Demographics of Ivory Coast

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Ivory Coast population pyramid in 2020
Historical population
YearPop.±%
19502,630,000—    
19603,504,000+33.2%
19705,102,000+45.6%
19808,034,000+57.5%
199011,925,000+48.4%
200016,455,000+38.0%
201020,533,000+24.8%
201925,717,000+25.2%
source:[1][2]

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[]

Demographics of Ivory Coast, Data of FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.

According to the 2019 revision of the World Population Prospects[1][2] the total population was 25,069,230 in 2018, 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 .[3]

Total population Population aged 0–14 (%) Population aged 15–64 (%) Population aged 65+ (%)
1950 2 630 000 43.1 54.6 2.3
1955 3 072 000 43.0 54.6 2.4
1960 3 638 000 43.8 53.8 2.4
1965 4 424 000 44.6 52.9 2.4
1970 5 416 000 45.0 52.6 2.4
1975 6 768 000 45.4 52.2 2.4
1980 8 501 000 45.9 51.7 2.5
1985 10 495 000 45.9 51.5 2.5
1990 12 518 000 45.1 52.2 2.6
1995 14 677 000 43.2 54.0 2.8
2000 16 582 000 41.8 55.1 3.1
2005 18 021 000 41.8 54.8 3.5
2010 19 738 000 40.9 55.3 3.8

Structure of the population (DHS 2011–2012) (Males 23 630, Females 25 193 = 48 823) :

Age Group Male (%) Female (%) Total (%)
0–4 16,0 16,0 16,0
5–9 15,3 14,8 15,1
10–14 13,2 13,0 13,1
15–19 8,9 9,1 9,0
20–24 8,4 8,7 8,5
25–29 7,5 8,6 8,0
30–34 6,9 7,0 7,0
35–39 5,3 5,1 5,2
40–44 4,6 3,8 4,2
45–49 3,3 2,9 3,1
50–54 2,9 3,7 3,3
55–59 2,0 2,3 2,2
60–64 2,3 1,8 2,1
65–69 1,3 1,2 1,3
70–74 1,0 1,0 1,0
75–79 0,5 0,4 0,5
80+ 0,6 0,6 0,6
Age group Male (%) Female (%) Total (%)
0-14 44,5 43,8 44,2
15–64 52,1 53,0 52,4
65+ 3,4 3,2 3,4

Population Growth: 1.88% (2016 est.)[4]

Vital statistics[]

Registration of vital events is in Ivory Coast not complete. The Population Departement of the United Nations prepared the following estimates. [3]

Period Live births per year Deaths per year Natural change per year CBR* CDR* NC* TFR* IMR*
1950-1955 145 000 70 000 74 000 50.8 24.6 26.1 6.77 167
1955-1960 174 000 81 000 93 000 51.9 24.1 27.8 7.15 160
1960-1965 211 000 94 000 117 000 52.3 23.3 29.0 7.53 155
1965-1970 258 000 109 000 149 000 52.4 22.2 30.2 7.83 147
1970-1975 317 000 116 000 200 000 52.0 19.1 32.9 7.93 127
1975-1980 386 000 123 000 263 000 50.5 16.1 34.4 7.81 109
1980-1985 446 000 133 000 313 000 46.9 14.0 32.9 7.31 96
1985-1990 494 000 154 000 340 000 42.9 13.4 29.5 6.61 93
1990-1995 542 000 186 000 357 000 39.9 13.6 26.2 5.92 95
1995-2000 587 000 224 000 363 000 37.6 14.3 23.2 5.31 92
2000-2005 639 000 249 000 390 000 36.9 14.4 22.5 5.05 85
2005-2010 660 000 245 000 415 000 35.0 13.0 22.0 4.65 77
* CBR = crude birth rate (per 1000); CDR = crude death rate (per 1000); NC = natural change (per 1000); IMR = infant mortality rate per 1000 births; TFR = total fertility rate (number of children per woman)

Fertility and Births[]

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

Year CBR (Total) TFR (Total) CBR (Urban) TFR (Urban) CBR (Rural) TFR (Rural)
1994 41,3 5,7 (4,7) 38,8 4,7 (3,7) 42,5 6,4 (5,4)
1998–99 39,3 5,2 (4,5) 36,5 4,0 (3,4) 40,7 6,0 (5,2)
2005 38,4 4,6 35,1 3,6 40,8 5,5
2011–12 36,8 5,0 (4,1) 31,9 3,7 (3,2) 40,3 6,3 (5,0)

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

Region Total fertility rate Percentage of women age 15-49 currently pregnant Mean 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'Abidjan 3.1 6.9 4.2

Life expectancy[]

Period Life expectancy in
Years[7]
1950–1955 32.14
1955–1960 Increase 35.09
1960–1965 Increase 38.64
1965–1970 Increase 41.64
1970–1975 Increase 45.79
1975–1980 Increase 49.24
1980–1985 Increase 51.59
1985–1990 Increase 52.77
1990–1995 Decrease 51.44
1995–2000 Decrease 47.62
2000–2005 Decrease 46.68
2005–2010 Increase 49.19
2010–2015 Increase 51.70

Ethnic groups[]

Ethnic groups
Ethnic groups in Ivory Coast[8]
Ethnic groups
Akan
 
 28.9%
Other (includes European and Lebanese)
 
 24.2%
Voltaic or Gur
 
 16.1%
 
 14.5%
Krou
 
 8.5%
 
 6.9%
Unspecified
 
 0.9%

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), (west), (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 non-African 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. The number of elementary school-aged children attending classes increased from 22% in 1960 to 67% in 1995.

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.[9] Other language groups include the Gur languages, the Senufo languages, the Kru languages (including the Bété languages, Dida, Nyabwa, Wè, and Western Krahn), and the Kwa languages (including Akan, Anyin, and Baoulé).[citation needed]

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."[10] 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.[11]

Religions of IVORY COAST (2014 est.)[8]
Religions percent
Islam
 
 42.9%
No Religion
 
 19.1%
Roman Catholic
 
 17.2%
Evangelical
 
 11.8%
Animist
 
 3.6%
Other Christian
 
 3.2%
Methodist
 
 1.7%
Other
 
 0.5%

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).[12]

Country Ivorian-born population See also
France France 63,441 Ivorians in France
United States United States 7,595 Ivorian Americans
Italy Italy 7,242
United Kingdom United Kingdom 2,794 Ivorians in the United Kingdom
Canada Canada 1,865
Belgium Belgium 1,363
Switzerland Switzerland 1,100

Other demographic statistics[]

Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review in 2019.[13]

  • One birth every 35 seconds
  • One death every 2 minutes
  • One net migrant every 90 minutes
  • Net gain of one person every 50 seconds

The following demographic are from the CIA World Factbook[14] unless otherwise indicated.

Population[]

26,260,582 (July 2018 est.)
21,058,798 (2010 est.)

Age structure[]

Population pyramid of Ivory Coast in 2016
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.)

Median age[]

total: 19.9 years. Country comparison to the world: 192nd
male: 20 years
female: 19.8 years (2018 est.)

Birth rate[]

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

Death rate[]

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

Total fertility rate[]

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

Population growth rate[]

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

Mother's mean age at first birth[]

19.8 years (2011/12 est.)
note: median age at first birth among women 25–29

Contraceptive prevalence rate[]

15.5% (2016)

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.)

Net migration rate[]

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

Life expectancy at birth[]

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: 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.)
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)

Literacy[]

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

total population: 43.1% (2015 est.)
male: 53.1% (2015 est.)
female: 32.5% (2015 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)[]

total: 10 years (2016)
male: 11 years (2016)
female: 9 years (2016)

Unemployment, youth ages 15-24[]

total: 3.9% (2016 est.)
male: 2.8% (2016 est.)
female: 5.1% (2016 est.)

References[]

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the CIA World Factbook document: "2006 edition".

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