Cote d’Ivoire

Location	Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Ghana and Liberia
Area	total: 322,463 sq km land: 318,003 sq km water: 4,460 sq km
Natural Resources	petroleum, natural gas, diamonds, manganese, iron ore, cobalt, bauxite, copper, gold, nickel, tantalum, silica sand, clay, cocoa beans, coffee, palm oil, hydropower

Nationality	noun: Ivoirian(s) adjective: Ivoirian
Religions	Muslim 42.9%, Catholic 17.2%, Evangelical 11.8%, Methodist 1.7%, other Christian 3.2%, animist 3.6%, other religion 0.5%, none 19.1%
Languages	French (official), 60 native dialects of which Dioula is the most widely spoken
Country name	conventional long form: Republic of Cote d'Ivoire conventional short form: Cote d'Ivoire former: Ivory Coast
Government type	presidential republic
Capital	Yamoussoukro (legislative capital), Abidjan (administrative capital); note - although Yamoussoukro has been the official capital since 1983, Abidjan remains the administrative capital as well as the officially designated economic capital; the US, like other countries, maintains its Embassy in Abidjan
Administrative divisions	12 districts and 2 autonomous districts; Abidjan, Bas-Sassandra, Comoe, Denguele, Goh-Djiboua, Lacs, Lagunes, Montagnes, Sassandra-Marahoue, Savanes, Vallee du Bandama, Woroba, Yamoussoukro*, Zanzan
Independence	7 August 1960 (from France)
Legal system	civil law system based on the French civil code; judicial review of legislation held in the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court

GDP (purchasing power parity)	$97.16 billion (2017 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate)	$40.47 billion (2017 est.)
GDP - real growth rate	7.8% (2017 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP)	$3,900 (2017 est.)
GDP - composition by sector	agriculture: 20.1% (2017 est.) industry: 26.6% (2017 est.) services: 53.3% (2017 est.)
Labor force - by occupation	agriculture: 68% (2007 est.)
Population below poverty line	46.3% (2015 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	0.8% (2017 est.)
Agriculture - products	coffee, cocoa beans, bananas, palm kernels, corn, rice, cassava (manioc, tapioca), sweet potatoes, sugar, cotton, rubber; timber
Industries	foodstuffs, beverages; wood products, oil refining, gold mining, truck and bus assembly, textiles, fertilizer, building materials, electricity
Industrial production growth rate	4.2% (2017 est.)
Exports - commodities	cocoa, coffee, timber, petroleum, cotton, bananas, pineapples, palm oil, fish
Currency (code)	Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF); note - responsible authority is the Central Bank of the West African States
Fiscal year	calendar year

Population	27,481,086 (2019 est.)
Age structure	0-14 years: 38.53% (male 5,311,971/female 5,276,219) 15-24 years: 20.21% (male 2,774,374/female 2,779,012) 25-54 years: 34.88% (male 4,866,957/female 4,719,286) 55-64 years: 3.53% (male 494,000/female 476,060) 65 years and over: 2.85% (male 349,822/female 433,385) (2019 est.)
Population growth rate	2.5% (2017 est.)
Birth rate	29.1 births/1,000 population (2019 est.)
Death rate	7.9 deaths/1,000 population (2019 est.)
Sex ratio	0-14 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/female total population: 100.8 male(s)/female (2019 est.)
Infant mortality rate	total: 59.1 deaths/1,000 live births male: 66.7 deaths/1,000 live births female: 51.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2019 est.)
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 61.3 years male: 59.2 years female: 63.6 years (2019 est.)
Total fertility rate	4.91 children born/woman (2016)
Current contraceptive use among married women 15-49 years old(any method)	23% (2018)
Unmet need of contraceptive	27% (2018)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	460,000 (2018 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths	16,000 (2018 est.)
Literacy	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 47.2% male: 53.7% female: 40.5% (2018)