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Cote d'Ivoire People 2015
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SOURCE: 2015 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES











Cote d'Ivoire People 2015
SOURCE: 2015 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES


Page last updated on June 22, 2014

Nationality:
noun: Ivoirian(s)
adjective: Ivoirian

Ethnic groups:
Akan 42.1%, Voltaiques or Gur 17.6%, Northern Mandes 16.5%, Krous 11%, Southern Mandes 10%, other 2.8% (includes 130,000 Lebanese and 14,000 French) (1998)

Languages:
French (official), 60 native dialects of which Dioula is the most widely spoken

Religions:
Muslim 38.6%, Christian 32.8%, indigenous 11.9%, none 16.7% (2008 est.)
note: the majority of foreigners (migratory workers) are Muslim (70%) and Christian (20%)

Population:
22,848,945
country comparison to the world: 55
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2014 est.)
[see also: Population country ranks ]

Age structure:
0-14 years: 38.4% (male 4,427,193/female 4,353,342)
15-24 years: 21% (male 2,415,504/female 2,378,196)
25-54 years: 33% (male 3,864,593/female 3,677,996)
55-64 years: 4.3% (male 494,063/female 493,213)
65 years and over: 3.2% (male 361,135/female 383,710) (2014 est.)

Dependency ratios:
total dependency ratio: 79.7 %
youth dependency ratio: 74 %
elderly dependency ratio: 5.7 %
potential support ratio: 17.6 (2014 est.)

Median age:
total: 20.3 years
male: 20.3 years
female: 20.2 years (2014 est.)

Population growth rate:
1.96% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 53
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]

Birth rate:
29.25 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 43
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]

Death rate:
9.67 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 53
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]

Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 104
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]

Urbanization:
urban population: 51.3% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization: 3.56% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Major urban areas - population:
ABIDJAN (seat of government) 4.288 million; YAMOUSSOUKRO (capital) 966,000 (2011)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.96 male(s)/female
total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2014 est.)

Mother's mean age at first birth:
19.8
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011-12 est.)
[see also: Mother's mean age at first birth country ranks ]

Maternal mortality rate:
400 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 27
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]

Infant mortality rate:
total: 60.16 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 22
male: 66.4 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 53.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 58.01 years
country comparison to the world: 200
male: 56.9 years
female: 59.16 years (2014 est.)

Total fertility rate:
3.63 children born/woman (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 43
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]

Contraceptive prevalence rate:
18.2% (2012)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]

Health expenditures:
6.8% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 89
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]

Physicians density:
0.14 physicians/1,000 population (2008)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]

Hospital bed density:
0.4 beds/1,000 population (2006)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]

Drinking water source:
improved:

urban: 91.5% of population
rural: 67.8% of population
total: 80.2% of population
unimproved:
urban: 8.5% of population
rural: 32.2% of population
total: 19.8% of population (2012 est.)

Sanitation facility access:
improved:

urban: 32.7% of population
rural: 10% of population
total: 21.9% of population
unimproved:
urban: 67.3% of population
rural: 90% of population
total: 78.1% of population (2012 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
3.2% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 19
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
450,000 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 18
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
31,200 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 13
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]

Major infectious diseases:
degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: malaria, dengue fever, and yellow fever
water contact disease: schistosomiasis
animal contact disease: rabies
respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis
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 (2013)

Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
6.2% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 149
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]

Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
29.4% (2007)
country comparison to the world: 16
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]

Education expenditures:
4.6% of GDP (2008)
country comparison to the world: 89
[see also: Education expenditures - percent of GDP country ranks ]

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 56.9%
male: 65.6%
female: 47.6% (2011 est.)

Child labor - children ages 5-14:
total number: 1,796,802
percentage: 35 % (2006 est.)


NOTE: 1) The information regarding Cote d'Ivoire on this page is re-published from the 2015 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Cote d'Ivoire People 2015 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Cote d'Ivoire People 2015 should be addressed to the CIA.
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  a) They assign increasing rank number, alphabetically for countries with the same value of the ranked item, whereas we assign them the same rank.
  b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order




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