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

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

According to the 2010 revision of the World Population Prospects the total population was 19 738 000 in 2010, 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 population (x 1000)	Population aged 0–14 (%)	Population aged 15–64 (%)	Population aged 65+ (%)
1950	2 630	43.1	54.6	2.3
1955	3 072	43.0	54.6	2.4
1960	3 638	43.8	53.8	2.4
1965	4 424	44.6	52.9	2.4
1970	5 416	45.0	52.6	2.4
1975	6 768	45.4	52.2	2.4
1980	8 501	45.9	51.7	2.5
1985	10 495	45.9	51.5	2.5
1990	12 518	45.1	52.2	2.6
1995	14 677	43.2	54.0	2.8
2000	16 582	41.8	55.1	3.1
2005	18 021	41.8	54.8	3.5
2010	19 738	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.)^[2]

Vital statistics

Registration of vital events is in Ivory Coast not complete. The Population Departement of the United Nations prepared the following estimates. ^[1]

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):^[3]

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)

Ethnic groups

Ethnic groups

Ethnic groups in Ivory Coast[4]
Ethnic groups
Akan			32.1%
Other (includes European and Lebanese)			21.2%
Voltaique or Gur			15%
Northern Mande			12.4%
Krou			9.8%
Southern Mande			9%
Unspecified			0.5%

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, Sénégal, 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 (official), 82 indigenous languages, one that has later been extinguised, 60 of which the Dioula dialect of Bambara is the most widely spoken. Other languages include: the Gur languages, the Senufo languages, the Kru languages (including the Bété languages, Dida, Nyabwa, Wè, and Western Krahn), and the Kwa languages from which Baoulé and Anyin are notably used.

Religion

Religions of IVORY COAST (2011-12 est.)[4]
Religions			percent
Islam			40.2%
Roman Catholic			19.4%
Evangelical			19.3%
Animist or No Religion			12.8%
Other Christian			4.5%
Methodist			2.5%
Other Religion/Unspecified			1.4%

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).^[5]

Country	Ivorian-born population	See also
France	457,231
United States	7,595
Italy	7,242
United Kingdom	2,794	Ivorians in the United Kingdom
Canada	1,865
Belgium	1,363
Switzerland	1,100

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

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

Population

21,058,798 (2010 est.)

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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2010 est.)

Median age

Total	19.6
Male	19.7
Female	19.5 (2011 est.)

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	58.01
Male	56.21 years
Female	58.33 years (2012 est.)

HIV/AIDS

Adult prevalence rate	3.4% (2009 est.)
People living with HIV/AIDS	450,000 (2009 est.)
Deaths	36,000 (2009 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

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)

Literacy

Here literacy is defined as the ratio of people over age 15 who can read and write.

Total population	56.2%
Male	65.2%
Female	46.6% (2010 est.)

School Life Expectancy (Primary to Tertriary Education)

Total	6 Years
Male	8 Years
Female	5 Years (2000)

References

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

1. Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision
2. CIA World Factbook
3. http://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/dhs#_r=&collection=&country=&dtype=&from=1890&page=4&ps=&sk=&sort_by=nation&sort_order=&to=2014&topic=&view=s&vk=
4. "Africa :: IVORY COAST". CIA The World Factbook.
5. "Country-of-birth database". Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Retrieved 25 June 2010.