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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Ivory Coast fits inside Brazil 26 times

Brazil: 8,510,420 km² (2024) · Ivory Coast: 322,460 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Brazil’s coastline is 15 times as long as Ivory Coast’s

Brazil: 7,491 km (2026 edition) · Ivory Coast: 515 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Brazil’s highest peak towers 1,242 m above Ivory Coast’s

Brazil: 2,994 m (2026 edition) · Ivory Coast: 1,752 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 84% of Ivory Coast, versus 28% of Brazil

Brazil: 28.4% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 83.9% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Brazil has 6.5 times as many people as Ivory Coast

Brazil: 213 million (2025) · Ivory Coast: 32.7 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Ivory Coast is 4 times as densely populated as Brazil

Brazil: 25 per km² (2025) · Ivory Coast: 103 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Brazil are 7.5 cm taller than in Ivory Coast

Brazil: 175.7 cm (2019) · Ivory Coast: 168.2 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Brazil are 3.8 cm taller than in Ivory Coast

Brazil: 162.4 cm (2019) · Ivory Coast: 158.7 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Brazil is 16 years older than in Ivory Coast

Brazil: 33.9 years (2023) · Ivory Coast: 18.1 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Ivory Coast have 2.6 more children on average than in Brazil

Brazil: 1.61 children per woman (2024) · Ivory Coast: 4.23 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

11% of people in Brazil are 65 or older, versus 2.7% in Ivory Coast

Brazil: 11.5% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 2.7% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Ivory Coast hosts 74% more refugees per resident than Brazil

Brazil: 1.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Ivory Coast: 2.3 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Brazil has produced 0.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ivory Coast none

Brazil: 0.047 (2026) · Ivory Coast: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Brazil and Ivory Coast are practically level

Brazil: 1 (2026) · Ivory Coast: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Brazil’s economy is 23 times the size of Ivory Coast’s

Brazil: $2.28 trillion (2025) · Ivory Coast: $99.8 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Brazil produces 2.9 times as much per person as Ivory Coast

Brazil: Int$23,433 (2025) · Ivory Coast: Int$8,209 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Brazil than in Ivory Coast (Gini 15 points higher)

Brazil: 50.3 (2024) · Ivory Coast: 35.3 (2021)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

21% of people in Ivory Coast live on less than $3 a day, versus 3.0% in Brazil

Brazil: 3% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 20.8% (2021)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 6.0% in Brazil, versus 2.3% in Ivory Coast

Brazil: 6% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 2.3% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Brazil and Ivory Coast are practically level

Brazil: 1.1% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 0.8% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Brazil’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Ivory Coast’s 13%

Brazil: 15.4% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 13% (2023)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Brazil’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Ivory Coast’s

Brazil: 46% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 37% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Brazil spends 12 times as much on health per person as Ivory Coast

Brazil: $1,010 (2023) · Ivory Coast: $88 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Brazil live 14 years longer than in Ivory Coast

Brazil: 76 years (2024) · Ivory Coast: 62.1 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Ivory Coast is 3.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in Brazil

Brazil: 12.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Ivory Coast: 44.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Brazil has 14 times as many doctors per person as Ivory Coast

Brazil: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Ivory Coast: 0.2 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Brazil: 2.5 per 1,000 (2021) · Ivory Coast: no data

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Ivory Coast is 87% higher than in Brazil

Brazil: 8.8 per 100k (2023) · Ivory Coast: 16.5 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

31% of adults in Brazil are obese, versus 12% in Ivory Coast

Brazil: 30.9% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 12% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

12% of adults in Brazil smoke, versus 7.3% in Ivory Coast

Brazil: 11.9% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 7.3% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Brazil rate their lives 1.49 points higher than in Ivory Coast

Brazil: 6.63 (2025) · Ivory Coast: 5.15 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Brazil drink 2.5 times as much alcohol as in Ivory Coast

Brazil: 10.4 litres (2023) · Ivory Coast: 4.2 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Brazil has 8.7 times as much meat per person as Ivory Coast

Brazil: 104.6 kg (2023) · Ivory Coast: 12 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Brazil has 486 kcal more food per person per day than Ivory Coast

Brazil: 3,423 kcal (2023) · Ivory Coast: 2,938 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Ivory Coast put in 109 more hours a year than in Brazil

Brazil: 1,994 hours (2023) · Ivory Coast: 2,103 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Brazil went to school 3.6 years longer than in Ivory Coast

Brazil: 8.4 years (2023) · Ivory Coast: 4.9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Brazil: 0.03 (2024) · Ivory Coast: no data

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Brazil has 21 more World Heritage sites than Ivory Coast (26 against 5)

Brazil: 26 (2026) · Ivory Coast: 5 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Brazil has won 171 Olympic medals, Ivory Coast 5

Brazil: 171 (2026 edition) · Ivory Coast: 5 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

84% of people in Brazil are online, versus 41% in Ivory Coast

Brazil: 84% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 41% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Brazil is 3.4 times as fast as in Ivory Coast

Brazil: 293 Mbps (2026) · Ivory Coast: 85 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Brazil have electricity, versus 73% in Ivory Coast

Brazil: 99.8% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 72.9% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

88% of people in Brazil live in cities, versus 55% in Ivory Coast

Brazil: 88% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 55% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Ivory Coast has 184 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Brazil 102

Brazil: 102 (2024) · Ivory Coast: 184 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Brazil’s railway network is 47 times as long as Ivory Coast’s

Brazil: 29,850 km (2014) · Ivory Coast: 639 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Brazil fly 20 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ivory Coast

Brazil: 0.45 (2023) · Ivory Coast: 0.02 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 59% of Brazil, but only 12% of Ivory Coast

Brazil: 58.5% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 12.1% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Brazil emits 4.9 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ivory Coast

Brazil: 2.3 t (2024) · Ivory Coast: 0.5 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

87% of Brazil’s electricity is renewable, versus 29% in Ivory Coast

Brazil: 86.6% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 28.9% (2024)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Ivory Coast carries 32% more fine dust than in Brazil

Brazil: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Ivory Coast: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

Brazil: 19.3 per 100k (2023) · Ivory Coast: no data

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Ivory Coast are 19% deadlier than in Brazil

Brazil: 25.9 per 100k (2023) · Ivory Coast: 30.9 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Ivory Coast is on average 1.5 °C warmer than Brazil

Brazil: 25.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ivory Coast: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Brazil gets 35% more rain than Ivory Coast

Brazil: 1,661 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ivory Coast: 1,226 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Brazil bigger than Ivory Coast?

Brazil is larger. Ivory Coast fits inside Brazil 26 times.

Which has more people, Brazil or Ivory Coast?

Brazil has 6.5 times as many people as Ivory Coast (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Brazil or Ivory Coast?

People in Brazil live 14 years longer than in Ivory Coast. Life expectancy at birth is 76.0 years in Brazil and 62.1 in Ivory Coast.

Are people taller in Brazil or Ivory Coast?

Men in Brazil are 7.5 cm taller than in Ivory Coast (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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