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68) Cote D�Ivoire
Community
Area 322,463 square kilometres (land area 318,003 square kilometres)
Population,
1,000,000 (1900)
2,860,000 (1950)
3,600,000 (1960) +25.9%
5,250,000 (1970) +45.8%
8,300,000 (1980) +58.1%
12,250,000 (1990) +47.6%
16,700,000 (2000) +36.3%
20,400,000 (2010) +22.1%
26,378,000 (2020) +29.3%
Religion, %
|
|
Animist |
Christian |
Muslim Sunni, |
None |
|
1900 |
94.0 |
0.1 |
5.0 |
|
|
1960 |
65.0 |
10.0 |
25.0 |
|
|
1970 |
49.0 |
28.0 |
22.8 |
|
|
1980 |
65.0 |
12.0 |
23.0 |
|
|
1990 |
60.0 |
20.0 |
20.0 |
|
|
2009 |
11.9 |
32.8 |
36.7 |
16.7 |
Birth and death rates Below replacement rate = 2.1
|
|
Fertility Rate |
Birth Rate |
Infant Mortality |
Death Rate |
% Aged Under 15 |
% Aged Over 65 |
% Urban |
|
1952 |
|
53.0 (+25.0) |
186.0 |
28.0 |
41.0 |
|
13.0 |
|
1962 |
7.8 |
53.0 (+26.5) |
201.0 |
26.5 |
43.4 |
2.4 |
20.2 |
|
1970 |
7.9 |
51.0 (+30.0) |
158.0 |
21.0 |
45.1 |
2.5 |
28.1 |
|
1980 |
7.5 |
49.0 (+34.5) |
117.0 |
15.5 |
45.6 |
2.5 |
36.8 |
|
1990 |
6.3 |
41.0 (+27.3) |
104.0 |
13.7 |
45.1 |
2.7 |
39.3 |
|
2000 |
5.9 |
40.9 (+23.9) |
97.5 |
17.0 |
43.6 |
2.7 |
43.2 |
|
2010 |
5.1 |
38.2 (+24.0) |
75.3 |
14.2 |
43.7 |
2.9 |
47.3 |
|
2015 |
4.8 |
37.1 (+24.6) |
64.8 |
12.5 |
42.7 |
2.8 |
49.4 |
|
2016 |
|
|
62.9 |
|
42.6 |
2.9 |
|
|
2017 |
4.7 |
36.0 (+24.7) |
61.0 |
11.3 |
|
|
|
|
2018 |
|
|
59.4 |
|
41.9 |
2.9 |
50.8 |
Life expectancy,
36.5 (1952); 35.0 (M), 38.0 (F)
36.9 (1960); 35.9 (M), 37.9 (F)
43.7 (1970); 42.3 (M), 45.3 (F)
50.7 (1980); 48.8 (M), 52.7 (F)
52.6 (1990); 50.6 (M), 54.8 (F)
46.7 (2000); 46.1 (M), 47.3 (F)
50.5 (2010); 49.4 (M), 51.6 (F)
57.8 (2020); 56.6 (M), 59.2 (F)
Population of principal cities,
|
|
Abidjan1 |
Bouake |
YAMOUSSOUKRO2 |
|
1920 |
1,000 |
3,500 |
|
|
1948 |
58,000 |
25,000 |
|
|
1960 |
170,000 |
72,000 |
|
|
1970 |
375,000 |
120,000 |
|
|
1975 |
951,216 |
175,264 |
|
|
1990 |
2,700,000 |
290,000 |
160,000 |
|
2000 |
3,790,000 |
480,000 |
350,000 |
|
2010 |
4,009,000 |
|
|
|
2014 |
4,704,000 |
536,000 |
356,000 |
1Abidjan was built on the shores of a lagoon, as a terminal for the Niger railway from Niamey.� in 1950 a canal was constructed enabling ocean-going ships to reach Abidjan directly.
2Yamoussoukro replaced Abidjan as the official political capital in 1983.� However commerce and administration are still centred in Abidjan, where most countries still have their embassies.
Wealth; Gross Domestic Product (nominal values)
|
|
GDP, US$ million |
Total GDP, % of USA |
GDP per capita, US$ |
GDP per capita % of USA |
|
1960 |
546 |
0.10 |
154 |
5.12 |
|
1965 |
919 |
0.12 |
213 |
5.56 |
|
1970 |
1,455 |
0.14 |
285 |
5.43 |
|
1975 |
4,090 |
0.25 |
616 |
7.88 |
|
1980 |
10,040 |
|
1,205 |
9.57 |
|
1985 |
6,850 |
0.16 |
690 |
3.78 |
|
1990 |
10,800 |
0.19 |
921 |
3.84 |
|
1995 |
9,760 |
0.13 |
774 |
2.57 |
|
2000 |
10,527 |
0.11 |
626 |
1.72 |
|
2005 |
16,500 |
0.13 |
930 |
2.10 |
|
2010 |
22,830 |
0.15 |
1,200 |
2.48 |
|
2015 |
32,800 |
0.18 |
1,400 |
2.49 |
|
2016 |
35,670 |
0.19 |
1,526 |
2.66 |
GDP by primary sector
|
|
Agriculture % GDP |
Agriculture % employed |
Industry % GDP |
Industry % employed |
Services % GDP |
Services % employed |
|
1960 |
|
89.0 |
|
2.0 |
|
9.0 |
|
1980 |
|
79.0 |
13.0 |
4.0 |
|
17.0 |
|
1990 |
36.0 |
65.0 |
20.0 |
8.0 |
39.0 |
27.0 |
|
2000 |
26.2 |
|
20.4 |
|
53.4 |
|
|
2010 |
28.2 |
68.0 |
21.3 |
|
50.6 |
|
|
2016 |
19.5 |
|
28.3 |
|
52.2 |
|
Communications
Language, Official; French� Diouala is the most widely-spoken African language in Cote D�Ivoire.
Literacy
5.0% (1960)
30.0% (1975)
35.0% (1980); 44.8% (M), 24.0% (F)
42.7% (1985); 53.1% (M), 31.1% (F)
40.0% (1995); 50.0% (M), 70.0% (F)
46.7% (2000); 54.5% (M), 38.6% (F)
48.7% (2010); 60.8% (M), 38.6% (F)
Physical communications � roads and railways
|
|
Roads (km) |
Surfaced (km) |
Motor vehicles |
Cars |
Commercial Vehicles |
Railways (km) |
|
1964 |
|
|
58,700 |
|
|
652 |
|
1978 |
47,000 |
3,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
1982 |
|
|
|
166,920 |
|
657 |
|
1984 |
53,736 |
|
|
182,956 |
|
|
|
1986 |
|
|
238,000 |
150,900 |
30,100 |
|
|
1996 |
|
|
456,000 |
293,000 |
163,000 |
|
|
1998 |
70,000 |
6,000 |
|
|
|
660 |
|
2010 |
81,996 |
6,502 |
764,000 |
325,000 |
|
660 |
|
2013 |
|
|
860,000 |
|
|
660 |
Electronic communications, TV broadcasts began 1961; colour broadcasts began in 1973
|
|
Telephones (landlines) |
Mobile Telephones |
Radios |
Televisions |
PCs |
Internet Users |
|
1960 |
|
|
55,000 |
|
|
|
|
1975 |
24,022 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
37,465 |
|
800,000 |
350,000 |
|
|
|
1985 |
|
|
1,100,000 |
600,000 |
|
|
|
1990 |
72,753 |
|
1,700,000 |
703,000 |
|
|
|
1996 |
|
13,550 |
2,100,000 |
900,000 |
20,000 |
|
|
1997 |
|
|
2,200,000 |
|
|
|
|
1998 |
|
|
|
|
|
1,000 |
|
2000 |
263,667 |
437,000 |
3,000,000 |
1,000,000 |
90,000 |
40,000 |
|
2002 |
|
|
|
|
|
90,000 |
|
2004 |
|
|
|
|
262,000 |
160,000 |
|
2005 |
|
2,190,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
2009 |
282,100 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2010 |
275,000 |
14,910,000 |
|
|
|
967,300 |
|
2016 |
289,108 |
27,451,250 |
|
|
|
6,300,000 |
|
2017 |
|
|
|
|
|
6,318,350 |
Tourism: Visitors to Cote D�Ivoire,
86.392 (1974)
195,600 (1981)
194,869 (1984)
187,000 (1986)
196,000 (1990)
188,000 (1995)
180,000 (2003)
182,000 (2007)
252,000 (2010)
1,441,000 (2015)