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Share of population under 15 — Côte d'Ivoire

Share of population under 15 in Côte d'Ivoire in 2025 — 40.5%. Ranked 21 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 2.7 pp.

2025 40.5% −0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 21of 217
Period maximum 48.1%1987
Period minimum 40.5%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population under 15 — Côte d'Ivoire, 1960–202540424446485019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 43.1%1962: 43.4%1964: 43.9%1966: 44.3%1968: 44.8%1970: 45.1%1972: 45.2%1974: 45.3%1976: 45.7%1978: 46.5%1980: 47.1%1982: 47.5%1984: 47.8%1986: 48%1988: 48%1990: 47.8%1992: 47.4%1994: 46.9%1996: 46.4%1998: 46.1%2000: 46%2002: 46.2%2004: 46.3%2006: 46.3%2008: 45.8%2010: 44%2012: 42.7%2014: 42%2016: 42.3%2018: 42.4%2020: 42.2%2022: 41.7%2024: 40.9%2025: 40.5%
Change over the period: −2.7 pp Annual average: -0.04 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Côte d'Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire 40.5%
World 24.4%
Sub-Saharan Africa 40.4%
Western Africa computed 40.6%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 28.8%
Share of population under 15 — Côte d'Ivoire, by year Côte d'Ivoire All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 40.5 −0.4 pp
2024 40.9 −0.4 pp
2023 41.3 −0.4 pp
2022 41.7 −0.3 pp
2021 42 −0.2 pp
2020 42.2 −0.1 pp
2019 42.3 −0.1 pp
2018 42.4 −0 pp
2017 42.4 +0.1 pp
2016 42.3 +0.1 pp
2015 42.2 +0.2 pp
2014 42 −0.1 pp
2013 42.2 −0.5 pp
2012 42.7 −0.6 pp
2011 43.3 −0.7 pp
2010 44 −0.9 pp
2009 44.9 −1 pp
2008 45.8 −0.5 pp
2007 46.4 +0 pp
2006 46.3 +0 pp
2005 46.3 +0 pp
2004 46.3 +0.1 pp
2003 46.2 +0.1 pp
2002 46.2 +0.1 pp
2001 46.1 +0.1 pp
2000 46 +0 pp
1999 46 −0.1 pp
1998 46.1 −0.2 pp
1997 46.2 −0.2 pp
1996 46.4 −0.2 pp
1995 46.7 −0.2 pp
1994 46.9 −0.2 pp
1993 47.1 −0.2 pp
1992 47.4 −0.2 pp
1991 47.6 −0.2 pp
1990 47.8 −0.2 pp
1989 47.9 −0.1 pp
1988 48 −0 pp
1987 48.1 +0 pp
1986 48 +0.1 pp
1985 47.9 +0.1 pp
1984 47.8 +0.1 pp
1983 47.7 +0.2 pp
1982 47.5 +0.2 pp
1981 47.3 +0.2 pp
1980 47.1 +0.3 pp
1979 46.8 +0.3 pp
1978 46.5 +0.4 pp
1977 46.1 +0.5 pp
1976 45.7 +0.3 pp
1975 45.4 +0.1 pp
1974 45.3 +0.1 pp
1973 45.2 +0 pp
1972 45.2 +0 pp
1971 45.1 +0.1 pp
1970 45.1 +0.1 pp
1969 44.9 +0.2 pp
1968 44.8 +0.2 pp
1967 44.6 +0.2 pp
1966 44.3 +0.2 pp
1965 44.1 +0.2 pp
1964 43.9 +0.3 pp
1963 43.6 +0.2 pp
1962 43.4 +0.1 pp
1961 43.2 +0.1 pp
1960 43.1 —

Western Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

NE Niger 46.2 ML Mali 45.8 MR Mauritania 42.4 BJ Benin 41.3 BF Burkina Faso 41.2 GN Guinea 40.5 NG Nigeria 40.5 CI Côte d'Ivoire 40.5 TG Togo 40.4 GM Gambia 39.7 LR Liberia 39.1 GW Guinea-Bissau 38.3 SN Senegal 37.7 SL Sierra Leone 37.7 GH Ghana 35.4 CV Cabo Verde 24.7
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About the indicator

The share of population aged 0 to 14. In sub-Saharan Africa this share exceeds 40%, while in East Asia and Europe it drops below 15%. A high share of children means fast growth of the labor force in the future, but also a heavy current load on the education system.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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