Population 16,804,784
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 2002 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 46% (male 3,874,651; female 3,847,080)
15-64 years: 51.8% (male 4,468,242; female 4,238,998)
65 years and over: 2.2% (male 185,306; female 190,507) (2002 est.)

Population growth rate 2.45% (2002 est.)

Birth rate 39.99 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Death rate 16.74 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Net migration rate 1.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: after Liberia's civil war started in 1990, more than 350,000 refugees fled to Cote d'Ivoire; by the end of 1999 most Liberian refugees were assumed to have returned (2002 est.)

Sex ratio
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.97 male(s)/female
total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2002 est.)

Infant mortality rate 92.23 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 44.72 years
female: 46.03 years (2002 est.)
male: 43.45 years

Total fertility rate 5.61 children born/woman (2002 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate 10.76% (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS 1 million (2000)

HIV/AIDS - deaths 72,000 (1999 est.)

Nationality
noun: Ivorian(s)
adjective: Ivorian

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 20,000 French) (1998)

Religions Christian 20-30%, Muslim 35-40%, indigenous 25-40% (2001)
note: the majority of foreigners (migratory workers) are Muslim (70%) and Christian (20%)

Languages French (official), 60 native dialects with Dioula the most widely spoken

Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 48.5%
male: 57%
female: 40%

NOTE: The information regarding Cote d'Ivoire on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Cote d'Ivoire People 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Cote d'Ivoire People 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.