The latest officially reported population of Ivory Coast was 31,934,230 in 2024 vs 16,634,373 people in Zimbabwe in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Ivory Coast's population is 33,340,347 people compared to 17,210,092 in Zimbabwe.
Population statistics:
- Ivory Coast's population is 1.94 times bigger than Zimbabwe's.
- Ivory Coast is ranked the 50th most populous country in the world, while Zimbabwe is the 74th.
- The countries together account for 0.61% of the world: 0.4% for Ivory Coast vs 0.21% for Zimbabwe.
- For the last 10 years, Ivory Coast has had an average growth rate of +2.65% per year vs +1.57% in Zimbabwe.
- Since 2005, the population of Ivory Coast has increased from 20.1M people to 33.3M (66.1% growth), while Zimbabwe has grown from 12.5M to 17.2M (37.9% growth).
- Ivory Coast is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 104M people compared to the peak of 37.2M people in 2100 for Zimbabwe.
Ivory Coast vs Zimbabwe: live population counter
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| Current population |
33340347
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17210092
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| Population rank | 50/197 | 74/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.4% | 0.21% |
| One net population change |
41 seconds
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1.79 minutes
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| One birth every |
31.6 seconds
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1.06 minutes
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| One death every |
2.2 minutes
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4.22 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.12 hours
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8.68 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +7,838 | -60,528 |
| Daily growth/decline | +2,106 | +804 |
| Annual growth/decline | +768,576 | +293,551 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.47% | +1.8% |
| Population growth rate rank | 30/197 | 62/197 |
Ivory Coast and Zimbabwe: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,673,666 | 3,809,389 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,810,151 | 3,930,401 | 3.72% | 3.18% |
| 1962 | 3,956,939 | 4,055,959 | 3.85% | 3.19% |
| 1963 | 4,112,061 | 4,185,877 | 3.92% | 3.2% |
| 1964 | 4,273,952 | 4,320,006 | 3.94% | 3.2% |
| 1965 | 4,442,377 | 4,458,462 | 3.94% | 3.2% |
| 1966 | 4,617,519 | 4,601,217 | 3.94% | 3.2% |
| 1967 | 4,799,744 | 4,748,307 | 3.95% | 3.2% |
| 1968 | 4,990,021 | 4,900,440 | 3.96% | 3.2% |
| 1969 | 5,192,221 | 5,058,181 | 4.05% | 3.22% |
| 1970 | 5,411,567 | 5,215,918 | 4.22% | 3.12% |
| 1971 | 5,650,868 | 5,374,712 | 4.42% | 3.04% |
| 1972 | 5,909,716 | 5,542,445 | 4.58% | 3.12% |
| 1973 | 6,184,944 | 5,720,404 | 4.66% | 3.21% |
| 1974 | 6,474,057 | 5,908,328 | 4.67% | 3.29% |
| 1975 | 6,776,297 | 6,098,658 | 4.67% | 3.22% |
| 1976 | 7,057,958 | 6,287,105 | 4.16% | 3.09% |
| 1977 | 7,321,950 | 6,449,512 | 3.74% | 2.58% |
| 1978 | 7,603,130 | 6,543,575 | 3.84% | 1.46% |
| 1979 | 7,902,267 | 6,647,556 | 3.93% | 1.59% |
| 1980 | 8,220,714 | 7,041,303 | 4.03% | 5.92% |
| 1981 | 8,556,596 | 7,498,635 | 4.09% | 6.49% |
| 1982 | 8,907,936 | 7,796,496 | 4.11% | 3.97% |
| 1983 | 9,272,744 | 8,098,404 | 4.1% | 3.87% |
| 1984 | 9,650,516 | 8,391,488 | 4.07% | 3.62% |
| 1985 | 10,040,483 | 8,686,813 | 4.04% | 3.52% |
| 1986 | 10,440,917 | 8,982,578 | 3.99% | 3.4% |
| 1987 | 10,851,475 | 9,284,644 | 3.93% | 3.36% |
| 1988 | 11,275,189 | 9,583,094 | 3.9% | 3.21% |
| 1989 | 11,719,771 | 9,864,798 | 3.94% | 2.94% |
| 1990 | 12,189,778 | 10,137,281 | 4.01% | 2.76% |
| 1991 | 12,683,870 | 10,404,816 | 4.05% | 2.64% |
| 1992 | 13,200,310 | 10,702,700 | 4.07% | 2.86% |
| 1993 | 13,735,951 | 10,860,288 | 4.06% | 1.47% |
| 1994 | 14,287,201 | 10,873,148 | 4.01% | 0.12% |
| 1995 | 14,855,565 | 10,974,599 | 3.98% | 0.93% |
| 1996 | 15,442,312 | 11,158,360 | 3.95% | 1.67% |
| 1997 | 16,047,170 | 11,369,827 | 3.92% | 1.9% |
| 1998 | 16,663,948 | 11,594,297 | 3.84% | 1.97% |
| 1999 | 17,215,935 | 11,783,458 | 3.31% | 1.63% |
| 2000 | 17,699,004 | 11,892,055 | 2.81% | 0.92% |
| 2001 | 18,178,913 | 11,971,901 | 2.71% | 0.67% |
| 2002 | 18,654,771 | 12,087,653 | 2.62% | 0.97% |
| 2003 | 19,125,542 | 12,232,323 | 2.52% | 1.2% |
| 2004 | 19,595,000 | 12,365,896 | 2.45% | 1.09% |
| 2005 | 20,068,458 | 12,483,432 | 2.42% | 0.95% |
| 2006 | 20,546,802 | 12,636,445 | 2.38% | 1.23% |
| 2007 | 21,030,558 | 12,804,058 | 2.35% | 1.33% |
| 2008 | 21,514,439 | 12,959,149 | 2.3% | 1.21% |
| 2009 | 21,997,940 | 13,142,790 | 2.25% | 1.42% |
| 2010 | 22,488,065 | 13,356,548 | 2.23% | 1.63% |
| 2011 | 22,982,000 | 13,595,424 | 2.2% | 1.79% |
| 2012 | 23,467,078 | 13,817,887 | 2.11% | 1.64% |
| 2013 | 23,939,775 | 14,013,808 | 2.01% | 1.42% |
| 2014 | 24,527,395 | 14,207,359 | 2.45% | 1.38% |
| 2015 | 25,246,342 | 14,399,013 | 2.93% | 1.35% |
| 2016 | 25,989,405 | 14,600,294 | 2.94% | 1.4% |
| 2017 | 26,733,372 | 14,812,482 | 2.86% | 1.45% |
| 2018 | 27,464,173 | 15,034,452 | 2.73% | 1.5% |
| 2019 | 28,193,009 | 15,271,368 | 2.65% | 1.58% |
| 2020 | 28,915,449 | 15,526,888 | 2.56% | 1.67% |
| 2021 | 29,639,736 | 15,797,210 | 2.5% | 1.74% |
| 2022 | 30,395,002 | 16,069,056 | 2.55% | 1.72% |
| 2023 | 31,165,654 | 16,340,822 | 2.54% | 1.69% |
| 2024 | 31,934,230 | 16,634,373 | 2.47% | 1.8% |
| 2025 | 32,711,547 | 16,950,805 | 2.43% | 1.9% |
| 2026 | 33,494,340 | 17,273,591 | 2.39% | 1.9% |
| 2027 | 34,281,129 | 17,600,621 | 2.35% | 1.89% |
| 2028 | 35,077,094 | 17,932,015 | 2.32% | 1.88% |
| 2029 | 35,883,465 | 18,268,967 | 2.3% | 1.88% |
| 2030 | 36,699,008 | 18,610,356 | 2.27% | 1.87% |
| 2031 | 37,529,369 | 18,956,207 | 2.26% | 1.86% |
| 2032 | 38,376,612 | 19,311,368 | 2.26% | 1.87% |
| 2033 | 39,244,388 | 19,675,929 | 2.26% | 1.89% |
| 2034 | 40,132,807 | 20,041,125 | 2.26% | 1.86% |
| 2035 | 41,033,849 | 20,409,159 | 2.25% | 1.84% |
| 2036 | 41,948,468 | 20,778,662 | 2.23% | 1.81% |
| 2037 | 42,880,003 | 21,144,748 | 2.22% | 1.76% |
| 2038 | 43,824,363 | 21,512,919 | 2.2% | 1.74% |
| 2039 | 44,778,750 | 21,881,123 | 2.18% | 1.71% |
| 2040 | 45,743,921 | 22,250,123 | 2.16% | 1.69% |
| 2041 | 46,717,434 | 22,627,428 | 2.13% | 1.7% |
| 2042 | 47,702,165 | 23,000,906 | 2.11% | 1.65% |
| 2043 | 48,700,670 | 23,371,301 | 2.09% | 1.61% |
| 2044 | 49,709,049 | 23,740,630 | 2.07% | 1.58% |
| 2045 | 50,716,074 | 24,102,391 | 2.03% | 1.52% |
| 2046 | 51,718,057 | 24,462,491 | 1.98% | 1.49% |
| 2047 | 52,721,465 | 24,816,449 | 1.94% | 1.45% |
| 2048 | 53,730,594 | 25,168,419 | 1.91% | 1.42% |
| 2049 | 54,739,405 | 25,518,513 | 1.88% | 1.39% |
| 2050 | 55,746,988 | 25,866,397 | 1.84% | 1.36% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ivory Coast increased by 5,177,884 people (a 25.8% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,915,581 people (a 15.3% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ivory Coast gained 8,094,005 (a 32.1% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,811,079 (a 19.5% growth).
Ivory Coast was ranked 55th most populous country in 2005 and is 50th in 2025. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2005 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 50.3% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.
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 Zimbabwe
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| Life expectancy | 62.3 years | 63.3 years |
| Average age | 23.6 years | 23.6 years |
| Median age | 19.3 years | 19 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.9:49.1 | 47.7:52.3 |
| Fertility rate | 4.28 births per woman | 3.72 births per woman |
| Population density | 260.1 ppl/mi² | 111.4 ppl/mi² |
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