| Population | 18,013,409
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 2007 est.) |
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| Age structure | 0-14 years: 40.6% (male 3,603,386/female 3,711,211)
15-64 years: 56.6% (male 5,128,824/female 5,060,027)
65 years and over: 2.8% (male 246,130/female 263,831) (2007 est.) |
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| Median age | total: 19.3 years
male: 19.5 years
female: 19 years (2007 est.) |
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| Population growth rate | 1.995% (2007 est.) |
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| Birth rate | 34.69 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Death rate | 14.74 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Net migration rate | 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 0.971 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.014 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.933 male(s)/female
total population: 0.994 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
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| Infant mortality rate | total: 87.41 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 103.84 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 70.48 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
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| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 49 years
male: 46.43 years
female: 51.66 years (2007 est.) |
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| Total fertility rate | 4.43 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
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People living
with HIV/AIDS | 570,000 (2003 est.) |
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| HIV/AIDS - deaths | 47,000 (2003 est.) |
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| Nationality | noun: Ivoirian(s)
adjective: Ivoirian |
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| 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 14,000 French) (1998) |
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| Religions | Muslim 35-40%, indigenous 25-40%, Christian 20-30% (2001)
note: the majority of foreigners (migratory workers) are Muslim (70%) and Christian (20%) |
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| Languages | French (official), 60 native dialects with Dioula the most widely spoken |
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| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 50.9%
male: 57.9%
female: 43.6% (2003 est.) |
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