The current population of Ivory Coast is 33,340,347 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 31,934,230 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Since 2005, population has increased from 20.1M people to 33.3M (66.1% growth in 20 years).
- Ivory Coast accounts for 0.4% of the world's population.
- For the last 20 years, Ivory Coast has had an average growth rate of 3.31% per year.
- Ivory Coast is projected to reach 104M people in 2100.
- Ivory Coast is ranked 50/197 by population and was ranked 55th in 2005.
Ivory Coast population clock
Ivory Coast
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World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
33340347
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 50/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.4% | N/A |
| One net population change |
41 seconds
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
31.6 seconds
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
2.2 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +2,106 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +768,576 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.47% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 30/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
1.12 hours
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | +7,838 | N/A |
Ivory Coast population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 3,673,666 | - |
| 1961 | 3,810,151 | 3.72% |
| 1962 | 3,956,939 | 3.85% |
| 1963 | 4,112,061 | 3.92% |
| 1964 | 4,273,952 | 3.94% |
| 1965 | 4,442,377 | 3.94% |
| 1966 | 4,617,519 | 3.94% |
| 1967 | 4,799,744 | 3.95% |
| 1968 | 4,990,021 | 3.96% |
| 1969 | 5,192,221 | 4.05% |
| 1970 | 5,411,567 | 4.22% |
| 1971 | 5,650,868 | 4.42% |
| 1972 | 5,909,716 | 4.58% |
| 1973 | 6,184,944 | 4.66% |
| 1974 | 6,474,057 | 4.67% |
| 1975 | 6,776,297 | 4.67% |
| 1976 | 7,057,958 | 4.16% |
| 1977 | 7,321,950 | 3.74% |
| 1978 | 7,603,130 | 3.84% |
| 1979 | 7,902,267 | 3.93% |
| 1980 | 8,220,714 | 4.03% |
| 1981 | 8,556,596 | 4.09% |
| 1982 | 8,907,936 | 4.11% |
| 1983 | 9,272,744 | 4.1% |
| 1984 | 9,650,516 | 4.07% |
| 1985 | 10,040,483 | 4.04% |
| 1986 | 10,440,917 | 3.99% |
| 1987 | 10,851,475 | 3.93% |
| 1988 | 11,275,189 | 3.9% |
| 1989 | 11,719,771 | 3.94% |
| 1990 | 12,189,778 | 4.01% |
| 1991 | 12,683,870 | 4.05% |
| 1992 | 13,200,310 | 4.07% |
| 1993 | 13,735,951 | 4.06% |
| 1994 | 14,287,201 | 4.01% |
| 1995 | 14,855,565 | 3.98% |
| 1996 | 15,442,312 | 3.95% |
| 1997 | 16,047,170 | 3.92% |
| 1998 | 16,663,948 | 3.84% |
| 1999 | 17,215,935 | 3.31% |
| 2000 | 17,699,004 | 2.81% |
| 2001 | 18,178,913 | 2.71% |
| 2002 | 18,654,771 | 2.62% |
| 2003 | 19,125,542 | 2.52% |
| 2004 | 19,595,000 | 2.45% |
| 2005 | 20,068,458 | 2.42% |
| 2006 | 20,546,802 | 2.38% |
| 2007 | 21,030,558 | 2.35% |
| 2008 | 21,514,439 | 2.3% |
| 2009 | 21,997,940 | 2.25% |
| 2010 | 22,488,065 | 2.23% |
| 2011 | 22,982,000 | 2.2% |
| 2012 | 23,467,078 | 2.11% |
| 2013 | 23,939,775 | 2.01% |
| 2014 | 24,527,395 | 2.45% |
| 2015 | 25,246,342 | 2.93% |
| 2016 | 25,989,405 | 2.94% |
| 2017 | 26,733,372 | 2.86% |
| 2018 | 27,464,173 | 2.73% |
| 2019 | 28,193,009 | 2.65% |
| 2020 | 28,915,449 | 2.56% |
| 2021 | 29,639,736 | 2.5% |
| 2022 | 30,395,002 | 2.55% |
| 2023 | 31,165,654 | 2.54% |
| 2024 | 31,934,230 | 2.47% |
| 2025 | 32,711,547 | 2.43% |
| 2026 | 33,494,340 | 2.39% |
| 2027 | 34,281,129 | 2.35% |
| 2028 | 35,077,094 | 2.32% |
| 2029 | 35,883,465 | 2.3% |
| 2030 | 36,699,008 | 2.27% |
| 2031 | 37,529,369 | 2.26% |
| 2032 | 38,376,612 | 2.26% |
| 2033 | 39,244,388 | 2.26% |
| 2034 | 40,132,807 | 2.26% |
| 2035 | 41,033,849 | 2.25% |
| 2036 | 41,948,468 | 2.23% |
| 2037 | 42,880,003 | 2.22% |
| 2038 | 43,824,363 | 2.2% |
| 2039 | 44,778,750 | 2.18% |
| 2040 | 45,743,921 | 2.16% |
| 2041 | 46,717,434 | 2.13% |
| 2042 | 47,702,165 | 2.11% |
| 2043 | 48,700,670 | 2.09% |
| 2044 | 49,709,049 | 2.07% |
| 2045 | 50,716,074 | 2.03% |
| 2046 | 51,718,057 | 1.98% |
| 2047 | 52,721,465 | 1.94% |
| 2048 | 53,730,594 | 1.91% |
| 2049 | 54,739,405 | 1.88% |
| 2050 | 55,746,988 | 1.84% |
Ivory Coast has a population of 33.3M as of 2025, compared to 25.2M in 2015, 20.1M in 2005, and 14.9M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 3.21% per year. Ivory Coast is ranked 28th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Ivory Coast will have 50,716,074 people (52.1% growth) with a rank change from 50th to 37th.
By the year 2100, Ivory Coast's population is projected to grow by 212.1% to 104M people.
Largest cities by population
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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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Ivory Coast population statistics
|
Ivory Coast
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 62.3 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 23.6 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 19.3 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.9:49.1 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 4.28 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 260.1 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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