Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Côte d'Ivoire

Urban population share in Côte d'Ivoire in 2025 — 54.5%. Ranked 145 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 36.1 pp.

2025 54.5% +0.6 pp vs 2024
World rank 145of 217
Period maximum 54.5%2025
Period minimum 18.4%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Côte d'Ivoire, 1960–2025020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 18.4%1962: 21.1%1964: 23.5%1966: 25.4%1968: 26.9%1970: 28.2%1972: 29.5%1974: 31.2%1976: 33.7%1978: 36.4%1980: 37.2%1982: 37.7%1984: 38.2%1986: 38.6%1988: 39.1%1990: 39.7%1992: 40.3%1994: 41%1996: 41.6%1998: 42.3%2000: 43.1%2002: 43.9%2004: 44.7%2006: 45.5%2008: 46.4%2010: 47.2%2012: 48.1%2014: 49%2016: 49.9%2018: 50.9%2020: 51.8%2022: 52.8%2024: 54%2025: 54.5%
Change over the period: +36.1 pp Annual average: 0.56 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Côte d'Ivoire 54.5%
World 57.8%
Western Africa computed 54.2%
Urban population share — Côte d'Ivoire, by year Côte d'Ivoire All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 54.5 +0.6 pp
2024 54 +0.6 pp
2023 53.4 +0.6 pp
2022 52.8 +0.5 pp
2021 52.3 +0.5 pp
2020 51.8 +0.5 pp
2019 51.4 +0.5 pp
2018 50.9 +0.5 pp
2017 50.4 +0.5 pp
2016 49.9 +0.5 pp
2015 49.5 +0.5 pp
2014 49 +0.4 pp
2013 48.6 +0.4 pp
2012 48.1 +0.4 pp
2011 47.7 +0.4 pp
2010 47.2 +0.4 pp
2009 46.8 +0.4 pp
2008 46.4 +0.4 pp
2007 45.9 +0.4 pp
2006 45.5 +0.4 pp
2005 45.1 +0.4 pp
2004 44.7 +0.4 pp
2003 44.3 +0.4 pp
2002 43.9 +0.4 pp
2001 43.5 +0.4 pp
2000 43.1 +0.4 pp
1999 42.7 +0.4 pp
1998 42.3 +0.4 pp
1997 42 +0.4 pp
1996 41.6 +0.3 pp
1995 41.3 +0.3 pp
1994 41 +0.3 pp
1993 40.6 +0.3 pp
1992 40.3 +0.3 pp
1991 40 +0.3 pp
1990 39.7 +0.3 pp
1989 39.4 +0.3 pp
1988 39.1 +0.3 pp
1987 38.8 +0.2 pp
1986 38.6 +0.2 pp
1985 38.4 +0.2 pp
1984 38.2 +0.2 pp
1983 38 +0.2 pp
1982 37.7 +0.3 pp
1981 37.5 +0.3 pp
1980 37.2 +0.3 pp
1979 36.9 +0.5 pp
1978 36.4 +1.1 pp
1977 35.3 +1.6 pp
1976 33.7 +1.5 pp
1975 32.2 +1 pp
1974 31.2 +0.9 pp
1973 30.3 +0.8 pp
1972 29.5 +0.7 pp
1971 28.8 +0.7 pp
1970 28.2 +0.6 pp
1969 27.5 +0.7 pp
1968 26.9 +0.7 pp
1967 26.2 +0.8 pp
1966 25.4 +0.9 pp
1965 24.5 +1 pp
1964 23.5 +1.2 pp
1963 22.3 +1.3 pp
1962 21.1 +1.3 pp
1961 19.7 +1.3 pp
1960 18.4

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

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