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Côte d’Ivoire population

UN name: Cote d'Ivoire

Côte d’Ivoire population now

33,686,550

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 33.2–34.6 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 31,165,654

Year
2026
projection · medium
Population, mid-2026
33.4943 million
95% range, 31 Dec: 33.2–34.6 million
Median age
19.5
Aged 65+
2.7%
2023 | 2024

male female projection · one cell = 20,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

CIV · 1950–2100 · in brief

Côte d’Ivoire in numbers

The UN counts 31,165,654 people in Côte d’Ivoire in mid-2023, which makes it the 50th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and 0.39% of the world's people. That is 11.4 times its 1950 population of 2.7 million.

In the UN's medium projection it is still growing in 2100, when it reaches 104 million. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 43.0 million to 258 million.

Births outnumber deaths in every year from 1950 to 2100, estimates and projection alike.

The median age was 17.8 in 1950 and 19.1 in 2023; the projection has 31.5 in 2100. 2.6% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 10.2% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is still growing in 2100 in the medium projection.

Among countries it ranks 50th in 2023, 36th in 2050 and 23rd in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Madagascar in 2030, Peru in 2030 and Poland in 2031.

Population, mid-2023
31,165,654
Rank by population, 2023
50 of 236
Share of the world, 2023
0.39%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023
+2.54% · +770,652 people
People per km² of land, 2023
98
Land area, 2023
318,000 km²
Births, 2023
997,001
Deaths, 2023
238,741
Net migration, 2023
+6,002
Children per woman, 2023
4.28
Median age, 2023
19.1 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023
61.9 years
In a city, 2025
38 of every 100
Population, mid-1950
2,735,181
Projected, mid-2050
55,746,985
Projected, mid-2100
104,042,820

CIV · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

estimates | projections050 m100 m150 m200 m250 m300 m1950197520002025205020752100

estimate   projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range   95% range   medium projection. Each column is the population on 1 January of one year; the paper rules cut it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: Côte d’Ivoire, 1950–2100
Côte d’Ivoire: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
YearKindPopulation, 1 Jan95% rangeBirthsDeathsChildren per womanLife expectancy
1950estimate2,698,514148,45891,6567.6130.8
1951estimate2,771,847153,11892,8607.6131.4
1952estimate2,846,888157,66193,9757.6132.0
1953estimate2,924,535162,23695,0047.6032.5
1954estimate3,005,728166,86495,8487.6033.2
1955estimate3,091,345171,51396,7457.6033.8
1956estimate3,181,912176,40097,5587.6034.5
1957estimate3,278,109181,45998,2837.6035.2
1958estimate3,380,448186,96799,1397.6135.8
1959estimate3,489,712192,52599,8887.6136.5
1960estimate3,608,171200,760101,0787.6937.2
1961estimate3,739,160208,038102,4707.7237.9
1962estimate3,881,143215,807103,8797.7538.6
1963estimate4,032,735223,899105,3717.7839.3
1964estimate4,191,387231,951106,9567.8140.0
1965estimate4,356,516239,992108,3907.8440.6
1966estimate4,528,238248,274109,8377.8741.3
1967estimate4,706,800257,011111,2417.8942.0
1968estimate4,892,688265,978112,5147.9142.6
1969estimate5,087,355275,282113,7397.9343.3
1970estimate5,297,086285,091115,0207.9444.0
1971estimate5,526,048296,256116,3427.9444.8
1972estimate5,775,688308,498117,6547.9445.6
1973estimate6,043,743322,572119,1397.9446.4
1974estimate6,326,144336,867120,4757.9347.2
1975estimate6,621,971350,589121,7087.9148.0
1976estimate6,930,622364,715122,7767.8848.9
1977estimate7,185,293373,616122,7637.8349.6
1978estimate7,458,608379,665122,4437.6750.4
1979estimate7,747,652391,812122,9347.6351.0
1980estimate8,056,883405,079124,4467.5951.4
1981estimate8,384,545419,357126,6067.5451.8
1982estimate8,728,648434,427129,2297.4952.1
1983estimate9,087,225449,528132,1437.4252.4
1984estimate9,458,263467,108135,1957.3552.6
1985estimate9,842,769483,249138,6967.2752.9
1986estimate10,238,196499,832142,6197.1953.0
1987estimate10,643,638517,602146,9547.0953.1
1988estimate11,059,311530,506151,9396.9753.1
1989estimate11,491,066547,570157,4906.8553.0
1990estimate11,948,475566,672164,0376.7252.8
1991estimate12,431,080584,305170,9546.5852.6
1992estimate12,936,660601,398178,1026.4352.4
1993estimate13,463,961615,979185,2216.2752.3
1994estimate14,007,941631,056192,7816.1352.0
1995estimate14,566,462655,141201,4326.0451.7
1996estimate15,144,667678,975209,2485.9551.6
1997estimate15,739,957707,373217,3925.9051.5
1998estimate16,354,383736,266227,0965.8551.2
1999estimate16,973,514761,634234,0075.8051.3
2000estimate17,458,357783,669238,5405.7751.4
2001estimate17,939,651798,087242,8785.7051.4
2002estimate18,418,175809,610245,9185.6451.5
2003estimate18,891,368818,605250,3845.5751.4
2004estimate19,359,716828,403248,9675.5351.9
2005estimate19,830,285841,410247,7235.5052.4
2006estimate20,306,630851,472246,4795.4552.9
2007estimate20,786,974861,431244,1955.4053.5
2008estimate21,274,142870,785240,1575.3654.2
2009estimate21,754,735896,304241,8695.3354.7
2010estimate22,241,144920,563244,0245.2955.3
2011estimate22,734,985938,718244,6825.2456.0
2012estimate23,229,014954,821245,9835.1956.6
2013estimate23,705,142968,388248,1575.1357.1
2014estimate24,174,409977,203248,2245.0757.8
2015estimate24,880,382978,751247,3534.9758.3
2016estimate25,612,303980,892245,2594.8758.8
2017estimate26,366,506977,902243,3644.7659.3
2018estimate27,100,237963,483241,0174.6059.8
2019estimate27,828,108967,182239,4244.5260.3
2020estimate28,557,910973,041245,5694.4660.1
2021estimate29,272,989980,502248,3254.4160.3
2022estimate30,006,484987,825237,5624.3561.6
2023estimate30,783,520997,001238,7414.2861.9
2024estimate31,547,7881,007,981242,9314.2362.1
2025projection32,320,67232.1–32.5 million1,017,551247,1234.1762.3
2026projection33,102,42132.7–33.5 million1,028,953251,6294.1062.4
2027projection33,886,27133.2–34.6 million1,041,754256,2124.0462.6
2028projection34,675,98833.6–35.6 million1,055,080261,3063.9962.8
2029projection35,478,20434.1–36.8 million1,069,934266,6313.9362.9
2030projection36,288,70634.6–38.0 million1,088,188271,8713.8863.1
2031projection37,109,31235.0–39.2 million1,106,870277,5043.8363.2
2032projection37,949,41935.4–40.4 million1,126,736283,1813.7863.4
2033projection38,803,79335.9–41.7 million1,153,646289,6803.7563.5
2034projection39,684,97436.2–43.2 million1,171,560296,0803.6963.7
2035projection40,580,64136.7–44.6 million1,193,342302,4873.6463.9
2036projection41,487,05637.1–46.1 million1,216,116309,2803.6064.0
2037projection42,409,87737.5–47.7 million1,239,167316,1533.5664.2
2038projection43,350,12037.9–49.1 million1,255,672322,9343.5164.3
2039projection44,298,61838.3–50.7 million1,274,174330,2213.4764.4
2040projection45,258,87238.7–52.4 million1,292,227337,1853.4364.6
2041projection46,228,97739.0–54.1 million1,308,935344,4783.3964.7
2042projection47,205,88739.2–55.9 million1,325,438351,8043.3564.8
2043projection48,198,43839.5–57.8 million1,337,047359,3663.3165.0
2044projection49,202,89239.7–59.7 million1,350,317366,6283.2765.1
2045projection50,215,20039.8–61.6 million1,361,620373,9583.2365.3
2046projection51,216,93540.1–63.4 million1,372,626381,5713.2065.4
2047projection52,219,17640.4–65.5 million1,382,045389,3933.1765.5
2048projection53,223,75040.9–67.6 million1,390,101397,0483.1365.7
2049projection54,237,44141.0–69.6 million1,398,972405,0413.1065.8
2050projection55,241,37241.2–71.8 million1,406,947413,0983.0765.9
2051projection56,252,59841.6–73.9 million1,413,704421,1033.0466.1
2052projection57,266,52441.8–76.1 million1,421,028429,2643.0166.2
2053projection58,278,78042.0–78.2 million1,428,744437,6752.9866.3
2054projection59,287,77242.2–80.3 million1,436,600446,0212.9566.4
2055projection60,307,50742.3–82.4 million1,446,391454,2962.9266.6
2056projection61,324,09742.7–84.8 million1,454,080462,8122.8966.7
2057projection62,328,76942.5–87.2 million1,463,961471,4552.8766.8
2058projection63,334,88542.8–89.7 million1,474,115479,9932.8567.0
2059projection64,352,40442.9–92.0 million1,486,344488,8592.8267.1
2060projection65,359,09943.2–94.4 million1,498,333497,8392.8067.2
2061projection66,363,64143.1–96.6 million1,509,345506,9242.7867.3
2062projection67,382,02343.1–99.8 million1,520,824515,8092.7667.5
2063projection68,394,85843.2–102.7 million1,532,235524,8862.7467.6
2064projection69,421,48043.2–105.7 million1,543,321534,0282.7167.7
2065projection70,449,15443.4–108.4 million1,554,213543,2672.6967.8
2066projection71,487,28543.4–111.6 million1,565,850552,5632.6767.9
2067projection72,540,42943.5–114.8 million1,575,781562,1782.6568.1
2068projection73,578,63543.8–118.6 million1,587,216571,9892.6368.2
2069projection74,625,32344.1–121.7 million1,598,932581,5292.6268.3
2070projection75,652,16844.3–125.4 million1,606,879591,2932.6068.4
2071projection76,680,38744.5–128.7 million1,614,999601,2812.5868.5
2072projection77,707,10144.6–132.4 million1,621,317611,1872.5668.6
2073projection78,716,02944.3–135.7 million1,626,023620,9602.5468.8
2074projection79,723,28944.1–139.5 million1,630,419631,3792.5268.8
2075projection80,726,82443.9–142.7 million1,634,572641,3352.5069.0
2076projection81,744,44744.1–145.1 million1,639,103651,9502.4969.1
2077projection82,738,27844.0–149.0 million1,642,396662,5962.4769.2
2078projection83,729,77743.9–153.3 million1,647,317673,2072.4569.3
2079projection84,716,87943.9–157.1 million1,650,081684,1152.4469.5
2080projection85,691,95643.6–161.0 million1,654,054695,7682.4269.6
2081projection86,667,75243.7–165.0 million1,658,425708,1652.4169.7
2082projection87,640,23543.7–168.9 million1,662,072720,4602.4069.8
2083projection88,601,77143.7–173.0 million1,666,074732,5922.3869.9
2084projection89,559,82843.7–178.1 million1,668,268745,5462.3770.0
2085projection90,481,30843.6–183.5 million1,671,461758,3422.3570.1
2086projection91,411,69943.6–187.9 million1,676,178771,1762.3470.3
2087projection92,347,37543.6–192.3 million1,679,868784,7432.3370.4
2088projection93,267,98643.5–197.1 million1,683,345798,5722.3170.5
2089projection94,179,19443.4–201.6 million1,688,004812,1302.3070.6
2090projection95,098,71443.3–206.5 million1,690,098826,0422.2970.7
2091projection96,015,50243.4–211.6 million1,694,408839,3782.2870.8
2092projection96,926,72843.5–215.5 million1,700,141853,2222.2770.9
2093projection97,823,07343.4–219.9 million1,704,583866,2002.2571.0
2094projection98,689,41743.5–225.3 million1,706,804879,2762.2471.2
2095projection99,552,99443.3–231.2 million1,709,568892,7322.2371.3
2096projection100,398,47943.0–237.7 million1,711,552905,5582.2271.4
2097projection101,231,72743.2–244.9 million1,714,082918,1262.2171.5
2098projection102,041,21343.2–250.1 million1,715,294929,5692.1971.6
2099projection102,853,17043.1–254.8 million1,716,372941,2552.1871.7
2100projection103,650,71143.0–257.7 million1,717,669952,0002.1771.8
Show the numbers: Côte d’Ivoire, mid-2026, by single year of age
Côte d’Ivoire: population by single year of age, mid-2026
AgeMaleFemale
0496,621487,130
1483,286475,807
2475,152468,282
3468,066461,674
4462,147456,194
5456,652451,143
6451,605446,556
7447,548442,894
8448,188443,791
9450,376446,236
10448,707444,850
11445,784442,206
12427,169418,929
13404,096387,156
14397,875376,972
15394,664374,910
16387,712369,078
17379,554360,568
18368,897350,568
19354,714338,035
20337,247321,436
21321,270304,052
22312,660291,638
23304,455279,866
24291,918265,800
25280,278254,358
26271,160246,214
27258,272236,524
28239,152225,176
29224,328219,260
30218,306219,224
31215,512220,005
32213,043220,160
33210,469220,336
34208,500220,493
35206,926219,650
36205,006217,590
37202,849214,568
38200,454210,900
39197,478206,426
40193,969200,924
41189,968194,199
42185,447186,219
43180,288177,338
44174,246167,898
45167,666158,174
46161,295148,869
47154,838139,786
48147,964130,754
49140,992122,442
50133,610114,474
51125,568106,471
52117,27698,789
53109,42191,946
54102,27686,239
5595,49481,232
5689,04276,627
5783,04872,475
5877,51868,748
5972,51265,407
6067,86362,250
6163,48059,170
6259,05455,839
6354,57052,172
6450,64748,786
6547,18345,705
6643,74442,522
6740,23039,095
6836,82335,666
6933,73832,588
7030,79829,766
7127,84627,032
7225,04524,498
7322,47022,232
7420,04720,141
7517,81018,214
7615,75616,466
7713,78114,763
7811,91413,143
7910,29111,762
808,89010,538
817,6079,326
826,4158,108
835,3556,964
844,4475,952
853,6505,020
862,9474,145
872,3403,356
881,8382,683
891,4312,124
901,0941,652
918121,246
92592915
93433669
94320494
95236360
96169254
97118172
9882114
995777
100+100136

CIV · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Côte d’Ivoire, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

CIV · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Côte d’Ivoire

In Côte d’Ivoire the number of people aged 15–64 is still growing in 2100, the last year the UN projects. In 2023 there were 17,501,200 of them.

100 aged 15–64
74 children
5 aged 65+

aged 15–64   children under 15   aged 65 and over

How to read this: the orange squares are 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023, and the rows below are how many children (teal) and how many people aged 65 or older (violet) lived alongside them.

At no point between 1950 and 2100 do fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 here.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100   the same, projected   50 or more

How to read this: one stripe a year from 1950 to 2100. A stripe takes colour in a year when fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people of working age, and stays grey otherwise; hatching means the year is projected.

How every country compares

CIV · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Côte d’Ivoire, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Côte d’Ivoire gains 8,280 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 9,298 a year more arriving than leaving.

one square = 1,000 people a year
020406080+

more arrive than leave   more leave than arrive

How to read this: left to right is age, from babies to 100. Blue squares above the line are ages at which more people arrive than leave; orange squares below it, ages at which more leave than arrive. These are the UN's projection for 2020–2025. There is no record of migration by age before 2020.

Across the counted years, 1950 to 2023, its biggest single-year gain was 125,556 (1996); its biggest loss, 250,964 (2013).

In 2024, 2,880,839 people living in Côte d’Ivoire had been born in another country, 9 of every 100 people there, against 15 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

CIV · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Côte d’Ivoire

Of every 100 babies born in Côte d’Ivoire in 2023, 15 had a mother under 20, 66 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 19 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 18 under 20 and 18 aged 35 or older.

1950
18 · 64 · 18
2023
15 · 66 · 19
2050 · projected
10 · 73 · 17

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: each block is 100 babies born in that year, one square each, coloured by how old the mother was. The numbers under a block are the three groups, youngest mothers first.

Babies born, 2023
997,001
Average age when women have a baby
29.0 years
29.6 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19
92
177 in 1950
Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100
Babies born in Côte d’Ivoire by the mother's age
Mother's age19501975200020232050 projected2100 projected
10–141,8157,08012,5995,5351,481313
15–1924,78262,173137,024145,532145,31287,650
20–2437,42383,427209,804240,405353,941348,122
25–2933,00172,509184,742223,542373,636514,796
30–3424,60758,431128,192196,613298,121448,522
35–3916,07141,01576,696129,764171,915243,962
40–448,57020,71528,68848,12756,07767,791
45–492,0874,9995,6947,2536,3086,396
50–54102240230230156117
All babies148,458350,589783,669997,0011,406,9471,717,669

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

CIV · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Côte d’Ivoire

A baby born in Côte d’Ivoire in 2021 could expect 63.5 years of life, 55.4 of them in full health (95% range 54.5–56.5). The years in less than full health come to 8.1, below the world's 9.5: shorter lives leave fewer years in which to be ill.

Women

56.4 in full health, 9.6 not: 66.0 years

Men

54.6 in full health, 6.8 not: 61.4 years

a year in full health   a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 56.4 healthy years of 66.0. Men: 54.6 of 61.4.

CIV · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Côte d’Ivoire

At the end of 2025, Côte d’Ivoire was hosting 82,807 people who had crossed a border into it, about 3 of every 1,000 people living there.

  1. hosted from abroad82,807
  2. Côte d’Ivoire nationals abroad56,744

stayed inside their own country   crossed a border

How to read this: one square stands for 2,000 people, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Côte d’Ivoire living in another country, wherever they are.

In 2025, 13,620 people asked for asylum in Côte d’Ivoire for the first time; 8,778 people from Côte d’Ivoire asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Côte d’Ivoire whose claims were decided that year, 25 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

CIV · of every 100 people

How people live in Côte d’Ivoire

Of every 100 people in Côte d’Ivoire in 2025, 38 lived in a city, 31 in a town or suburb and 31 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

27.1 of every 100 have no electricity at home (2024). 58.6 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: 100 squares, one for every 100th person, coloured by where they live, as the key says. The same rule is used in every country.

How the world's people live

CIV · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Côte d’Ivoire went in school

Of every 100 adults in Côte d’Ivoire in 2020, 48 never went to school and 12 finished upper secondary or went further.

48 never went to school 15 some primary 16 finished primary 9 finished lower secondary 6 finished upper secondary 6 studied after school

The young went further: 42.3 of every 100 women aged 25–29 never went to school, against 76.8 of every 100 aged 60–64 (men: 25.2 against 52.7).

Its people aged 15 to 64 are projected to be most numerous in 2085; the ones who finished upper secondary are still growing in 2100.

How to read this: the row is the adults (25 and over) shrunk to 100 people, coloured by how far each went in school, least schooling on the left. The Wittgenstein Centre's count, 2020.

How far the world's people went in school

CIV · cities · 2025

Cities in Côte d’Ivoire

Côte d’Ivoire had 47 cities in 2025, home to 12.5 million people. The largest, Abidjan, holds 20 of every 100 people in Côte d’Ivoire.

  1. Abidjan6,621,711
  2. Bouaké724,691
  3. Daloa360,630
  4. Korhogo357,761
  5. San-Pédro293,698
  6. Yamoussoukro245,612
  7. Man230,997
  8. Gagnoa219,607
  9. Duekoue203,323
  10. Divo191,745

How to read this: one bar for each of the 10 largest cities, 2025, all on the same scale. "City" here means the built-up area the UN measures, not the boundary the city draws itself.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Côte d’Ivoire are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.