The latest officially reported population of Ivory Coast was 31,934,230 in 2024 vs 14,256,567 people in Rwanda in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Ivory Coast's population is 33,340,347 people compared to 14,826,674 in Rwanda.
Population statistics:
- Ivory Coast's population is 2.25 times bigger than Rwanda's.
- Ivory Coast is ranked the 50th most populous country in the world, while Rwanda is the 77th.
- The countries together account for 0.58% of the world: 0.4% for Ivory Coast vs 0.18% for Rwanda.
- For the last 10 years, Ivory Coast has had an average growth rate of +2.65% per year vs +2.31% in Rwanda.
- Since 2005, the population of Ivory Coast has increased from 20.1M people to 33.3M (66.1% growth), while Rwanda has grown from 9.05M to 14.8M (63.7% growth).
- Ivory Coast is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 104M people compared to the peak of 32.8M people in 2100 for Rwanda.
Ivory Coast vs Rwanda: live population counter
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| Current population |
33340347
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14826674
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| Population rank | 50/197 | 77/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.4% | 0.18% |
| One net population change |
41 seconds
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1.74 minutes
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| One birth every |
31.6 seconds
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1.33 minutes
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| One death every |
2.2 minutes
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6.35 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.12 hours
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33.7 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +7,838 | -15,582 |
| Daily growth/decline | +2,106 | +828 |
| Annual growth/decline | +768,576 | +302,096 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.47% | +2.16% |
| Population growth rate rank | 30/197 | 47/197 |
Ivory Coast and Rwanda: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,673,666 | 3,022,294 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,810,151 | 3,106,779 | 3.72% | 2.8% |
| 1962 | 3,956,939 | 3,186,025 | 3.85% | 2.55% |
| 1963 | 4,112,061 | 3,258,890 | 3.92% | 2.29% |
| 1964 | 4,273,952 | 3,334,834 | 3.94% | 2.33% |
| 1965 | 4,442,377 | 3,423,210 | 3.94% | 2.65% |
| 1966 | 4,617,519 | 3,521,626 | 3.94% | 2.87% |
| 1967 | 4,799,744 | 3,629,577 | 3.95% | 3.07% |
| 1968 | 4,990,021 | 3,744,010 | 3.96% | 3.15% |
| 1969 | 5,192,221 | 3,861,271 | 4.05% | 3.13% |
| 1970 | 5,411,567 | 3,980,669 | 4.22% | 3.09% |
| 1971 | 5,650,868 | 4,100,044 | 4.42% | 3% |
| 1972 | 5,909,716 | 4,220,335 | 4.58% | 2.93% |
| 1973 | 6,184,944 | 4,345,047 | 4.66% | 2.96% |
| 1974 | 6,474,057 | 4,474,228 | 4.67% | 2.97% |
| 1975 | 6,776,297 | 4,607,728 | 4.67% | 2.98% |
| 1976 | 7,057,958 | 4,745,954 | 4.16% | 3% |
| 1977 | 7,321,950 | 4,888,240 | 3.74% | 3% |
| 1978 | 7,603,130 | 5,035,171 | 3.84% | 3.01% |
| 1979 | 7,902,267 | 5,189,541 | 3.93% | 3.07% |
| 1980 | 8,220,714 | 5,353,259 | 4.03% | 3.15% |
| 1981 | 8,556,596 | 5,527,230 | 4.09% | 3.25% |
| 1982 | 8,907,936 | 5,711,549 | 4.11% | 3.33% |
| 1983 | 9,272,744 | 5,905,311 | 4.1% | 3.39% |
| 1984 | 9,650,516 | 6,107,627 | 4.07% | 3.43% |
| 1985 | 10,040,483 | 6,317,228 | 4.04% | 3.43% |
| 1986 | 10,440,917 | 6,531,881 | 3.99% | 3.4% |
| 1987 | 10,851,475 | 6,749,493 | 3.93% | 3.33% |
| 1988 | 11,275,189 | 6,968,071 | 3.9% | 3.24% |
| 1989 | 11,719,771 | 7,184,706 | 3.94% | 3.11% |
| 1990 | 12,189,778 | 7,375,307 | 4.01% | 2.65% |
| 1991 | 12,683,870 | 7,526,966 | 4.05% | 2.06% |
| 1992 | 13,200,310 | 7,683,266 | 4.07% | 2.08% |
| 1993 | 13,735,951 | 7,981,132 | 4.06% | 3.88% |
| 1994 | 14,287,201 | 6,792,352 | 4.01% | -14.9% |
| 1995 | 14,855,565 | 5,674,118 | 3.98% | -16.5% |
| 1996 | 15,442,312 | 6,708,764 | 3.95% | 18.2% |
| 1997 | 16,047,170 | 7,755,238 | 3.92% | 15.6% |
| 1998 | 16,663,948 | 8,081,681 | 3.84% | 4.21% |
| 1999 | 17,215,935 | 8,147,912 | 3.31% | 0.82% |
| 2000 | 17,699,004 | 8,213,931 | 2.81% | 0.81% |
| 2001 | 18,178,913 | 8,287,094 | 2.71% | 0.89% |
| 2002 | 18,654,771 | 8,400,180 | 2.62% | 1.36% |
| 2003 | 19,125,542 | 8,586,875 | 2.52% | 2.22% |
| 2004 | 19,595,000 | 8,816,844 | 2.45% | 2.68% |
| 2005 | 20,068,458 | 9,054,528 | 2.42% | 2.7% |
| 2006 | 20,546,802 | 9,299,246 | 2.38% | 2.7% |
| 2007 | 21,030,558 | 9,549,933 | 2.35% | 2.7% |
| 2008 | 21,514,439 | 9,804,269 | 2.3% | 2.66% |
| 2009 | 21,997,940 | 10,060,432 | 2.25% | 2.61% |
| 2010 | 22,488,065 | 10,317,553 | 2.23% | 2.56% |
| 2011 | 22,982,000 | 10,573,733 | 2.2% | 2.48% |
| 2012 | 23,467,078 | 10,829,901 | 2.11% | 2.42% |
| 2013 | 23,939,775 | 11,093,340 | 2.01% | 2.43% |
| 2014 | 24,527,395 | 11,364,757 | 2.45% | 2.45% |
| 2015 | 25,246,342 | 11,640,022 | 2.93% | 2.42% |
| 2016 | 25,989,405 | 11,919,183 | 2.94% | 2.4% |
| 2017 | 26,733,372 | 12,202,060 | 2.86% | 2.37% |
| 2018 | 27,464,173 | 12,487,996 | 2.73% | 2.34% |
| 2019 | 28,193,009 | 12,776,103 | 2.65% | 2.31% |
| 2020 | 28,915,449 | 13,065,837 | 2.56% | 2.27% |
| 2021 | 29,639,736 | 13,355,260 | 2.5% | 2.22% |
| 2022 | 30,395,002 | 13,651,030 | 2.55% | 2.21% |
| 2023 | 31,165,654 | 13,954,471 | 2.54% | 2.22% |
| 2024 | 31,934,230 | 14,256,567 | 2.47% | 2.16% |
| 2025 | 32,711,547 | 14,569,343 | 2.43% | 2.19% |
| 2026 | 33,494,340 | 14,889,694 | 2.39% | 2.2% |
| 2027 | 34,281,129 | 15,214,324 | 2.35% | 2.18% |
| 2028 | 35,077,094 | 15,536,461 | 2.32% | 2.12% |
| 2029 | 35,883,465 | 15,844,649 | 2.3% | 1.98% |
| 2030 | 36,699,008 | 16,154,698 | 2.27% | 1.96% |
| 2031 | 37,529,369 | 16,473,106 | 2.26% | 1.97% |
| 2032 | 38,376,612 | 16,771,820 | 2.26% | 1.81% |
| 2033 | 39,244,388 | 17,073,475 | 2.26% | 1.8% |
| 2034 | 40,132,807 | 17,402,250 | 2.26% | 1.93% |
| 2035 | 41,033,849 | 17,746,315 | 2.25% | 1.98% |
| 2036 | 41,948,468 | 18,076,769 | 2.23% | 1.86% |
| 2037 | 42,880,003 | 18,395,838 | 2.22% | 1.77% |
| 2038 | 43,824,363 | 18,729,778 | 2.2% | 1.82% |
| 2039 | 44,778,750 | 19,076,783 | 2.18% | 1.85% |
| 2040 | 45,743,921 | 19,440,762 | 2.16% | 1.91% |
| 2041 | 46,717,434 | 19,806,170 | 2.13% | 1.88% |
| 2042 | 47,702,165 | 20,153,979 | 2.11% | 1.76% |
| 2043 | 48,700,670 | 20,500,826 | 2.09% | 1.72% |
| 2044 | 49,709,049 | 20,837,079 | 2.07% | 1.64% |
| 2045 | 50,716,074 | 21,152,650 | 2.03% | 1.51% |
| 2046 | 51,718,057 | 21,459,144 | 1.98% | 1.45% |
| 2047 | 52,721,465 | 21,764,578 | 1.94% | 1.42% |
| 2048 | 53,730,594 | 22,086,112 | 1.91% | 1.48% |
| 2049 | 54,739,405 | 22,403,887 | 1.88% | 1.44% |
| 2050 | 55,746,988 | 22,707,896 | 1.84% | 1.36% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ivory Coast increased by 5,177,884 people (a 25.8% growth), while Rwanda gained 2,585,494 people (a 28.6% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ivory Coast gained 8,094,005 (a 32.1% growth), while Rwanda's population increased by 3,186,652 (a 27.4% growth).
Ivory Coast was ranked 55th most populous country in 2005 and is 50th in 2025. Rwanda was ranked 87th in 2005 and ranked 77th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Ivory Coast's population will grow by 67.2% to 55,746,988 people with a rank change from 50th to 36th. The population of Rwanda will increase by 53.2% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.
Biggest cities by population
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| 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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Population differences between Ivory Coast and Rwanda
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| Life expectancy | 62.3 years | 68.2 years |
| Average age | 23.6 years | 24.9 years |
| Median age | 19.3 years | 20.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.9:49.1 | 48.8:51.2 |
| Fertility rate | 4.28 births per woman | 3.7 births per woman |
| Population density | 260.1 ppl/mi² | 1,497 ppl/mi² |
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