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Ivory Coast: cities by population

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Ivory Coast has a population of 33,494,346 (UN estimate, 2026), with Yamoussoukro as its capital. The 50 largest of its 5,130 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

+89%
since 2000 (17,699,004)
+66%
projected by 2050 (55,746,985)
105
people per km²
19501975200020252050 2.7M 55.7M
UN estimates to 2026; the dashed line is the medium-variant projection to 2050, a forecast rather than a measurement. Source: World Population Prospects 2024.
Full UN series, 1950 to 2050
YearPopulation
19502,735,180
19756,776,297
200017,699,004
200520,068,458
201022,488,065
201525,246,342
202028,915,449
202532,711,547
202633,494,346
2030 projected36,699,009
2050 projected55,746,985

Medium variant. Figures from 2026 onward are projections, not measurements.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.

Largest cities in Ivory Coast

#PlaceRegionPopulation
1AbidjanAbidjan Autonomous District6,321,017
2BouakéVallée du Bandama District832,371
3KorhogoSavanes District440,926
4DaloaSassandra-Marahoue421,871
5San-PédroBas-Sassandra District390,654
6GagnoaGoh-Djiboua277,044
7YamoussoukroLacs District275,686
8SinfraZanzan District245,226
9ManMontagnes241,969
10BondoukouZanzan District141,568
11DabouLagunes District138,083
12DivoGoh-Djiboua136,627
13AnyamaAbidjan Autonomous District133,905
14SoubréBas-Sassandra District131,181
15AbengourouComoé District130,810
16BononSassandra-Marahoue119,938
17DuekouéMontagnes117,023
18BouafléSassandra-Marahoue104,209
19SéguélaWoroba103,980
20DaoukroLacs District101,136
21Grand-BassamComoé District96,797
22VavouaSassandra-Marahoue86,977
23BingervilleAbidjan Autonomous District82,983
24AgbovilleLagunes District81,770
25DananéMontagnes78,614
26AdzopéLagunes District76,122
27MéaguiBas-Sassandra District74,365
28FerkessédougouSavanes District72,476
29DimbokroLacs District70,198
30IssiaSassandra-Marahoue68,263
31GuigloMontagnes68,113
32ZagnéMontagnes63,341
33AgnibilékrouComoé District63,015
34KatiolaVallée du Bandama District59,641
35AboissoComoé District59,225
36OuméGoh-Djiboua58,606
37ToumodiLacs District55,986
38OdiennéDenguélé District54,669
39TengrélaSavanes District52,271
40BoundialiSavanes District51,803
41BonouaComoé District49,434
42OuangolodougouSavanes District49,248
43DoropoZanzan District48,225
44AfferyLagunes District47,109
45ZuénoulaSassandra-Marahoue44,097
46DiégonéflaGoh-Djiboua43,456
47BloléquinMontagnes41,821

Twenty years earlier: Ivory Coast in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 19,072,133.

Common questions

What is the population of Ivory Coast?
Ivory Coast has a population of 33,494,346, the UN World Population Prospects estimate for 2026. The UN's medium-variant projection for 2050 is 55,746,985 — a forecast, not a measurement.
What is the capital of Ivory Coast?
Yamoussoukro. The largest place we record there is Abidjan, with 6,321,017 people.

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Abidjan
The largest place we record in Ivory Coast: 6,321,017 people
Ivory Coast in 2005
The World Gazetteer's archive edition: 19,072,133 then
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