Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Ivory Coast fits inside Brazil 26 times
Brazil: 8,510,420 km² (2024) · Ivory Coast: 322,460 km² (2024)
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)
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)
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)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
How many official languages?
Brazil and Ivory Coast are practically level
Brazil: 1 (2026) · Ivory Coast: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
How much goes to the military?
Brazil and Ivory Coast are practically level
Brazil: 1.1% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 0.8% (2025)
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)
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
How many hospital beds are there?
Brazil: 2.5 per 1,000 (2021) · Ivory Coast: no data
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)
How common is obesity?
31% of adults in Brazil are obese, versus 12% in Ivory Coast
Brazil: 30.9% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 12% (2024)
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
How many tourists visit?
Brazil: 0.03 (2024) · Ivory Coast: no data
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)
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
How many people are online?
84% of people in Brazil are online, versus 41% in Ivory Coast
Brazil: 84% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 41% (2024)
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)
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)
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)
How many phones per person?
Ivory Coast has 184 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Brazil 102
Brazil: 102 (2024) · Ivory Coast: 184 (2024)
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)
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
Brazil: 19.3 per 100k (2023) · Ivory Coast: no data
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
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)
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)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
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).