The latest officially reported population of Ivory Coast was 31,934,230 in 2024 vs 21,916,000 people in Sri Lanka in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Ivory Coast's population is 33,340,347 people compared to 22,125,995 in Sri Lanka.
Population statistics:
- Ivory Coast's population is 1.51 times bigger than Sri Lanka's.
- Ivory Coast is ranked the 50th most populous country in the world, while Sri Lanka is the 63rd.
- The countries together account for 0.67% of the world: 0.4% for Ivory Coast vs 0.27% for Sri Lanka.
- For the last 10 years, Ivory Coast has had an average growth rate of +2.65% per year vs +0.57% in Sri Lanka.
- Since 2005, the population of Ivory Coast has increased from 20.1M people to 33.3M (66.1% growth), while Sri Lanka has grown from 20.2M to 22.1M (9.45% growth).
- Ivory Coast is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 104M people compared to the peak of 23.5M people in 2051 for Sri Lanka.
Ivory Coast vs Sri Lanka: live population counter
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| Current population |
33340347
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22125995
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| Population rank | 50/197 | 63/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.4% | 0.27% |
| One net population change |
41 seconds
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4.34 minutes
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| One birth every |
31.6 seconds
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2.13 minutes
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| One death every |
2.2 minutes
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2.91 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.12 hours
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19.3 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +7,838 | -27,245 |
| Daily growth/decline | +2,106 | -332 |
| Annual growth/decline | +768,576 | -121,000 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.47% | -0.55% |
| Population growth rate rank | 30/197 | 187/197 |
Ivory Coast and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,673,666 | 9,661,389 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,810,151 | 9,899,372 | 3.72% | 2.46% |
| 1962 | 3,956,939 | 10,143,754 | 3.85% | 2.47% |
| 1963 | 4,112,061 | 10,395,040 | 3.92% | 2.48% |
| 1964 | 4,273,952 | 10,653,397 | 3.94% | 2.49% |
| 1965 | 4,442,377 | 10,916,965 | 3.94% | 2.47% |
| 1966 | 4,617,519 | 11,183,928 | 3.94% | 2.45% |
| 1967 | 4,799,744 | 11,457,328 | 3.95% | 2.44% |
| 1968 | 4,990,021 | 11,736,088 | 3.96% | 2.43% |
| 1969 | 5,192,221 | 12,013,858 | 4.05% | 2.37% |
| 1970 | 5,411,567 | 12,287,110 | 4.22% | 2.27% |
| 1971 | 5,650,868 | 12,551,910 | 4.42% | 2.16% |
| 1972 | 5,909,716 | 12,809,205 | 4.58% | 2.05% |
| 1973 | 6,184,944 | 13,060,916 | 4.66% | 1.97% |
| 1974 | 6,474,057 | 13,305,693 | 4.67% | 1.87% |
| 1975 | 6,776,297 | 13,548,984 | 4.67% | 1.83% |
| 1976 | 7,057,958 | 13,796,770 | 4.16% | 1.83% |
| 1977 | 7,321,950 | 14,049,371 | 3.74% | 1.83% |
| 1978 | 7,603,130 | 14,310,128 | 3.84% | 1.86% |
| 1979 | 7,902,267 | 14,579,614 | 3.93% | 1.88% |
| 1980 | 8,220,714 | 14,847,974 | 4.03% | 1.84% |
| 1981 | 8,556,596 | 15,099,414 | 4.09% | 1.69% |
| 1982 | 8,907,936 | 15,286,567 | 4.11% | 1.24% |
| 1983 | 9,272,744 | 15,388,794 | 4.1% | 0.67% |
| 1984 | 9,650,516 | 15,441,860 | 4.07% | 0.34% |
| 1985 | 10,040,483 | 15,544,154 | 4.04% | 0.66% |
| 1986 | 10,440,917 | 15,731,256 | 3.99% | 1.2% |
| 1987 | 10,851,475 | 15,916,576 | 3.93% | 1.18% |
| 1988 | 11,275,189 | 16,078,621 | 3.9% | 1.02% |
| 1989 | 11,719,771 | 16,248,557 | 3.94% | 1.06% |
| 1990 | 12,189,778 | 16,352,458 | 4.01% | 0.64% |
| 1991 | 12,683,870 | 16,475,354 | 4.05% | 0.75% |
| 1992 | 13,200,310 | 16,739,284 | 4.07% | 1.6% |
| 1993 | 13,735,951 | 17,025,918 | 4.06% | 1.71% |
| 1994 | 14,287,201 | 17,275,773 | 4.01% | 1.47% |
| 1995 | 14,855,565 | 17,564,068 | 3.98% | 1.67% |
| 1996 | 15,442,312 | 17,905,018 | 3.95% | 1.94% |
| 1997 | 16,047,170 | 18,248,200 | 3.92% | 1.92% |
| 1998 | 16,663,948 | 18,596,003 | 3.84% | 1.91% |
| 1999 | 17,215,935 | 18,944,731 | 3.31% | 1.88% |
| 2000 | 17,699,004 | 19,293,054 | 2.81% | 1.84% |
| 2001 | 18,178,913 | 19,600,362 | 2.71% | 1.59% |
| 2002 | 18,654,771 | 19,805,752 | 2.62% | 1.05% |
| 2003 | 19,125,542 | 19,951,521 | 2.52% | 0.74% |
| 2004 | 19,595,000 | 20,087,605 | 2.45% | 0.68% |
| 2005 | 20,068,458 | 20,216,524 | 2.42% | 0.64% |
| 2006 | 20,546,802 | 20,352,411 | 2.38% | 0.67% |
| 2007 | 21,030,558 | 20,492,545 | 2.35% | 0.69% |
| 2008 | 21,514,439 | 20,629,378 | 2.3% | 0.67% |
| 2009 | 21,997,940 | 20,756,435 | 2.25% | 0.62% |
| 2010 | 22,488,065 | 20,879,089 | 2.23% | 0.59% |
| 2011 | 22,982,000 | 21,009,048 | 2.2% | 0.62% |
| 2012 | 23,467,078 | 21,169,458 | 2.11% | 0.76% |
| 2013 | 23,939,775 | 20,585,000 | 2.01% | -2.76% |
| 2014 | 24,527,395 | 20,778,000 | 2.45% | 0.94% |
| 2015 | 25,246,342 | 20,970,000 | 2.93% | 0.92% |
| 2016 | 25,989,405 | 21,209,000 | 2.94% | 1.14% |
| 2017 | 26,733,372 | 21,453,000 | 2.86% | 1.15% |
| 2018 | 27,464,173 | 21,670,000 | 2.73% | 1.01% |
| 2019 | 28,193,009 | 21,803,000 | 2.65% | 0.61% |
| 2020 | 28,915,449 | 21,919,000 | 2.56% | 0.53% |
| 2021 | 29,639,736 | 22,156,000 | 2.5% | 1.08% |
| 2022 | 30,395,002 | 22,181,000 | 2.55% | 0.11% |
| 2023 | 31,165,654 | 22,037,000 | 2.54% | -0.65% |
| 2024 | 31,934,230 | 21,916,000 | 2.47% | -0.55% |
| 2025 | 32,711,547 | 22,035,440 | 2.43% | 0.54% |
| 2026 | 33,494,340 | 22,148,172 | 2.39% | 0.51% |
| 2027 | 34,281,129 | 22,255,601 | 2.35% | 0.49% |
| 2028 | 35,077,094 | 22,357,682 | 2.32% | 0.46% |
| 2029 | 35,883,465 | 22,453,922 | 2.3% | 0.43% |
| 2030 | 36,699,008 | 22,546,245 | 2.27% | 0.41% |
| 2031 | 37,529,369 | 22,635,106 | 2.26% | 0.39% |
| 2032 | 38,376,612 | 22,720,118 | 2.26% | 0.38% |
| 2033 | 39,244,388 | 22,802,043 | 2.26% | 0.36% |
| 2034 | 40,132,807 | 22,879,527 | 2.26% | 0.34% |
| 2035 | 41,033,849 | 22,952,739 | 2.25% | 0.32% |
| 2036 | 41,948,468 | 23,022,027 | 2.23% | 0.3% |
| 2037 | 42,880,003 | 23,088,877 | 2.22% | 0.29% |
| 2038 | 43,824,363 | 23,152,480 | 2.2% | 0.28% |
| 2039 | 44,778,750 | 23,211,633 | 2.18% | 0.26% |
| 2040 | 45,743,921 | 23,265,986 | 2.16% | 0.23% |
| 2041 | 46,717,434 | 23,315,260 | 2.13% | 0.21% |
| 2042 | 47,702,165 | 23,359,578 | 2.11% | 0.19% |
| 2043 | 48,700,670 | 23,398,752 | 2.09% | 0.17% |
| 2044 | 49,709,049 | 23,433,096 | 2.07% | 0.15% |
| 2045 | 50,716,074 | 23,464,943 | 2.03% | 0.14% |
| 2046 | 51,718,057 | 23,492,738 | 1.98% | 0.12% |
| 2047 | 52,721,465 | 23,512,629 | 1.94% | 0.08% |
| 2048 | 53,730,594 | 23,525,953 | 1.91% | 0.06% |
| 2049 | 54,739,405 | 23,533,940 | 1.88% | 0.03% |
| 2050 | 55,746,988 | 23,538,230 | 1.84% | 0.02% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ivory Coast increased by 5,177,884 people (a 25.8% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ivory Coast gained 8,094,005 (a 32.1% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).
Ivory Coast was ranked 55th most populous country in 2005 and is 50th in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.
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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| City | Population |
| Colombo | 753K |
| Gampaha | 191K |
| Beruwala | 165K |
| Negombo | 142K |
| Kandy | 120K |
| Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte | 116K |
| Trincomalee | 99.1K |
| Galle | 93.1K |
| Matara | 68.2K |
| Anuradhapura | 63.2K |
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Population differences between Ivory Coast and Sri Lanka
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| Life expectancy | 62.3 years | 77.9 years |
| Average age | 23.6 years | 35.8 years |
| Median age | 19.3 years | 34.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.9:49.1 | 48.4:51.6 |
| Fertility rate | 4.28 births per woman | 1.97 births per woman |
| Population density | 260.1 ppl/mi² | 918 ppl/mi² |
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