Demographics of Ivory Coast


This article is about the demographic features of the population of Ivory Coast, including 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
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

Structure of the population :
Age GroupMale Female Total
0-416,016,016,0
5-915,314,815,1
10-1413,213,013,1
15-198,99,19,0
20-248,48,78,5
25-297,58,68,0
30-346,97,07,0
35-395,35,15,2
40-444,63,84,2
45-493,32,93,1
50-542,93,73,3
55-592,02,32,2
60-642,31,82,1
65-691,31,21,3
70-741,01,01,0
75-790,50,40,5
80+0,60,60,6

Population Growth:
1.88%

Vital statistics

Registration of vital events is in Ivory Coast not complete. The Population Departement of the United Nations prepared the following estimates.

Fertility and Births

Total Fertility Rate and Crude Birth Rate :
YearCBR TFR CBR TFR CBR TFR
199441,35,7 38,84,7 42,56,4
1998-9939,35,2 36,54,0 40,76,0
200538,44,635,13,640,85,5
2011-1236,85,0 31,93,7 40,36,3

Fertility data as of 2011-2012 :
RegionTotal fertility ratePercentage of women age 15-49 currently pregnantMean number of children ever born to women age 40-49
Centre6.110.66.9
Centre-Est4.67.75.4
Centre-Nord5.49.66.1
Centre-Ouest5.411.05.7
Nord6.19.76.9
Nord-Est6.011.56.6
Nord-Ouest6.812.47.1
Ouest6.112.46.2
Sud4.810.66.0
Sud-Ouest5.015.55.9
Ville d'Abidjan3.16.94.2

Life expectancy

Ethnic groups

has more than 60 ethnic groups, usually classified into five principal divisions: Akan, Krou, Southern Mandé, Northern Mandé, Sénoufo/Lobi. 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 non-African expatriate community includes roughly 50,000 French and possibly 40,000 Lebanese. The number of elementary school-aged children attending classes increased from 22% in 1960 to 67% in 1995.

Languages

is official, and there are 81 living indigenous languages, and two that are now extinct. The Dioula dialect of Bambara is the most widely spoken one. Other language groups include the Gur languages, the Senufo languages, the Kru languages, and the Kwa languages.

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 of people in Côte d'Ivoire were Muslims. By contrast, at independence, 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." 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 fertility gap between different religious groups has continued to tilt the demographic balance in favor of Muslims although immigration has become less important.

Ivorian diaspora

The table below shows the number of people born in Ivory Coast who have migrated to OECD countries only.
CountryIvorian-born populationSee also
France63,441Ivorians in France
United States7,595Ivorian Americans
Italy7,242
United Kingdom2,794Ivorians in the United Kingdom
Canada1,865
Belgium1,363
Switzerland1,100

Other demographic statistics

Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review in 2019.
The following demographic are from the CIA World Factbook unless otherwise indicated.

Population

Age structure

Median age

Birth rate

Death rate

[Total fertility rate]

Population growth rate

Mother's mean age at first birth

Contraceptive prevalence rate

Sex ratio

Net migration rate

Life expectancy at birth

[Dependency ratio]s

Urbanization

Religions

HIV/AIDS

Major infectious diseases

Degree of riskvery high
Food or Waterborne diseasesbacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
Water contactschistosomiasis
Animal contact diseaserabies

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

Nationality

Noun and adjective: Ivorian

Ethnic Groups

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

Unemployment, youth ages 15-24