,976,724
1962 3,956,939 3,024,308
1963 4,112,061 3,072,669
1964 4,273,952 3,129,918
1965 4,442,377 3,189,835
1966 4,617,519 3,236,423
1967 4,799,744 3,277,648
1968 4,990,021 3,321,528
1969 5,192,221 3,365,533
1970 5,411,567 3,409,614
1971 5,650,868 3,468,646
1972 5,909,716 3,542,497
1973 6,184,944 3,627,383
1974 6,474,057 3,723,259
1975 6,776,297 3,821,494
1976 7,057,958 3,921,910
1977 7,321,950 4,024,032
1978 7,603,130 4,127,657
1979 7,902,267 4,232,605
1980 8,220,714 4,339,030
1981 8,556,596 4,447,272
1982 8,907,936 4,557,686
1983 9,272,744 4,661,574
1984 9,650,516 4,750,627
1985 10,040,483 4,834,296
1986 10,440,917 4,921,240
1987 10,851,475 4,962,395
1988 11,275,189 4,848,029
1989 11,719,771 4,713,229
1990 12,189,778 4,737,633
1991 12,683,870 4,836,677
1992 13,200,310 4,909,749
1993 13,735,951 4,956,002
1994 14,287,201 5,071,184
1995 14,855,565 5,225,836
1996 15,442,312 5,356,925
1997 16,047,170 5,509,136
1998 16,663,948 5,620,068
1999 17,215,935 5,771,628
2000 17,699,004 6,032,267
2001 18,178,913 6,308,391
2002 18,654,771 6,596,806
2003 19,125,542 6,903,127
2004 19,595,000 7,233,041
2005 20,068,458 7,590,143
2006 20,546,802 7,976,526
2007 21,030,558 8,388,788
2008 21,514,439 8,817,647
2009 21,997,940 9,243,556
2010 22,488,065 9,745,953
2011 22,982,000 10,288,109
2012 23,467,078 10,756,240
2013 23,939,775 11,166,275
2014 24,527,395 11,235,073
2015 25,246,342 11,107,561
2016 25,989,405 10,830,102
2017 26,733,372 10,259,154
2018 27,464,173 10,122,977
2019 28,193,009 10,423,384
2020 28,915,449 10,698,467
2021 29,639,736 10,865,780
2022 30,395,002 11,021,177
2023 31,165,654 11,483,374
2024 31,934,230 11,943,408

Fertility rates in Ivory Coast and South Sudan

Fertility rate
Ivory Coast

South Sudan
Year Fertility rate
Ivory Coast South Sudan
1960 7.69 7.16
1961 7.72 7.18
1962 7.75 7.2
1963 7.78 7.2
1964 7.81 7.22
1965 7.84 7.22
1966 7.87 7.25
1967 7.89 7.26
1968 7.91 7.26
1969 7.93 7.28
1970 7.94 7.29
1971 7.94 7.3
1972 7.94 7.31
1973 7.94 7.31
1974 7.93 7.31
1975 7.91 7.33
1976 7.88 7.33
1977 7.83 7.33
1978 7.67 7.33
1979 7.63 7.32
1980 7.59 7.33
1981 7.54 7.33
1982 7.49 7.34
1983 7.42 7.34
1984 7.35 7.35
1985 7.27 7.36
1986 7.19 7.38
1987 7.09 7.39
1988 6.97 7.38
1989 6.85 7.37
1990 6.72 7.38
1991 6.59 7.38
1992 6.43 7.37
1993 6.27 7.36
1994 6.13 7.35
1995 6.04 7.34
1996 5.95 7.32
1997 5.9 7.2
1998 5.85 7.08
1999 5.81 6.94
2000 5.77 6.8
2001 5.7 6.65
2002 5.64 6.52
2003 5.57 6.35
2004 5.53 6.19
2005 5.5 6.02
2006 5.45 5.85
2007 5.4 5.7
2008 5.36 5.57
2009 5.33 5.45
2010 5.29 5.32
2011 5.24 5.19
2012 5.19 5.06
2013 5.14 4.94
2014 5.07 4.82
2015 4.97 4.7
2016 4.87 4.58
2017 4.76 4.48
2018 4.6 4.37
2019 4.52 4.26
2020 4.46 4.16
2021 4.41 4.05
2022 4.35 3.96
2023 4.28 3.86

Ivory Coast and South Sudan demographics compared

Median age
Ivory Coast

South Sudan
Year Median age, years
Ivory Coast South Sudan
1960 18.5 18.6
1961 18.5 18.5
1962 18.5 18.5
1963 18.5 18.4
1964 18.4 18.4
1965 18.3 18.3
1966 18.2 18.3
1967 18.1 18.2
1968 18 18
1969 17.8 17.9
1970 17.7 17.7
1971 17.7 17.6
1972 17.7 17.5
1973 17.6 17.5
1974 17.6 17.4
1975 17.5 17.4
1976 17.4 17.3
1977 17.1 17.2
1978 16.9 17.2
1979 16.7 17.1
1980 16.5 17.1
1981 16.4 17
1982 16.3 16.9
1983 16.2 16.8
1984 16.1 16.8
1985 16 16.7
1986 16 16.6
1987 15.9 16.5
1988 15.9 16.8
1989 16 17.1
1990 16 17
1991 16.1 17
1992 16.2 17
1993 16.3 16.9
1994 16.4 16.9
1995 16.5 16.9
1996 16.6 16.9
1997 16.7 16.9
1998 16.8 17
1999 16.8 17.1
2000 16.8 17.2
2001 16.8 17.3
2002 16.7 17.3
2003 16.7 17.3
2004 16.7 17.4
2005 16.7 17.6
2006 16.6 17.8
2007 16.6 18
2008 16.9 18.2
2009 17.3 18.4
2010 17.7 18.7
2011 18.2 19
2012 18.6 19.2
2013 19 19.3
2014 19.1 19
2015 19 18.6
2016 18.9 18.2
2017 18.9 17.4
2018 18.9 17.3
2019 18.9 17.8
2020 18.9 18.2
2021 19 18.4
2022 19.1 18.7
2023 19.2 19
2024 19.3 19.4

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Ivory Coast South Sudan
GNI, Atlas method
$80.2B
2024
$11.7B
2015
Government expenditure, % of GDP
20.4%
2025
26.7%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.43%
2023
1.57%
2016
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.89%
2023
6.26%
2023
Armed forces personnel
27,000
2020
53,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.02%
2025
+2%
2025
Unemployment rate
2.31%
2022
12.3%
2008
Services, % of GDP
53.9%
2024
56.6%
2015
Industry, % of GDP
22.1%
2024
33.1%
2015
Economic freedom index
57.8
2025
41
2025
Income share by richest 10%
27.8%
2021
33%
2016
Income share by poorest 10%
3.1%
2021
1.8%
2016
Listed domestic companies
46
2020
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$7.33B
2020
n/a
Total reserves including gold n/a
$72.9M
2023
Personal remittances received
$1.09B
2024
$1.14B
2024
International tourist arrivals
668,000
2020
n/a
International tourism as share of exports
1.51%
2020
0.39%
2018
Banked people share
57.6%
2024
5.83%
2021

Energy

Ivory Coast South Sudan
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
472 kg
2022
69 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$14.2
2022
$15.1
2015
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
14.4 megatons
2023
n/a
CO2 emissions per capita
0.46 tons
2023
n/a
Fossil fuel energy use share
37.6%
2022
73.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
58.2%
2021
32.4%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
1.71%
2022
0.4%
2022
Net energy imports use share
14.4%
2022
-860%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
324 kWh
2022
46.9 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
22.8%
2021
0.34%
2021
Hydroelectric share
22.8%
2022
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
72.4%
2023
5.4%
2023

Society

Ivory Coast South Sudan
% of world population
0.39%
2024
0.15%
2024
Annual migration change
+7,838
2024
+15,374
2024
Urban population
53.6%
2024
21.6%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.52 ft
2025
n/a
Average female height
5.21 ft
2025
n/a
Quality of life index
22.5
2025
5.62
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
45
2024
8
2024
Higher education index
31
2025
10
2025
Homicides per 100K people
11.6
2015
14.1
2012
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
24.1
2019
36.7
2019
Visa free countries
65
2025
54
2025
Adult literacy rate
50%
2021
34.5%
2018
English speaking
1%
2025
94%
2023
People using the Internet
40.7%
2023
9.27%
2020

Health

Ivory Coast South Sudan
Government health expenditure per capita
$86.2
2022
$49.4
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$24.8
2022
$17
2022
Life expectancy
62.3 years
2025
57.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
18%
2022
49.1%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.18
2022
0.04
2020
Age at first childbirth
19.6 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
359
2023
692
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
67.1
2023
98.7
2023
Obesity rate
12.1%
2022
8.79%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
5%
2024
4.6%
2024
Air quality index
25
2025
21
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
8.8%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
2.85 liters
2020
n/a

Territory

Ivory Coast South Sudan
% of world land
0.21%
2025
0.42%
2025
Land area per capita
3,845 sq mi
2024
20,429 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
106,175 sq mi
2025
109,449 sq mi
2025
Forest area
9,645 sq mi
2025
27,633 sq mi
2025

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