Demographics of Ivory Coast explained

Place:Ivory Coast
Size Of Population:28,713,423 (2022 est.)
Nation:Ivoirian
Official:French
Age 0–14 Years:38.53%
Age 65 Years:2.85%
Growth:2.19% (2022 est.)
Birth:28.3 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death:7.6 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Net Migration:1.18 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Sr At Birth:1.03 male(s)/female
Sr Under 15:1.06 male(s)/female
Sr 65 Years Over:0.58 male(s)/female
Total Mf Ratio:0.97 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
Infant Mortality:55.67 deaths/1,000 live births
Life:62.26 years
Life Male:60.07 years
Life Female:64.52 years
Fertility:3.53 children born/woman (2022 est.)

Demographic features of the population of Ivory Coast include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

Population

According to the total population was in, compared to only 2 630 000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2010 was 40.9%, 55.3% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 3.8% was 65 years or older.[1]

Total populationPopulation aged 0–14 (%)Population aged 15–64 (%)Population aged 65+ (%)
19502 630 00043.154.62.3
19553 072 00043.054.62.4
19603 638 00043.853.82.4
19654 424 00044.652.92.4
19705 416 00045.052.62.4
19756 768 00045.452.22.4
19808 501 00045.951.72.5
198510 495 00045.951.52.5
199012 518 00045.152.22.6
199514 677 00043.254.02.8
200016 582 00041.855.13.1
200518 021 00041.854.83.5
201019 738 00040.955.33.8

Population Growth

1.88% (2016 est.)[2]

Vital statistics

Registration of vital events in the Ivory Coast is not complete. The website Our World in Data prepared the following estimates based on statistics from the Population Department of the United Nations.[3]

Mid-year population (thousands)Live births (thousands)Deaths (thousands)Natural change (thousands)Crude birth rate (per 1000)Crude death rate (per 1000)Natural change (per 1000)Total fertility rate (TFR)Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)Life expectancy (in years)
19502 737150896054.832.722.17.61238.732.11
19512 814154916355.032.522.57.61236.932.41
19522 894159926755.131.923.17.61233.132.93
19532 976164937155.131.423.77.60229.133.51
19543 063168947455.130.824.37.60224.934.09
19553 154173957855.030.224.87.60220.534.69
19563 251178968254.929.525.47.60215.835.42
19573 354183978754.828.925.97.60211.236.06
19583 463189979154.628.226.57.61206.736.77
19593 581194989654.427.526.97.61202.237.44
19603 7092029910354.826.927.97.69197.838.11
19613 84821010110954.726.328.47.72193.538.74
19623 99821810211554.725.728.97.75189.139.40
19634 15622610412154.625.229.37.78185.039.96
19644 32123410612854.424.629.87.81181.040.61
19654 49324210813554.224.130.17.84177.041.18
19664 67125110914253.923.530.57.87173.141.82
19674 85726011114953.722.930.87.89169.242.42
19685 05026911315753.522.431.17.91165.343.02
19695 25527811416453.221.831.47.93161.543.64
19705 47728811517352.821.231.77.94157.644.33
19715 71929911718252.620.632.17.94153.444.99
19725 98031111819352.419.932.57.94148.945.72
19736 25732512020652.319.333.17.94144.346.56
19746 54934012121952.218.533.67.93139.447.51
19756 85435412223251.917.934.07.91134.648.35
19767 14336812224651.617.134.47.88129.849.29
19777 41638912326652.516.635.97.83125.450.18
19787 70140412428052.516.236.37.67121.350.93
19797 99642312629752.815.737.17.63117.851.68
19808 30443812731152.815.337.57.59114.852.27
19818 62245212932352.414.937.47.54112.352.73
19828 94846313133251.714.737.17.49110.252.92
19839 28247313334051.014.436.67.42108.553.17
19849 62148113734450.014.235.87.35107.153.04
19859 96448713934848.914.034.97.27106.153.17
198610 30949314235147.813.834.17.18105.353.20
198710 66349814535346.713.633.17.08104.953.19
198811 04350714935846.013.532.56.96104.753.02
198911 46353915738247.113.733.46.84104.852.88
199011 91155616539146.813.932.96.73105.052.60
199112 36957317340046.414.032.46.61105.352.32
199212 83858918140946.014.131.96.46105.552.14
199313 31660418841545.414.231.36.31105.651.93
199413 80261819642344.914.230.76.16105.651.74
199514 30064220343945.014.230.86.09105.451.61
199614 81166321145244.814.330.66.01104.751.52
199715 33568921847045.014.330.75.95103.751.45
199815 85971622848845.214.430.85.90102.551.11
199916 34673723550145.014.430.65.85101.050.96
200016 80075324151344.814.330.55.8199.350.84
200117 24576424551944.214.130.05.7697.450.81
200217 68477224752543.513.929.65.7195.450.89
200318 11678225153143.013.829.25.6493.350.95
200418 54578525053542.213.528.85.5591.051.36
200518 97079225054241.613.128.55.4688.651.82
200619 39479624854840.912.828.25.3886.452.36
200719 81880024655440.212.427.95.3084.152.97
200820 24480624356339.712.027.75.2281.653.65
200920 67881323957439.211.527.75.1578.954.39
201021 12082323758538.811.227.65.0976.655.02
201121 56383223659538.410.927.55.0374.655.52
201222 01183323260137.710.527.24.9772.656.16
201322 46983722960937.110.127.04.9270.656.75
201422 99684222761636.69.826.84.8768.557.21
201523 59785722563136.39.526.74.8166.657.76
201624 21487122764436.09.426.64.7665.158.06
201724 84889222866435.99.226.74.7463.558.48
201825 49489322966435.09.026.04.6161.758.85
201926 14890422867634.68.725.84.5459.859.32
202026 81291723668134.28.825.44.4758.259.03
202127 47893324768533.99.024.94.4256.958.60

Age distribution

Age GroupMaleFemaleTotal%
Total11 708 24410 963 087 22 671 331100
0–41 902 0521 784 6953 686 747 16.26
5–91 635 039 1 530 6083 165 64713.96
10–141 391 7321 237 225 2 628 95711.60
15–191 075 5551 039 026 2 114 5819.33
20–241 022 1901 083 4042 105 5949.29
25–29997 4601 052 9242 050 3849.04
30–34908 792861 9901 770 7827.81
35–39744 301615 1681 359 4696.00
40–44555 990446 5951 002 5854.42
45–49419 350361 691 781 0413.45
50–54337 817304 158 641 9752.83
55–59240 117205 324445 4411.96
60–64183 494154 187337 6811.49
65-69118 203109 006227 2091.00
70-7478 643 76 904155 5470.69
75-7944 04144 52088 5610.39
80-8425 86628 81854 6840.24
85-899 2069 56118 7670.08
90-944 1835 1879 3700.04
95-998 9828 57317 5550.08
100+1 8422 4524 2940.02
Age group MaleFemaleTotalPercent
0–144 928 8234 552 5289 481 35141.82
15–646 485 0666 124 46712 609 53355.62
65+290 966285 021575 9872.54
Unknown3 3891 0714 460 0.02
Age GroupMaleFemaleTotal%
Total13 645 27612 808 26626 453 542100
0–42 215 5812 078 2904 293 87116.23
5–91 904 0381 738 7823 687 82013.94
10–141 619 5731 444 4943 064 06711.58
15–191 250 2591 215 1962 465 4559.32
20–241 193 8951 268 3382 462 2339.31
25–291 166 5221 233 4462 399 9689.07
30–341 062 1941 008 3462 070 5407.83
35–39869 320719 8691 589 1896.01
40–44649 418522 5771 171 9954.43
45–49489 000423 104912 1043.45
50–54393 651356 058749 7092.83
55–59280 097241 108521 2051.97
60–64214 207181 241395 4481.49
65-69137 997128 232266 2291.01
70-7492 168 90 147182 3150.69
75-7951 68452 248103 9320.39
80-8430 13333 82263 9550.24
85-8910 70811 07621 7840.08
90-944 8165 96610 7820.04
95+10 01510 92620 9410.08
Age group MaleFemaleTotalPercent
0–145 739 1925 261 56611 000 75841.59
15–647 568 5637 214 28314 782 84655.88
65+337 521332 417669 9382.53
Age GroupMaleFemaleTotal%
Total15 344 99014 044 160 29 389 150100
0–41 906 9181 789 3833 696 30112.58
5–92 046 712 1 909 2383 955 95013.46
10–141 874 8801 698 1423 573 02212.16
15–191 698 4881 529 3433 227 83110.98
20–241 527 3411 470 4182 997 75910.20
25–291 209 3711 239 6702 449 0418.33
30–341 163 6251 148 4772 312 1027.87
35–391 033 936913 9661 947 9026.63
40–44865 312665 7421 531 0545.21
45–49609 354440 0561 049 4103.57
50–54458 662360 814819 4762.79
55–59308 261267 244575 5051.96
60–64252 433222 897475 3301.62
65-69162 331141 412303 7431.03
70-74103 482100 911204 3930.70
75-7954 91159 487114 3980.39
80-8430 40239 50269 9040.24
85-8912 54517 46130 0060.10
90-945 8859 391 15 2760.05
95-992 8423 831 6 6730.02
100+4 1645 90310 0670.03
Age group MaleFemaleTotalPercent
0–145 828 5105 396 76311 225 27338.20
15–649 126 7838 258 62717 385 41059.16
65+376 562377 898754 4602.57
Unknown13 13510 87224 0070.08

Fertility and Births

Total Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and Crude Birth Rate (CBR):[4] [5]

YearTotalUrbanRural
CBR TFRCBR TFRCBR TFR
199441.35.7 (4.7)38.84.7 (3.7)42.56.4 (5.4)
1998–9939.35.2 (4.5)36.54.0 (3.4)40.76.0 (5.2)
200538.44.635.13.640.85.5
2011–1236.85.0 (4.1)31.93.7 (3.2)40.36.3 (5.0)
202132.44.3 (3.9)29.93.6 (3.3)35.45.3 (4.9)

Fertility data as of 2011-2012 (DHS Program):[6]

RegionTotal fertility ratePercentage of women age 15-49 currently pregnantMean number of children ever born to women age 40–49
Centre 6.1 10.6 6.9
Centre-Est 4.6 7.7 5.4
Centre-Nord 5.4 9.6 6.1
Centre-Ouest 5.4 11.0 5.7
Nord 6.1 9.7 6.9
Nord-Est 6.0 11.5 6.6
Nord-Ouest 6.8 12.4 7.1
Ouest 6.1 12.4 6.2
Sud 4.8 10.6 6.0
Sud-Ouest 5.0 15.5 5.9
Ville d'Abidjan3.1 6.9 4.2

Ethnic groups

Ivory Coast has more than 60 ethnic groups, usually classified into five principal divisions: Akan (east and center, including Lagoon peoples of the southeast), Krou (southwest), Southern Mandé (west), Northern Mandé (northwest), Sénoufo/Lobi (north center and northeast). The Baoulés, in the Akan division, probably comprise the largest single subgroup with 15%-20% of the population. They are based in the central region around Bouaké and Yamoussoukro. The Bétés in the Krou division, the Sénoufos in the north, and the Malinkés in the northwest and the cities are the next largest groups, with 10%-15% of the national population. Most of the principal divisions have a significant presence in neighboring countries.

Of the more than 5 million non-Ivorian Africans living in Ivory Coast, one-third to one-half are from Burkina Faso; the rest are from Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria, Benin, Senegal, Liberia, and Mauritania. The white expatriate community includes roughly 50,000 French (this number may be inaccurate due to the evacuation of roughly 8,000 Frenchmen in November 2004) and possibly 40,000 Lebanese.

Languages

French is the official language, while there are 60 living indigenous languages spoken in Ivory Coast. The Dioula dialect of Bambara is the most widely spoken one.[7] Other language groups include the Gur languages, the Kru languages (including the Bété languages, Dida, Nyabwa, , and Western Krahn), the Kwa languages (including Akan, Anyin, and Baoulé), and the Senufo languages.[8]

Religion

The economic development and relative prosperity of Ivory Coast fostered huge demographic shifts during the 20th century. "In 1922, an estimated 100,000 out of 1.6 million (or 6 percent) of people in Côte d'Ivoire were Muslims. By contrast, at independence (in 1960), their share of the population had increased rapidly, and Muslims were moving southward to the cocoa-producing areas and the southern cities. By 1998, [...], Muslims constituted a majority in the north of the country, and approximately 38.6 percent of the total population. This was a significantly larger population than the next largest religious group, Christians, who constituted approximately 29.1 percent of the total."[9] In earlier decades, this shift was mainly due to large-scale immigration from neighboring countries of the interior, that has been going on since colonial times and continued to be promoted during the Houphouet-Boigny era. Since the 1990s, the widening conversion gap between different religious groups has started to tilt the demographic balance in favor of Christians.According to the last census of 2021 Muslims make up 42.5% of population (42.9% in 2014) and Christians 39.8% (33.9% in 2014).[10]

Ivorian diaspora

The table below shows the number of people born in Ivory Coast who have migrated to OECD countries only (the table only includes communities consisting of at least 1,000 members).[11]

CountryIvorian-born populationSee also
France63,441Ivorians in France
Canada22,625[12]
United States7,595Ivorian Americans
Italy28,385[13]
2,794Ivorians in the United Kingdom
1,363
1,100

Other demographic statistics

Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review in 2022.

The following demographic are from the CIA World Factbook unless otherwise indicated.

Population

28,713,423 (2022 est.)

26,260,582 (July 2018 est.)

21,058,798 (2010 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 38.53% (male 5,311,971/female 5,276,219)

15-24 years: 20.21% (male 2,774,374/female 2,779,012)

25-54 years: 34.88% (male 4,866,957/female 4,719,286)

55-64 years: 3.53% (male 494,000/female 476,060)

65 years and over: 2.85% (2020 est.) (male 349,822/female 433,385)

0-14 years: 39.59% (male 5,213,630 /female 5,182,872)

15-24 years: 19.91% (male 2,613,772 /female 2,615,680)

25-54 years: 34.25% (male 4,577,394 /female 4,416,408)

55-64 years: 3.47% (male 460,048 /female 451,604)

65 years and over: 2.78% (male 325,510 /female 403,664) (2018 est.)

Birth rate

28.3 births/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 35th

30.1 births/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 36th

Death rate

7.6 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 105th

8.4 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 80th

Total fertility rate

3.47 children born/woman (2023 est.) Country comparison to the world: 38th

3.53 children born/woman (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 37th

3.83 children born/woman (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 38th

Population growth rate

2.19% (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 36th

2.3% (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 33rd

Median age

total: 20.3 years. Country comparison to the world: 190th

male: 20.3 years

female: 20.3 years (2020 est.)

total: 19.9 years. Country comparison to the world: 192nd

male: 20 years

female: 19.8 years (2018 est.)

Mother's mean age at first birth

19.6 years (2011/12 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 20-49

Contraceptive prevalence rate

23.3% (2018)

15.5% (2016)

Net migration rate

1.18 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 62nd

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2017 est.) Country comparison to the world: 79th

Sex ratio

At birth 1.03 male(s)/female
Under 15 years 1.02 male(s)/female
15–64 years 1.04 male(s)/female
65 years and over 0.99 male(s)/female
Total population 1.03 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 62.26 years. Country comparison to the world: 212nd

male: 60.07 years

female: 64.52 years (2022 est.)

total population: 60.1 years (2018 est.)

male: 58 years (2018 est.)

female: 62.4 years (2018 est.)

Dependency ratios

total dependency ratio: 83.8 (2015 est.)

youth dependency ratio: 78.5 (2015 est.)

elderly dependency ratio: 5.3 (2015 est.)

potential support ratio

18.9 (2015 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 52.7% of total population (2022)

rate of urbanization: 3.38% annual rate of change (2020–25 est.)

urban population: 50.8% of total population (2018)

rate of urbanization: 3.38% annual rate of change (2015–20 est.)

Religions

Muslim 42.9%, Catholic 17.2%, Evangelical 11.8%, Methodist 1.7%, other Christian 3.2%, animist 3.6%, other religion 0.5%, none 19.1% (2014 est.)

Muslim 42.5%, Catholic 16.6%, Pentecostal 13.4%, Evangelical 6.8%, other Christian 3%, animist 2.2%, other religion 0.7%, none 12.6% (2021 census)

note: the majority of foreign migrant workers are Muslim (72.7%) and Christian (17.7%).

HIV/AIDS

adult prevalence rate: 2.8% (2017 est.)

people living with HIV/AIDS: 500,000 (2017 est.)

deaths: 24,000 (2017 est.)

Major infectious diseases

Degree of risk very high
Food or Waterborne diseases bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
Water contact schistosomiasis
Animal contact disease rabies
Note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)

Nationality

Noun and adjective: Ivorian (Ivoirian)

Ethnic groups

other 2.8% (includes 130,000 Lebanese and 14,000 French) (1998)

Education expenditures

3.7% of GDP (2019) Country comparison to the world: 112nd

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)

total population: 89.9%

male: 93.1%

female: 86.7% (2019)

total population: 47.2% (2018 est.)

male: 53.7% (2018 est.)

female: 40.5% (2018 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 10 years

male: 11 years

female: 10 years (2019)

Unemployment, youth ages 15-24

total: 3.9% (2016 est.)

male: 2.8% (2016 est.)

female: 5.1% (2016 est.)

Major infectious diseases

degree of risk: very high (2020)

food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever

vectorborne diseases: malaria, dengue fever, and yellow fever

water contact diseases: schistosomiasis

animal contact diseases: rabies

respiratory diseases: meningococcal meningitis

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision. Esa.un.org. 2017-08-27.
  2. CIA World Factbook
  3. Web site: Population & Demography Data Explorer . 2022-07-22 . Our World in Data.
  4. Web site: MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys. microdata.worldbank.org.
  5. Web site: Côte d'Ivoire: Enquête Démographique et de Santé 2021 . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/PR140/PR140.pdf . 2022-10-09 . live . DHS Program . 9, 10 . French .
  6. Web site: Enquête Démographique et de Santé et à Indicateurs Multiples 2011-2012. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR272/FR272.pdf . 2022-10-09 . live. Dhsprogram.com. 2017-08-27.
  7. Web site: Africa :: Cote d'Ivoire – the World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency . 24 August 2020.
  8. Book: Ahoua, Firmin . January 2006 . Ivory Coast: Language situation in: Encyclopedia of languages and linguistics . Oxford, England . Elsevier . 6 . 72-76.
  9. Book: Nordås. Ragnhild. Goldstone. Jack A.. Kaufmann. Eric P.. Toft. Monica Duffy. Political Demography. How Population Changes Are Reshaping International Security and National Politics. 2012. Oxford University Press. New York. 256. The Devil in the Demography?.
  10. Book: Nordås. Ragnhild. Goldstone. Jack A.. Kaufmann. Eric P.. Toft. Monica Duffy. Political Demography. How Population Changes Are Reshaping International Security and National Politics. 2012. Oxford University Press. New York. 257 f. The Devil in the Demography?.
  11. Web site: Country-of-birth database . . 25 June 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090617032129/http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/18/23/34792376.xls . 17 June 2009 .
  12. Web site: Immigrant status and period of immigration by place of birth and citizenship: Canada, provinces and territories and census metropolitan areas with parts. Statistics Canada. 7 May 2021. Statistics Canada Statistique Canada. 3 January 2023.
  13. Web site: Cittadini stranieri in Italia - 2022. Tuttitalia. 27 January 2023.