Côte d’Ivoire
Urban population in Côte d’Ivoire
Urban population in Côte d’Ivoire: 9.9% in 1950 and 54.6% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 54.6%
- Since 1950
- +44.7 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 152 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 72.7%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 72.7% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Côte d’Ivoire |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 54.6 |
| 2024 | 54 |
| 2023 | 53.4 |
| 2022 | 52.9 |
| 2021 | 52.3 |
| 2020 | 51.8 |
| 2019 | 51.4 |
| 2018 | 50.9 |
| 2017 | 50.4 |
| 2016 | 49.9 |
| 2015 | 49.5 |
| 2014 | 49 |
| 2013 | 48.6 |
| 2012 | 48.1 |
| 2011 | 47.7 |
| 2010 | 47.2 |
| 2009 | 46.8 |
| 2008 | 46.4 |
| 2007 | 45.9 |
| 2006 | 45.5 |
| 2005 | 45.1 |
| 2004 | 44.7 |
| 2003 | 44.3 |
| 2002 | 43.9 |
| 2001 | 43.5 |
| 2000 | 43.1 |
| 1999 | 42.7 |
| 1998 | 42.4 |
| 1997 | 42 |
| 1996 | 41.6 |
| 1995 | 41.3 |
| 1994 | 41 |
| 1993 | 40.6 |
| 1992 | 40.3 |
| 1991 | 40 |
| 1990 | 39.7 |
| 1989 | 39.4 |
| 1988 | 39.1 |
| 1987 | 38.9 |
| 1986 | 38.6 |
| 1985 | 38.4 |
| 1984 | 38.2 |
| 1983 | 38 |
| 1982 | 37.7 |
| 1981 | 37.5 |
| 1980 | 37.2 |
| 1979 | 36.9 |
| 1978 | 36.4 |
| 1977 | 35.3 |
| 1976 | 33.7 |
| 1975 | 32.2 |
| 1974 | 31.2 |
| 1973 | 30.3 |
| 1972 | 29.5 |
| 1971 | 28.8 |
| 1970 | 28.2 |
| 1969 | 27.5 |
| 1968 | 26.9 |
| 1967 | 26.2 |
| 1966 | 25.4 |
| 1965 | 24.5 |
| 1964 | 23.5 |
| 1963 | 22.3 |
| 1962 | 21.1 |
| 1961 | 19.8 |
| 1960 | 18.4 |
| 1959 | 17.2 |
| 1958 | 16 |
| 1957 | 14.9 |
| 1956 | 13.8 |
| 1955 | 12.9 |
| 1954 | 12.2 |
| 1953 | 11.5 |
| 1952 | 10.9 |
| 1951 | 10.4 |
| 1950 | 9.9 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Côte d’Ivoire |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 55.1 |
| 2027 | 55.7 |
| 2028 | 56.3 |
| 2029 | 57 |
| 2030 | 57.6 |
| 2031 | 58.2 |
| 2032 | 58.9 |
| 2033 | 59.5 |
| 2034 | 60.2 |
| 2035 | 60.9 |
| 2036 | 61.6 |
| 2037 | 62.3 |
| 2038 | 63 |
| 2039 | 63.7 |
| 2040 | 64.5 |
| 2041 | 65.2 |
| 2042 | 66 |
| 2043 | 66.8 |
| 2044 | 67.6 |
| 2045 | 68.4 |
| 2046 | 69.2 |
| 2047 | 70.1 |
| 2048 | 70.9 |
| 2049 | 71.8 |
| 2050 | 72.7 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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Côte d’Ivoire in numbers
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Military
- Military spending0.77% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$721M in 2025
- Military spending per person$24 in 2025
- Military share of state spending3.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel27,000 people in 2020
- National power0.16% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.25% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports15 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 1971