19 cities

Location of Côte d'IvoireSierra LeoneTogoBurkina FasoMaliSenegalBeninNigeriaLiberiaGambiaGuinea-BissauGhanaNigerSão Tomé and PrincipeGuineaMauritaniaCôte d'IvoireYamoussoukroAbidjanSoubreBouakeDaloaSan-PedroKorhogoManGagnoaDivo
Country

Côte d'Ivoire

7.49° N, 5.57° W

3,458 km of land border against just 515 km of coast — this country faces its neighbors far more than it faces the sea.

coastline 515 km · 103rd/229 · land borders 3,458 km · 59th/230
CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · ranks computed across the countries in this atlas that carry the value

Population
25,716,544
Area
322,463 km²
Population density
≈ 80 / km²
Capital
Abidjan
Natural Earth
ISO codes
CI · CIV
GDP (nominal)
$86.54 billion
GDP per capita (PPP)
$6,700
How big, reallyDrawn at the same scale as Gabon — the next country down in size. Equal-area projection, not the map you are used to.
Côte d'Ivoire 322,463 km²Gabon 267,667 km²

geometry: Natural Earth 1:50m · EPSG:6933 equal-area

Where Côte d'Ivoire sits in the world

Each line is every country in this atlas that carries the value, ordered smallest to largest. The line down the middle is the world median; the mark on each line is this country.

  1. Median age20 years200th of 224 · median 32.6 years
  2. Life expectancy63.2 years208th of 224 · median 76.2 years
  3. Fertility rate3.85 children per woman25th of 225 · median 1.92 children per woman
  4. Population25,716,54453rd of 235 · median 5,454,073
  5. Total area322,463 km²69th of 228 · median 83,736 km²
  6. Coastline515 km103rd of 229 · median 402 km

Key figures

CIA World Factbook

Economy

GDP (nominal)
$86.54 billion
GDP (PPP)
$215.02 billion
GDP per capita (PPP)
$6,700
GDP growth
+6%
Inflation (consumer prices)
3.5%
Unemployment
2.3%
Exports
$17.21 billion
Imports
$19.95 billion

People

Life expectancy
63.2 years
Median age
20 years
Birth rate
29.87 per 1,000
Death rate
6.93 per 1,000
Fertility rate
3.85 children per woman
Population growth
+2.33% a year
Urban population
53.1%
Literacy
50%
Religions
  • Muslim42.9%
  • Catholic17.2%
  • Evangelical11.8%
  • Methodist1.7%
  • animist3.6%
  • other19.1%

Land

Total area
322,463 km²Land 318,003 km² · Water 4,460 km²
Coastline
515 km
Land borders
3,458 km
Mean elevation
250 m
Highest point
1,752 m Monts Nimba

Values from the CIA World Factbook archive. Each carries the year it describes; open a year for the exact source field.

Connections

Natural geography 2

Natural Earth outlines · features with a Wikidata ID

Mountain ranges 1

Largest cities 19

Population · Natural Earth

  1. Abidjancapital3.8M
  2. Bouake567.5K
  3. Daloa255.2K
  4. San-Pedro210.3K
  5. Yamoussoukrocapital206.5K
  6. Korhogo177.7K
  7. Man147K
  8. Divo127.9K
  9. Gagnoa123.2K
  10. Soubre108.9K
  11. Abengourou104K
  12. Agboville81.8K

Sources