The latest officially reported population of Ivory Coast was 31,934,230 in 2024 vs 11,943,408 people in South Sudan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Ivory Coast's population is 33,340,347 people compared to 12,387,398 in South Sudan.
Population statistics:
- Ivory Coast's population is 2.69 times bigger than South Sudan's.
- Ivory Coast is ranked the 50th most populous country in the world, while South Sudan is the 81st.
- The countries together account for 0.55% of the world: 0.4% for Ivory Coast vs 0.15% for South Sudan.
- For the last 10 years, Ivory Coast has had an average growth rate of +2.65% per year vs +0.65% in South Sudan.
- Since 2005, the population of Ivory Coast has increased from 20.1M people to 33.3M (66.1% growth), while South Sudan has grown from 7.59M to 12.4M (63.2% growth).
- Ivory Coast is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 104M people compared to the peak of 23.8M people in 2100 for South Sudan.
Ivory Coast vs South Sudan: live population counter
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| Current population |
33340347
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12387398
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| Population rank | 50/197 | 81/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.4% | 0.15% |
| One net population change |
41 seconds
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1.14 minutes
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| One birth every |
31.6 seconds
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1.6 minutes
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| One death every |
2.2 minutes
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4.76 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.12 hours
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34.2 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +7,838 | +15,374 |
| Daily growth/decline | +2,106 | +1,260 |
| Annual growth/decline | +768,576 | +460,034 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.47% | +4.01% |
| Population growth rate rank | 30/197 | 6/197 |
Ivory Coast and South Sudan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,673,666 | 2,931,559 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,810,151 | 2,976,724 | 3.72% | 1.54% |
| 1962 | 3,956,939 | 3,024,308 | 3.85% | 1.6% |
| 1963 | 4,112,061 | 3,072,669 | 3.92% | 1.6% |
| 1964 | 4,273,952 | 3,129,918 | 3.94% | 1.86% |
| 1965 | 4,442,377 | 3,189,835 | 3.94% | 1.91% |
| 1966 | 4,617,519 | 3,236,423 | 3.94% | 1.46% |
| 1967 | 4,799,744 | 3,277,648 | 3.95% | 1.27% |
| 1968 | 4,990,021 | 3,321,528 | 3.96% | 1.34% |
| 1969 | 5,192,221 | 3,365,533 | 4.05% | 1.32% |
| 1970 | 5,411,567 | 3,409,614 | 4.22% | 1.31% |
| 1971 | 5,650,868 | 3,468,646 | 4.42% | 1.73% |
| 1972 | 5,909,716 | 3,542,497 | 4.58% | 2.13% |
| 1973 | 6,184,944 | 3,627,383 | 4.66% | 2.4% |
| 1974 | 6,474,057 | 3,723,259 | 4.67% | 2.64% |
| 1975 | 6,776,297 | 3,821,494 | 4.67% | 2.64% |
| 1976 | 7,057,958 | 3,921,910 | 4.16% | 2.63% |
| 1977 | 7,321,950 | 4,024,032 | 3.74% | 2.6% |
| 1978 | 7,603,130 | 4,127,657 | 3.84% | 2.58% |
| 1979 | 7,902,267 | 4,232,605 | 3.93% | 2.54% |
| 1980 | 8,220,714 | 4,339,030 | 4.03% | 2.51% |
| 1981 | 8,556,596 | 4,447,272 | 4.09% | 2.49% |
| 1982 | 8,907,936 | 4,557,686 | 4.11% | 2.48% |
| 1983 | 9,272,744 | 4,661,574 | 4.1% | 2.28% |
| 1984 | 9,650,516 | 4,750,627 | 4.07% | 1.91% |
| 1985 | 10,040,483 | 4,834,296 | 4.04% | 1.76% |
| 1986 | 10,440,917 | 4,921,240 | 3.99% | 1.8% |
| 1987 | 10,851,475 | 4,962,395 | 3.93% | 0.84% |
| 1988 | 11,275,189 | 4,848,029 | 3.9% | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 11,719,771 | 4,713,229 | 3.94% | -2.78% |
| 1990 | 12,189,778 | 4,737,633 | 4.01% | 0.52% |
| 1991 | 12,683,870 | 4,836,677 | 4.05% | 2.09% |
| 1992 | 13,200,310 | 4,909,749 | 4.07% | 1.51% |
| 1993 | 13,735,951 | 4,956,002 | 4.06% | 0.94% |
| 1994 | 14,287,201 | 5,071,184 | 4.01% | 2.32% |
| 1995 | 14,855,565 | 5,225,836 | 3.98% | 3.05% |
| 1996 | 15,442,312 | 5,356,925 | 3.95% | 2.51% |
| 1997 | 16,047,170 | 5,509,136 | 3.92% | 2.84% |
| 1998 | 16,663,948 | 5,620,068 | 3.84% | 2.01% |
| 1999 | 17,215,935 | 5,771,628 | 3.31% | 2.7% |
| 2000 | 17,699,004 | 6,032,267 | 2.81% | 4.52% |
| 2001 | 18,178,913 | 6,308,391 | 2.71% | 4.58% |
| 2002 | 18,654,771 | 6,596,806 | 2.62% | 4.57% |
| 2003 | 19,125,542 | 6,903,127 | 2.52% | 4.64% |
| 2004 | 19,595,000 | 7,233,041 | 2.45% | 4.78% |
| 2005 | 20,068,458 | 7,590,143 | 2.42% | 4.94% |
| 2006 | 20,546,802 | 7,976,526 | 2.38% | 5.09% |
| 2007 | 21,030,558 | 8,388,788 | 2.35% | 5.17% |
| 2008 | 21,514,439 | 8,817,647 | 2.3% | 5.11% |
| 2009 | 21,997,940 | 9,243,556 | 2.25% | 4.83% |
| 2010 | 22,488,065 | 9,745,953 | 2.23% | 5.44% |
| 2011 | 22,982,000 | 10,288,109 | 2.2% | 5.56% |
| 2012 | 23,467,078 | 10,756,240 | 2.11% | 4.55% |
| 2013 | 23,939,775 | 11,166,275 | 2.01% | 3.81% |
| 2014 | 24,527,395 | 11,235,073 | 2.45% | 0.62% |
| 2015 | 25,246,342 | 11,107,561 | 2.93% | -1.13% |
| 2016 | 25,989,405 | 10,830,102 | 2.94% | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 26,733,372 | 10,259,154 | 2.86% | -5.27% |
| 2018 | 27,464,173 | 10,122,977 | 2.73% | -1.33% |
| 2019 | 28,193,009 | 10,423,384 | 2.65% | 2.97% |
| 2020 | 28,915,449 | 10,698,467 | 2.56% | 2.64% |
| 2021 | 29,639,736 | 10,865,780 | 2.5% | 1.56% |
| 2022 | 30,395,002 | 11,021,177 | 2.55% | 1.43% |
| 2023 | 31,165,654 | 11,483,374 | 2.54% | 4.19% |
| 2024 | 31,934,230 | 11,943,408 | 2.47% | 4.01% |
| 2025 | 32,711,547 | 12,188,793 | 2.43% | 2.05% |
| 2026 | 33,494,340 | 12,436,036 | 2.39% | 2.03% |
| 2027 | 34,281,129 | 12,687,301 | 2.35% | 2.02% |
| 2028 | 35,077,094 | 12,941,503 | 2.32% | 2% |
| 2029 | 35,883,465 | 13,198,080 | 2.3% | 1.98% |
| 2030 | 36,699,008 | 13,457,446 | 2.27% | 1.97% |
| 2031 | 37,529,369 | 13,725,413 | 2.26% | 1.99% |
| 2032 | 38,376,612 | 13,996,343 | 2.26% | 1.97% |
| 2033 | 39,244,388 | 14,261,762 | 2.26% | 1.9% |
| 2034 | 40,132,807 | 14,527,550 | 2.26% | 1.86% |
| 2035 | 41,033,849 | 14,798,602 | 2.25% | 1.87% |
| 2036 | 41,948,468 | 15,070,098 | 2.23% | 1.83% |
| 2037 | 42,880,003 | 15,335,700 | 2.22% | 1.76% |
| 2038 | 43,824,363 | 15,595,968 | 2.2% | 1.7% |
| 2039 | 44,778,750 | 15,850,696 | 2.18% | 1.63% |
| 2040 | 45,743,921 | 16,101,470 | 2.16% | 1.58% |
| 2041 | 46,717,434 | 16,350,149 | 2.13% | 1.54% |
| 2042 | 47,702,165 | 16,593,361 | 2.11% | 1.49% |
| 2043 | 48,700,670 | 16,829,209 | 2.09% | 1.42% |
| 2044 | 49,709,049 | 17,060,176 | 2.07% | 1.37% |
| 2045 | 50,716,074 | 17,286,412 | 2.03% | 1.33% |
| 2046 | 51,718,057 | 17,509,693 | 1.98% | 1.29% |
| 2047 | 52,721,465 | 17,728,331 | 1.94% | 1.25% |
| 2048 | 53,730,594 | 17,938,437 | 1.91% | 1.19% |
| 2049 | 54,739,405 | 18,142,893 | 1.88% | 1.14% |
| 2050 | 55,746,988 | 18,341,968 | 1.84% | 1.1% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ivory Coast increased by 5,177,884 people (a 25.8% growth), while South Sudan gained 3,517,418 people (a 46.3% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ivory Coast gained 8,094,005 (a 32.1% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,279,837 (a 11.5% growth).
Ivory Coast was ranked 55th most populous country in 2005 and is 50th in 2025. South Sudan was ranked 93rd in 2005 and ranked 81st 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 South Sudan will increase by 48.1% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 81st to 78th.
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 South Sudan
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| Life expectancy | 62.3 years | 57.9 years |
| Average age | 23.6 years | 24.3 years |
| Median age | 19.3 years | 19.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.9:49.1 | 49.2:50.8 |
| Fertility rate | 4.28 births per woman | 3.86 births per woman |
| Population density | 260.1 ppl/mi² | 49 ppl/mi² |
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