Facts and Figures

Full name: Cote d'Ivoire

Nationality      
        noun: Ivoirian(s)
        adjective: Ivoirian

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Area  
        total: 322,460 sq km
        water: 4,460 sq km
        land: 318,000 sq km

Population: 17,298,040

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 2005 est.)

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)

Capital: Yamoussoukro; note - although Yamoussoukro has been the official capital since 1983, Abidjan remains the commercial and administrative center; the US, like other countries, maintains its Embassy in Abidjan  (160 000)

Largest Cities
        Bouake (330 000)
        Korhogo (110 000)
        Abidjan

Official Languages 
        French (official)
        60 native dialects with Dioula the most widely spoken

Religion
        Christian 20-30%
        Muslim 35-40%
        indigenous 25-40% (2001)

Note: the majority of foreigners (migratory workers) are Muslim (70%) and Christian (20%)

Political system: Republic        

GDP: purchasing power parity - $24.78 billion (2004 est.)               

GDP per head: purchasing power parity - $1,500 (2004 est.)     

GDP - composition by sector
        agriculture: 27.8%
        industry: 19.4%
        services: 52.8% (2004 est.) 

Annual growth: -1% (2004 est.)     

Inflation: 1.4% (2004 est.)

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