People Cote d'Ivoire
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Population: 16,804,784
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 2002 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 46% (male 3,874,651;
female 3,847,080)
15-64 years: 51.8% (male 4,468,242;
female 4,238,998)
65 years and over: 2.2% (male
185,306; female 190,507) (2002
est.)
Population growth rate: 2.45% (2002 est.)
Birth rate: 39.99 births/1,000 population (2002
est.)
Death rate: 16.74 deaths/1,000 population (2002
est.)
Net migration rate: 1.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: after Liberia's civil war
started in 1990, more than 350,000
refugees fled to Cote d'Ivoire; by
the end of 1999 most Liberian
refugees were assumed to have
returned (2002 est.)
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.97 male(s)/
female
total population: 1.03 male(s)/
female (2002 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 92.23 deaths/1,000 live births
(2002 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 44.72 years
female: 46.03 years (2002 est.)
male: 43.45 years
Total fertility rate: 5.61 children born/woman (2002
est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 10.76% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ 1 million (2000)
AIDS:
HIV/AIDS - deaths: 72,000 (1999 est.)
Nationality: noun: Ivorian(s)
adjective: Ivorian
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
20,000 French) (1998)
Religions: Christian 20-30%, Muslim 35-40%,
indigenous 25-40% (2001)
note: the majority of foreigners
(migratory workers) are Muslim
(70%) and Christian (20%)
Languages: French (official), 60 native
dialects with Dioula the most
widely spoken
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can
read and write
total population: 48.5%
male: 57%
female: 40%