Rural population — all countries

Rural population — Côte d'Ivoire

Rural population in Côte d'Ivoire in 2025 — 14,867,742 people. Ranked 37 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 396.2%.

2025 14.87M people +1.15% vs 2024
World rank 37of 217
Period maximum 14.87M people2025
Period minimum 3M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Rural population — Côte d'Ivoire, 1960–202505M10M15M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2,996,517 people1962: 3,123,935 people1964: 3,270,802 people1966: 3,445,407 people1968: 3,648,922 people1970: 3,886,266 people1972: 4,163,818 people1974: 4,455,821 people1976: 4,681,466 people1978: 4,835,591 people1980: 5,164,043 people1982: 5,546,580 people1984: 5,965,555 people1986: 6,409,314 people1988: 6,865,271 people1990: 7,352,320 people1992: 7,880,543 people1994: 8,436,101 people1996: 9,012,475 people1998: 9,607,232 people2000: 10,073,564 people2002: 10,472,969 people2004: 10,842,431 people2006: 11,197,285 people2008: 11,539,909 people2010: 11,865,281 people2012: 12,173,723 people2014: 12,504,725 people2016: 13,012,897 people2018: 13,492,641 people2020: 13,926,904 people2022: 14,331,470 people2024: 14,698,269 people2025: 14,867,742 people
Change over the period: +11.87M (+396.17%) Average annual rate: 2.49 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Côte d'Ivoire 14.87M people
World 3.46B people
Sub-Saharan Africa 731M people
Western Africa computed 213M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 1.86B people
Rural population — Côte d'Ivoire, by year Côte d'Ivoire All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 14.87M +169,473 +1.15%
2024 14.7M +177,418 +1.22%
2023 14.52M +189,381 +1.32%
2022 14.33M +198,754 +1.41%
2021 14.13M +205,812 +1.48%
2020 13.93M +211,422 +1.54%
2019 13.72M +222,841 +1.65%
2018 13.49M +232,282 +1.75%
2017 13.26M +247,462 +1.9%
2016 13.01M +255,791 +2.01%
2015 12.76M +252,381 +2.02%
2014 12.5M +192,555 +1.56%
2013 12.31M +138,447 +1.14%
2012 12.17M +149,484 +1.24%
2011 12.02M +158,958 +1.34%
2010 11.87M +161,928 +1.38%
2009 11.7M +163,444 +1.42%
2008 11.54M +168,753 +1.48%
2007 11.37M +173,871 +1.55%
2006 11.2M +176,149 +1.6%
2005 11.02M +178,705 +1.65%
2004 10.84M +181,734 +1.7%
2003 10.66M +187,728 +1.79%
2002 10.47M +195,887 +1.91%
2001 10.28M +203,518 +2.02%
2000 10.07M +210,674 +2.14%
1999 9.86M +255,658 +2.66%
1998 9.61M +298,231 +3.2%
1997 9.31M +296,526 +3.29%
1996 9.01M +291,083 +3.34%
1995 8.72M +285,291 +3.38%
1994 8.44M +280,049 +3.43%
1993 8.16M +275,509 +3.5%
1992 7.88M +268,621 +3.53%
1991 7.61M +259,602 +3.53%
1990 7.35M +249,267 +3.51%
1989 7.1M +237,782 +3.46%
1988 6.87M +229,488 +3.46%
1987 6.64M +226,469 +3.53%
1986 6.41M +223,938 +3.62%
1985 6.19M +219,821 +3.68%
1984 5.97M +213,436 +3.71%
1983 5.75M +205,539 +3.71%
1982 5.55M +196,094 +3.66%
1981 5.35M +186,443 +3.61%
1980 5.16M +174,686 +3.5%
1979 4.99M +153,766 +3.18%
1978 4.84M +99,298 +2.1%
1977 4.74M +54,827 +1.17%
1976 4.68M +86,608 +1.88%
1975 4.59M +139,037 +3.12%
1974 4.46M +145,532 +3.38%
1973 4.31M +146,471 +3.52%
1972 4.16M +142,905 +3.55%
1971 4.02M +134,647 +3.46%
1970 3.89M +123,941 +3.29%
1969 3.76M +113,403 +3.11%
1968 3.65M +105,114 +2.97%
1967 3.54M +98,401 +2.86%
1966 3.45M +91,369 +2.72%
1965 3.35M +83,236 +2.54%
1964 3.27M +76,054 +2.38%
1963 3.19M +70,813 +2.27%
1962 3.12M +66,123 +2.16%
1961 3.06M +61,295 +2.05%
1960 3M

About the indicator

The population living outside urban settlements. In the catalog this quantity was present only as a share, while the absolute number shows what the share does not: the world's rural population stopped growing only in the 2020s and still exceeds three billion people, even though the share has been falling for half a century. Each country defines a city itself, so cross-country comparisons of this series call for caution.

Important: It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and the criterion for a city is national: in some places it is a settlement of two thousand residents, in others twenty thousand. Comparing the trend within a country is more reliable than comparing countries with each other.

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