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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Finland is 5% bigger than Ivory Coast

Finland: 338,485 km² (2024) · Ivory Coast: 322,460 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Finland’s coastline is 2.4 times as long as Ivory Coast’s

Finland: 1,250 km (2026 edition) · Ivory Coast: 515 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Ivory Coast’s highest peak towers 424 m above Finland’s

Finland: 1,328 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 7.4% of Finland

Finland: 7.4% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 83.9% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Ivory Coast has 5.8 times as many people as Finland

Finland: 5.65 million (2025) · Ivory Coast: 32.7 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Ivory Coast is 5.5 times as densely populated as Finland

Finland: 19 per km² (2025) · Ivory Coast: 103 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Finland are 12.3 cm taller than in Ivory Coast

Finland: 180.6 cm (2019) · Ivory Coast: 168.2 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Finland are 7.8 cm taller than in Ivory Coast

Finland: 166.5 cm (2019) · Ivory Coast: 158.7 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Finland is 25 years older than in Ivory Coast

Finland: 42.8 years (2023) · Ivory Coast: 18.1 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Ivory Coast have 3.0 more children on average than in Finland

Finland: 1.25 children per woman (2024) · Ivory Coast: 4.23 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

24% of people in Finland are 65 or older, versus 2.7% in Ivory Coast

Finland: 24.2% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 2.7% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Finland hosts 8 times as many refugees per resident as Ivory Coast

Finland: 18.2 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?

Finland has produced 8.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ivory Coast none

Finland: 8.9 (2026) · Ivory Coast: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Finland has 2 official languages, Ivory Coast 1

Finland: 2 (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?

Finland’s economy is 3.2 times the size of Ivory Coast’s

Finland: $317 billion (2025) · Ivory Coast: $99.8 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Finland produces 8 times as much per person as Ivory Coast

Finland: Int$65,885 (2025) · Ivory Coast: Int$8,209 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Ivory Coast than in Finland (Gini 7.9 points higher)

Finland: 27.4 (2023) · 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 0.2% in Finland

Finland: 0.2% (2023) · Ivory Coast: 20.8% (2021)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 9.5% in Finland, versus 2.3% in Ivory Coast

Finland: 9.5% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 2.3% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Finland spends 2.6% of its GDP on the military, Ivory Coast 0.8%

Finland: 2.6% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 0.8% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Finland’s central government collects 25% of GDP in tax, Ivory Coast’s 13%

Finland: 25.3% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 13% (2023)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Finland’s price level (US = 100) is 2.3× Ivory Coast’s

Finland: 85% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 37% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Finland spends 63 times as much on health per person as Ivory Coast

Finland: $5,515 (2023) · Ivory Coast: $88 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Finland live 20 years longer than in Ivory Coast

Finland: 82.3 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 24 times as likely to die before turning one as in Finland

Finland: 1.9 per 1,000 (2024) · Ivory Coast: 44.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Finland has 22 times as many doctors per person as Ivory Coast

Finland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2021) · Ivory Coast: 0.2 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Finland: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Ivory Coast: no data

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Ivory Coast is 26% higher than in Finland

Finland: 13.1 per 100k (2023) · Ivory Coast: 16.5 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

26% of adults in Finland are obese, versus 12% in Ivory Coast

Finland: 26.2% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 12% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

21% of adults in Finland smoke, versus 7.3% in Ivory Coast

Finland: 21.4% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 7.3% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Finland rate their lives 2.62 points higher than in Ivory Coast

Finland: 7.76 (2025) · Ivory Coast: 5.15 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Finland drink 2.2 times as much alcohol as in Ivory Coast

Finland: 9.4 litres (2023) · Ivory Coast: 4.2 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Finland has 5.8 times as much meat per person as Ivory Coast

Finland: 69.4 kg (2023) · Ivory Coast: 12 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Finland has 408 kcal more food per person per day than Ivory Coast

Finland: 3,346 kcal (2023) · Ivory Coast: 2,938 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Ivory Coast put in 606 more hours a year than in Finland

Finland: 1,497 hours (2023) · Ivory Coast: 2,103 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Finland went to school 8.1 years longer than in Ivory Coast

Finland: 13 years (2023) · Ivory Coast: 4.9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Finland: 0.8 (2024) · Ivory Coast: no data

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Finland has 3 more World Heritage sites than Ivory Coast (8 against 5)

Finland: 8 (2026) · Ivory Coast: 5 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Finland has won 486 Olympic medals, Ivory Coast 5

Finland: 486 (2026 edition) · Ivory Coast: 5 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

94% of people in Finland are online, versus 41% in Ivory Coast

Finland: 94% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 41% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Finland is 2.9 times as fast as in Ivory Coast

Finland: 247 Mbps (2026) · Ivory Coast: 85 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

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

Finland: 100% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 72.9% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

75% of people in Finland live in cities, versus 55% in Ivory Coast

Finland: 75% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 55% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Ivory Coast has 184 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Finland 126

Finland: 126 (2024) · Ivory Coast: 184 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Finland’s railway network is 9.3 times as long as Ivory Coast’s

Finland: 5,918 km (2021) · Ivory Coast: 639 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Finland fly 87 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ivory Coast

Finland: 1.91 (2023) · Ivory Coast: 0.02 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 74% of Finland, but only 12% of Ivory Coast

Finland: 74.2% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 12.1% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Finland emits 11 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ivory Coast

Finland: 5.3 t (2024) · Ivory Coast: 0.5 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

56% of Finland’s electricity is renewable, versus 29% in Ivory Coast

Finland: 56.5% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 28.9% (2024)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Ivory Coast carries 3.7 times as much fine dust as in Finland

Finland: 5.4 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?

Finland: 1 per 100k (2023) · Ivory Coast: no data

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Ivory Coast are 5.8 times as deadly as in Finland

Finland: 5.3 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 23.2 °C warmer than Finland

Finland: 3.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ivory Coast: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Ivory Coast gets 62% more rain than Finland

Finland: 758 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 Finland bigger than Ivory Coast?

Finland is larger. Finland is 5% bigger than Ivory Coast.

Which has more people, Finland or Ivory Coast?

Ivory Coast has 5.8 times as many people as Finland (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Finland or Ivory Coast?

People in Finland live 20 years longer than in Ivory Coast. Life expectancy at birth is 82.3 years in Finland and 62.1 in Ivory Coast.

Are people taller in Finland or Ivory Coast?

Men in Finland are 12.3 cm taller than in Ivory Coast (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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