Population: 14,295,501 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate: 3.44% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 46.52 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 15.01 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: 2.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 95 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 48.92 years
male: 46.75 years
female: 51.16 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 6.67 children born/woman (1994 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Ivorian(s)
adjective: Ivorian

Ethnic divisions: Baoule 23%, Bete 18%, Senoufou 15%, Malinke 11%, Agni, foreign Africans (mostly Burkinabe and Malians, about 3 million), non-Africans 130,000 to 330,000 (French 30,000 and Lebanese 100,000 to 300,000)

Religions: indigenous 25%, Muslim 60%, Christian 12%

Languages: French (official), 60 native dialects Dioula is the most widely spoken

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
total population: 54%
male: 67%
female: 40%
Labor force: 5.718 million
by occupation: over 85% of population engaged in agriculture, forestry, livestock raising; about 11% of labor force are wage earners, nearly half in agriculture and the remainder in government, industry, commerce, and professions
note: 54% of population of working age (1985)

NOTE: The information regarding Cote d'Ivoire on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Cote d'Ivoire People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Cote d'Ivoire People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.