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Population in Greece compared to Ivory Coast: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Greece was 10,405,134 in 2024 vs 31,934,230 people in Ivory Coast in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Greece's population is 10,181,414 people compared to 33,722,528 in Ivory Coast.

Population statistics:

  • Ivory Coast's population is 3.31 times bigger than Greece's.
  • Greece is ranked the 96th most populous country in the world, while Ivory Coast is the 50th.
  • The countries together account for 0.53% of the world: 0.12% for Greece vs 0.41% for Ivory Coast.
  • For the last 10 years, Greece has had an average growth rate of -0.47% per year vs +2.65% in Ivory Coast.
  • Since 2006, the population of Greece has decreased from 11M people to 10.2M (7.61% decline), while Ivory Coast has grown from 20.5M to 33.7M (64.1% growth).

Greece vs Ivory Coast: population by year and forecast

Greece
Factual

Projection
Ivory Coast
Factual

Projection
1x
Year Population
Greece Ivory Coast
2100 6,463,085 104,920,371
2099 6,505,287 104,113,061
2098 6,547,164 103,291,158
2097 6,589,081 102,471,756
2096 6,630,487 101,628,301
2095 6,671,006 100,772,460
2094 6,710,734 99,898,304
2093 6,749,510 99,021,348
2092 6,787,596 98,114,023
2091 6,824,775 97,191,635
2090 6,862,164 96,263,617
2089 6,900,089 95,332,834
2088 6,937,116 94,410,464
2087 6,973,450 93,478,576
2086 7,010,676 92,531,438
2085 7,048,751 91,589,651
2084 7,086,818 90,656,883
2083 7,124,743 89,687,091
2082 7,164,627 88,713,776
2081 7,205,487 87,729,381
2080 7,248,512 86,741,632
2079 7,292,836 85,754,611
2078 7,338,859 84,755,417
2077 7,387,671 83,751,773
2076 7,437,562 82,745,768
2075 7,489,139 81,715,680
2074 7,543,259 80,699,852
2073 7,600,155 79,680,254
2072 7,659,253 78,658,967
2071 7,719,672 77,619,677
2070 7,782,317 76,578,862
2069 7,847,153 75,539,439
2068 7,913,682 74,479,930
2067 7,980,659 73,429,006
2066 8,047,692 72,362,962
2065 8,114,348 71,312,115
2064 8,181,923 70,271,852
2063 8,250,274 69,232,655
2062 8,318,463 68,207,413
2061 8,386,919 67,176,556
2060 8,454,179 66,159,709
2059 8,522,250 65,140,683
2058 8,589,200 64,110,700
2057 8,655,428 63,092,260
2056 8,720,012 62,075,281
2055 8,783,558 61,046,238
2054 8,844,935 60,014,012
2053 8,903,834 58,992,661
2052 8,961,755 57,968,005
2051 9,018,494 56,941,659
2050 9,072,676 55,918,046
2049 9,126,801 54,901,818
2048 9,177,973 53,875,709
2047 9,228,605 52,858,830
2046 9,275,381 51,844,312
2045 9,321,349 50,830,306
2044 9,367,130 49,805,598
2043 9,411,608 48,788,840
2042 9,454,837 47,784,131
2041 9,499,098 46,795,255
2040 9,543,726 45,813,266
2039 9,588,298 44,841,250
2038 9,633,708 43,881,133
2037 9,679,362 42,929,373
2036 9,724,905 41,995,248
2035 9,771,397 41,077,730
2034 9,817,355 40,171,091
2033 9,863,589 39,279,116
2032 9,911,215 38,414,277
2031 9,956,924 37,563,879
2030 10,002,298 36,733,221
2029 10,047,641 35,912,791
2028 10,092,845 35,100,748
2027 10,137,354 34,301,358
2026 10,181,414 33,507,906
2025 10,223,023 32,716,581
2024 10,405,134 31,934,230
2023 10,407,351 31,165,654
2022 10,436,882 30,395,002
2021 10,569,207 29,639,736
2020 10,698,599 28,915,449
2019 10,721,582 28,193,009
2018 10,732,882 27,464,173
2017 10,754,679 26,733,372
2016 10,775,971 25,989,405
2015 10,820,883 25,246,342
2014 10,892,413 24,527,395
2013 10,965,211 23,939,775
2012 11,045,011 23,467,078
2011 11,104,899 22,982,000
2010 11,121,341 22,488,065
2009 11,107,017 21,997,940
2008 11,077,841 21,514,439
2007 11,048,473 21,030,558
2006 11,020,362 20,546,802
2005 10,987,314 20,068,458
2004 10,955,141 19,595,000
2003 10,928,070 19,125,542
2002 10,902,022 18,654,771
2001 10,862,132 18,178,913
2000 10,805,808 17,699,004
1999 10,761,698 17,215,935
1998 10,720,509 16,663,948
1997 10,661,259 16,047,170
1996 10,608,800 15,442,312
1995 10,562,153 14,855,565
1994 10,512,922 14,287,201
1993 10,460,415 13,735,951
1992 10,399,061 13,200,310
1991 10,319,927 12,683,870
1990 10,196,792 12,189,778
1989 10,089,498 11,719,771
1988 10,036,983 11,275,189
1987 10,000,595 10,851,475
1986 9,967,213 10,440,917
1985 9,934,300 10,040,483
1984 9,895,801 9,650,516
1983 9,846,627 9,272,744
1982 9,789,513 8,907,936
1981 9,729,350 8,556,596
1980 9,642,505 8,220,714
1979 9,548,258 7,902,267
1978 9,429,959 7,603,130
1977 9,308,479 7,321,950
1976 9,188,150 7,057,958
1975 9,046,541 6,776,297
1974 8,962,022 6,474,057
1973 8,929,086 6,184,944
1972 8,888,628 5,909,716
1971 8,831,036 5,650,868
1970 8,792,806 5,411,567
1969 8,772,764 5,192,221
1968 8,740,765 4,990,021
1967 8,684,088 4,799,744
1966 8,613,651 4,617,519
1965 8,550,333 4,442,377
1964 8,510,429 4,273,952
1963 8,479,625 4,112,061
1962 8,448,233 3,956,939
1961 8,398,050 3,810,151
1960 8,331,725 3,673,666

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2025–2100, retrieved 2026-03-10); World Bank | Health (1960–2024, retrieved 2026-04-06).

GeoRank.org/population/greece/ivory-coast | CC BY

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Greece decreased by 244,391 people (a 2.22% decline), while Ivory Coast gained 5,442,603 people (a 26.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Greece lost 594,557 people (a 5.52% decline), while Ivory Coast's population increased by 7,733,123 people (a 29.8% growth).

Greece was ranked 74th most populous country in 2006 and is 96th in 2026. Ivory Coast was ranked 53rd in 2006 and ranked 50th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that in 24 years (in 2050) Greece's population will shrink by 10.9% to 9,072,676 people with a rank change from 96th to 106th. The population of Ivory Coast will increase by 65.8% to 55,918,046 people and rank change from 50th to 36th.

Ivory Coast is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 105M people, while Greece's population already peaked in 2010 at 11.1M people and is projected to decrease to 6.46M people by 2100.

Population growth rate by year

Greece
Factual

Projection
Ivory Coast
Factual

Projection
1x
Year Growth rate
Greece Ivory Coast
2100 -0.65% 0.78%
2099 -0.64% 0.8%
2098 -0.64% 0.8%
2097 -0.62% 0.83%
2096 -0.61% 0.85%
2095 -0.59% 0.88%
2094 -0.57% 0.89%
2093 -0.56% 0.92%
2092 -0.54% 0.95%
2091 -0.54% 0.96%
2090 -0.55% 0.98%
2089 -0.53% 0.98%
2088 -0.52% 1%
2087 -0.53% 1.02%
2086 -0.54% 1.03%
2085 -0.54% 1.03%
2084 -0.53% 1.08%
2083 -0.56% 1.1%
2082 -0.57% 1.12%
2081 -0.59% 1.14%
2080 -0.61% 1.15%
2079 -0.63% 1.18%
2078 -0.66% 1.2%
2077 -0.67% 1.22%
2076 -0.69% 1.26%
2075 -0.72% 1.26%
2074 -0.75% 1.28%
2073 -0.77% 1.3%
2072 -0.78% 1.34%
2071 -0.8% 1.36%
2070 -0.83% 1.38%
2069 -0.84% 1.42%
2068 -0.84% 1.43%
2067 -0.83% 1.47%
2066 -0.82% 1.47%
2065 -0.83% 1.48%
2064 -0.83% 1.5%
2063 -0.82% 1.5%
2062 -0.82% 1.53%
2061 -0.8% 1.54%
2060 -0.8% 1.56%
2059 -0.78% 1.61%
2058 -0.77% 1.61%
2057 -0.74% 1.64%
2056 -0.72% 1.69%
2055 -0.69% 1.72%
2054 -0.66% 1.73%
2053 -0.65% 1.77%
2052 -0.63% 1.8%
2051 -0.6% 1.83%
2050 -0.59% 1.85%
2049 -0.56% 1.9%
2048 -0.55% 1.92%
2047 -0.5% 1.96%
2046 -0.49% 1.99%
2045 -0.49% 2.06%
2044 -0.47% 2.08%
2043 -0.46% 2.1%
2042 -0.47% 2.11%
2041 -0.47% 2.14%
2040 -0.46% 2.17%
2039 -0.47% 2.19%
2038 -0.47% 2.22%
2037 -0.47% 2.22%
2036 -0.48% 2.23%
2035 -0.47% 2.26%
2034 -0.47% 2.27%
2033 -0.48% 2.25%
2032 -0.46% 2.26%
2031 -0.45% 2.26%
2030 -0.45% 2.28%
2029 -0.45% 2.31%
2028 -0.44% 2.33%
2027 -0.43% 2.37%
2026 -0.41% 2.42%
2025 -1.75% 2.45%
2024 -0.02% 2.47%
2023 -0.28% 2.54%
2022 -1.25% 2.55%
2021 -1.21% 2.5%
2020 -0.21% 2.56%
2019 -0.11% 2.65%
2018 -0.2% 2.73%
2017 -0.2% 2.86%
2016 -0.42% 2.94%
2015 -0.66% 2.93%
2014 -0.66% 2.45%
2013 -0.72% 2.01%
2012 -0.54% 2.11%
2011 -0.15% 2.2%
2010 0.13% 2.23%
2009 0.26% 2.25%
2008 0.27% 2.3%
2007 0.26% 2.35%
2006 0.3% 2.38%
2005 0.29% 2.42%
2004 0.25% 2.45%
2003 0.24% 2.52%
2002 0.37% 2.62%
2001 0.52% 2.71%
2000 0.41% 2.81%
1999 0.38% 3.31%
1998 0.56% 3.84%
1997 0.49% 3.92%
1996 0.44% 3.95%
1995 0.47% 3.98%
1994 0.5% 4.01%
1993 0.59% 4.06%
1992 0.77% 4.07%
1991 1.21% 4.05%
1990 1.06% 4.01%
1989 0.52% 3.94%
1988 0.36% 3.9%
1987 0.33% 3.93%
1986 0.33% 3.99%
1985 0.39% 4.04%
1984 0.5% 4.07%
1983 0.58% 4.1%
1982 0.62% 4.11%
1981 0.9% 4.09%
1980 0.99% 4.03%
1979 1.25% 3.93%
1978 1.31% 3.84%
1977 1.31% 3.74%
1976 1.57% 4.16%
1975 0.94% 4.67%
1974 0.37% 4.67%
1973 0.46% 4.66%
1972 0.65% 4.58%
1971 0.43% 4.42%
1970 0.23% 4.22%
1969 0.37% 4.05%
1968 0.65% 3.96%
1967 0.82% 3.95%
1966 0.74% 3.94%
1965 0.47% 3.94%
1964 0.36% 3.94%
1963 0.37% 3.92%
1962 0.6% 3.85%
1961 0.8% 3.72%

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2025–2100, retrieved 2026-03-10); World Bank | Health (1961–2024, retrieved 2026-04-06).

GeoRank.org/population/greece/ivory-coast | CC BY

In 2024, the population of Greece declined by 0.02%, while Ivory Coast's population grew by 2.47%.

Live population counters

Greece Ivory Coast
Current population
10181414
33722528
Population rank 96/197 50/197
Percent of world population 0.12% 0.41%
One net population change
3.95 hours
41 seconds
One birth every
7.43 minutes
31.6 seconds
One death every
4.14 minutes
2.2 minutes
Daily growth/decline -6 +2,106
Annual growth/decline -2,217 +768,576
Annual growth/decline rate -0.02% +2.47%
Population growth rate rank 165/197 28/197
One migration net change every
31.7 minutes
46.6 minutes
Annual migration change +16,636 +11,305
Net migration rank 37/196 43/196
Foreign-born residents 1,423,964 2,880,839
Foreign-born residents rank 46/195 25/195
Foreign-born share of population 14.2% 9%
Foreign-born share rank 47/195 70/195

Natural population change vs migration

Greece
Natural

Migration
Ivory Coast
Natural

Migration
1x
Year Population change
Greece Ivory Coast
Natural Migration Natural Migration
2025 - 16,636 - 11,305
2024 - -122,772 - 7,838
2023 -56,200 -159,430 758,261 6,002
2022 -63,665 -53,997 750,270 26,777
2021 -58,131 -160,277 732,191 1,322
2020 -46,004 6,353 727,455 -12,390
2019 -41,814 36,762 727,774 2,043
2018 -33,272 17,938 722,445 5,395
2017 -36,566 10,483 734,553 -796
2016 -25,862 10,484 735,630 18,568
2015 -29,216 -43,462 731,387 522
2014 -20,696 -46,678 728,978 -23,011
2013 -17,545 -59,323 720,228 -250,964
2012 -16,568 -65,364 708,847 -232,712
2011 -4,441 -31,786 694,033 -200,010
2010 5,560 2,001 676,554 -182,689
2009 8,886 18,182 654,439 -168,027
2008 11,077 27,081 630,610 -150,037
2007 2,210 25,400 617,247 -130,079
2006 6,612 27,621 605,001 -124,651
2005 2,197 33,297 593,685 -117,342
2004 0 29,039 579,424 -108,869
2003 -1,093 25,323 568,220 -99,880
2002 0 25,692 563,692 -90,503
2001 0 60,387 555,220 -76,679
2000 -1,081 54,661 545,129 -63,843
1999 -2,153 49,930 527,634 -42,777
1998 -2,144 47,856 509,167 109,961
1997 2,133 45,671 489,984 124,443
1996 0 43,444 469,740 125,556
1995 1,056 42,674 453,719 124,501
1994 6,307 42,897 438,274 120,247
1993 4,185 39,829 430,759 113,215
1992 6,239 41,000 423,294 104,006
1991 6,192 37,917 413,354 92,228
1990 8,157 26,294 402,629 79,979
1989 9,080 18,862 390,081 67,324
1988 15,055 20,557 378,575 53,187
1987 10,001 19,005 370,654 45,028
1986 20,931 19,064 357,205 48,233
1985 22,849 16,093 344,549 50,872
1984 37,604 19,767 331,910 52,594
1983 42,341 18,655 317,379 53,646
1982 50,906 19,675 305,204 53,384
1981 54,484 25,061 292,755 51,354
1980 60,748 47,460 280,630 47,031
1979 65,882 72,184 268,875 40,355
1978 64,124 60,775 257,222 31,822
1977 59,574 19,193 250,858 22,452
1976 65,236 89,601 241,939 12,735
1975 61,516 61,265 228,883 79,766
1974 68,111 -22,590 216,389 79,445
1973 59,824 -42,387 203,429 78,963
1972 64,887 -3,589 190,842 77,213
1971 67,116 -12,747 179,918 69,728
1970 71,222 -54,166 170,070 58,883
1969 82,464 -118,544 161,541 48,192
1968 87,408 -429 153,464 41,198
1967 91,183 -55,853 145,773 40,125
1966 86,998 21,206 138,438 40,125
1965 83,793 -81,576 131,601 40,125
1964 83,402 -76,678 124,996 40,125
1963 81,404 -77,345 118,526 40,125
1962 85,327 -74,972 111,930 39,670
1961 86,500 -61,102 105,568 36,410
1960 96,648 -15,996 99,681 31,307

Data sources: World Bank | Health (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-04-06).

GeoRank.org/population/greece/ivory-coast | CC BY

Over the last 10 years, 51.9% of the population change in Greece is from natural causes (a loss of 411,426 people) and 48.1% is from migration (a loss of 381,824 people). In Ivory Coast 99.7% is from natural causes (a gain of 7,348,944 people) and 0.33% is from migration (a gain of 24,432 people).

As of 2024, 1,423,964 residents or 14.2% of the population were not native-born in Greece, compared to 2,880,839 people or 9% in Ivory Coast.

Biggest cities by population

Greece
City Population
Athens 643K
Crete 623K
Thessaloniki 310K
Patras 174K
Piraeus 168K
Larissa 146K
Heraklion 145K
Peristeri 134K
Kallithea 97.6K
Glyfada 89.6K
Ivory Coast
City Population
Abidjan 5.62M
Bouake 740K
Korhogo 441K
Yamoussoukro 340K
Divo 295K
Gagnoa 277K
Abengourou 164K
Dabou 138K
Agboville 135K
Grand-Bassam 125K

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Data sources: World Bank | Health (1960–2024, retrieved 2026-04-06); United Nations | World Population Prospects (1960–2026, retrieved 2026-03-10); U.S. Census Bureau (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-02-08); Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (2000–2019, retrieved 2026-02-20).

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Data sources:

  1. World Bank | Health (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-04-06)
  2. United Nations | World Population Prospects (1960–2100, retrieved 2026-03-10)
  3. U.S. Census Bureau (1960–2025, retrieved 2026-02-08)
  4. Wikidata (2026, retrieved 2026-02-08)
  5. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (2000–2019, retrieved 2026-02-20)

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