Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Czechia fits inside Ivory Coast 4.1 times
Czechia: 78,871 km² (2024) · Ivory Coast: 322,460 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Czechia: 0 km (2026 edition) · Ivory Coast: 515 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Ivory Coast’s highest peak towers 150 m above Czechia’s
Czechia: 1,602 m (2026 edition) · Ivory Coast: 1,752 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 84% of Ivory Coast, versus 46% of Czechia
Czechia: 45.8% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 83.9% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Ivory Coast has 3 times as many people as Czechia
Czechia: 10.9 million (2025) · Ivory Coast: 32.7 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Czechia is 37% more densely populated than Ivory Coast
Czechia: 141 per km² (2025) · Ivory Coast: 103 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Czechia are 13.0 cm taller than in Ivory Coast
Czechia: 181.2 cm (2019) · Ivory Coast: 168.2 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Czechia are 9.3 cm taller than in Ivory Coast
Czechia: 168 cm (2019) · Ivory Coast: 158.7 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Czechia is 25 years older than in Ivory Coast
Czechia: 42.7 years (2023) · Ivory Coast: 18.1 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Ivory Coast have 2.9 more children on average than in Czechia
Czechia: 1.36 children per woman (2024) · Ivory Coast: 4.23 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
21% of people in Czechia are 65 or older, versus 2.7% in Ivory Coast
Czechia: 21.2% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 2.7% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Czechia hosts 16 times as many refugees per resident as Ivory Coast
Czechia: 36.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Ivory Coast: 2.3 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Czechia has produced 5.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ivory Coast none
Czechia: 5.5 (2026) · Ivory Coast: 0 (2026)
How many official languages?
Czechia has 2 official languages, Ivory Coast 1
Czechia: 2 (2026) · Ivory Coast: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Czechia’s economy is 3.9 times the size of Ivory Coast’s
Czechia: $391 billion (2025) · Ivory Coast: $99.8 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Czechia produces 7.4 times as much per person as Ivory Coast
Czechia: Int$60,487 (2025) · Ivory Coast: Int$8,209 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Ivory Coast than in Czechia (Gini 9.6 points higher)
Czechia: 25.7 (2023) · 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 0% in Czechia
Czechia: 0% (2023) · Ivory Coast: 20.8% (2021)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 2.8% in Czechia, versus 2.3% in Ivory Coast
Czechia: 2.8% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 2.3% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Czechia spends 1.8% of its GDP on the military, Ivory Coast 0.8%
Czechia: 1.8% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 0.8% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Czechia’s central government collects 19% of GDP in tax, Ivory Coast’s 13%
Czechia: 18.6% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 13% (2023)
How expensive is it?
Czechia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.6× Ivory Coast’s
Czechia: 59% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 37% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Czechia spends 31 times as much on health per person as Ivory Coast
Czechia: $2,693 (2024) · Ivory Coast: $88 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Czechia live 18 years longer than in Ivory Coast
Czechia: 80 years (2024) · Ivory Coast: 62.1 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Ivory Coast is 21 times as likely to die before turning one as in Czechia
Czechia: 2.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Ivory Coast: 44.8 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Czechia has 26 times as many doctors per person as Ivory Coast
Czechia: 4.4 per 1,000 (2022) · Ivory Coast: 0.2 per 1,000 (2023)
How many hospital beds are there?
Czechia: 6.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Ivory Coast: no data
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Ivory Coast is 35% higher than in Czechia
Czechia: 12.2 per 100k (2023) · Ivory Coast: 16.5 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
32% of adults in Czechia are obese, versus 12% in Ivory Coast
Czechia: 31.6% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 12% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
28% of adults in Czechia smoke, versus 7.3% in Ivory Coast
Czechia: 28.4% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 7.3% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Czechia rate their lives 1.67 points higher than in Ivory Coast
Czechia: 6.82 (2025) · Ivory Coast: 5.15 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Czechia drink 3.2 times as much alcohol as in Ivory Coast
Czechia: 13.5 litres (2023) · Ivory Coast: 4.2 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Czechia has 6.8 times as much meat per person as Ivory Coast
Czechia: 82.3 kg (2023) · Ivory Coast: 12 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Czechia has 447 kcal more food per person per day than Ivory Coast
Czechia: 3,384 kcal (2023) · Ivory Coast: 2,938 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Ivory Coast put in 329 more hours a year than in Czechia
Czechia: 1,774 hours (2023) · Ivory Coast: 2,103 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Czechia went to school 8.1 years longer than in Ivory Coast
Czechia: 13 years (2023) · Ivory Coast: 4.9 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Czechia: 1.37 (2019) · Ivory Coast: no data
How many World Heritage sites?
Czechia has 12 more World Heritage sites than Ivory Coast (17 against 5)
Czechia: 17 (2026) · Ivory Coast: 5 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Czechia has won 111 Olympic medals, Ivory Coast 5
Czechia: 111 (2026 edition) · Ivory Coast: 5 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
88% of people in Czechia are online, versus 41% in Ivory Coast
Czechia: 88% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 41% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Czechia is 2.2 times as fast as in Ivory Coast
Czechia: 186 Mbps (2026) · Ivory Coast: 85 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Czechia have electricity, versus 73% in Ivory Coast
Czechia: 100% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 72.9% (2024)
How many live in cities?
73% of people in Czechia live in cities, versus 55% in Ivory Coast
Czechia: 73% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 55% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Ivory Coast has 184 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Czechia 127
Czechia: 127 (2024) · Ivory Coast: 184 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Czechia’s railway network is 15 times as long as Ivory Coast’s
Czechia: 9,357 km (2021) · Ivory Coast: 639 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Czechia fly 9.1 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ivory Coast
Czechia: 0.2 (2023) · Ivory Coast: 0.02 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 38% of Czechia, but only 12% of Ivory Coast
Czechia: 38.4% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 12.1% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Czechia emits 15 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ivory Coast
Czechia: 7 t (2024) · Ivory Coast: 0.5 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
29% of Ivory Coast’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Czechia
Czechia: 16.8% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 28.9% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Ivory Coast carries 67% more fine dust than in Czechia
Czechia: 12.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Ivory Coast: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
Czechia: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Ivory Coast: no data
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Ivory Coast are 4.4 times as deadly as in Czechia
Czechia: 7.1 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 17.4 °C warmer than Czechia
Czechia: 9.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ivory Coast: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Ivory Coast gets 52% more rain than Czechia
Czechia: 805 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 Czechia bigger than Ivory Coast?
Ivory Coast is larger. Czechia fits inside Ivory Coast 4.1 times.
Which has more people, Czechia or Ivory Coast?
Ivory Coast has 3 times as many people as Czechia (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Czechia or Ivory Coast?
People in Czechia live 18 years longer than in Ivory Coast. Life expectancy at birth is 80.0 years in Czechia and 62.1 in Ivory Coast.
Are people taller in Czechia or Ivory Coast?
Men in Czechia are 13.0 cm taller than in Ivory Coast (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).