Cote d'Ivoire Demographics Profile 2013

Population

21,952,093 (July 2012 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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected

Age structure

0-14 years: 39.3% (male 4,354,420/female 4,282,080)
15-24 years: 21.1% (male 2,327,183/female 2,293,744)
25-54 years: 32.1% (male 3,617,918/female 3,429,156)
55-64 years: 4.4% (male 484,464/female 482,877)
65 years and over: 3.1% (male 333,630/female 346,621) (2012 est.)

Median age

total: 19.8 years
male: 19.9 years
female: 19.7 years (2012 est.)

Population growth rate

2.044% (2012 est.)

Birth rate

30.4 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)

Death rate

9.96 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)

Net migration rate

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 51% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 3.7% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Major cities - population

ABIDJAN (seat of government) 4.009 million; YAMOUSSOUKRO (capital) 808,000 (2009)

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: 0.96 male(s)/female
total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 63.2 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 69.77 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 56.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 57.25 years
male: 56.21 years
female: 58.33 years (2012 est.)

Total fertility rate

3.82 children born/woman (2012 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

3.4% (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

450,000 (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

36,000 (2009 est.)

Sanitation facility access

improved:
urban: 36% of population
rural: 11% of population
total: 23% of population
unimproved:
urban: 64% of population
rural: 89% of population
total: 77% of population

Major infectious diseases

degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: malaria and yellow 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: 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)

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%)

Languages

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

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 56.2%
male: 65.2%
female: 46.6% (2010 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 6 years
male: 8 years
female: 5 years (2000)

Education expenditures

4.6% of GDP (2008)

Maternal mortality rate

400 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

16.7% (2006)

Health expenditures

5.1% of GDP (2009)

Physicians density

0.144 physicians/1,000 population (2008)

Hospital bed density

0.4 beds/1,000 population (2006)