Demographic profile
Ivory Coast is the 51st most populous of the 238 countries and territories tracked on this site, home to about 0.37% of everyone alive. Within Western Africa, it ranks 3 of 16.
Each day brings roughly 3,073 births and 768 deaths, adding about 841,883 people over a year. At the current natural-increase rate of 2.7% annually, the population would double in roughly 26 years if the rate held. Real trajectories bend as fertility, mortality and migration shift, which is why the chart below shows both history and projection.
Among its first-level divisions, the largest by our modelled allocation is Abidjan, holding an estimated 64.3% of the national population. The full breakdown of all 2 states and regions is in the table below — regional figures outside Sudan are modelled estimates built on real region names, and are flagged as such.
Literacy stands near 55.0% and adult smoking prevalence around 8.0%, with life expectancy at about 45.2 years. Baselines come from UN World Population Prospects, the World Bank, WHO surveys, WorldPop and HDX; the counters project them forward in real time — the method, and every caveat, is documented on our data sources page.
Quick answers
What is the population of Ivory Coast in 2026? Approximately 31,179,120 people (live projection; the counter above updates every second).
How fast is Ivory Coast growing? About 2.7% per year — roughly 3,073 births and 768 deaths every day.
What share of the world lives in Ivory Coast? Around 0.37% — ranked 51 worldwide by population.