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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Germany is 11% bigger than Ivory Coast

Germany: 357,680 km² (2024) · Ivory Coast: 322,460 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Germany’s coastline is 4.6 times as long as Ivory Coast’s

Germany: 2,389 km (2026 edition) · Ivory Coast: 515 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Germany’s highest peak towers 1,211 m above Ivory Coast’s

Germany: 2,963 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 47% of Germany

Germany: 47.4% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 83.9% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Germany has 2.6 times as many people as Ivory Coast

Germany: 83.5 million (2025) · Ivory Coast: 32.7 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Germany is 2.3 times as densely populated as Ivory Coast

Germany: 239 per km² (2025) · Ivory Coast: 103 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Germany are 12.1 cm taller than in Ivory Coast

Germany: 180.3 cm (2019) · Ivory Coast: 168.2 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Germany are 7.5 cm taller than in Ivory Coast

Germany: 166.2 cm (2019) · Ivory Coast: 158.7 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Germany is 27 years older than in Ivory Coast

Germany: 45.1 years (2023) · Ivory Coast: 18.1 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Ivory Coast have 2.9 more children on average than in Germany

Germany: 1.36 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 Germany are 65 or older, versus 2.7% in Ivory Coast

Germany: 23.7% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 2.7% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Germany hosts 14 times as many refugees per resident as Ivory Coast

Germany: 31.8 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?

Germany has produced 10.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ivory Coast none

Germany: 10.3 (2026) · Ivory Coast: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Germany and Ivory Coast are practically level

Germany: 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?

Germany’s economy is 51 times the size of Ivory Coast’s

Germany: $5.05 trillion (2025) · Ivory Coast: $99.8 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Germany produces 9.2 times as much per person as Ivory Coast

Germany: Int$75,407 (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 Germany (Gini 1.6 points higher)

Germany: 33.7 (2022) · 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 0.7% in Germany

Germany: 0.7% (2022) · Ivory Coast: 20.8% (2021)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 3.7% in Germany, versus 2.3% in Ivory Coast

Germany: 3.7% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 2.3% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Germany spends 2.3% of its GDP on the military, Ivory Coast 0.8%

Germany: 2.3% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 0.8% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Ivory Coast’s central government collects 13% of GDP in tax, Germany’s 11%

Germany: 10.9% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 13% (2023)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Germany’s price level (US = 100) is 2.2× Ivory Coast’s

Germany: 80% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 37% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Germany spends 78 times as much on health per person as Ivory Coast

Germany: $6,849 (2024) · Ivory Coast: $88 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Germany live 19 years longer than in Ivory Coast

Germany: 80.8 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 14 times as likely to die before turning one as in Germany

Germany: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Ivory Coast: 44.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Germany has 27 times as many doctors per person as Ivory Coast

Germany: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Ivory Coast: 0.2 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Germany: 7.6 per 1,000 (2023) · Ivory Coast: no data

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Ivory Coast is 65% higher than in Germany

Germany: 10 per 100k (2023) · Ivory Coast: 16.5 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

24% of adults in Germany are obese, versus 12% in Ivory Coast

Germany: 24.5% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 12% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

22% of adults in Germany smoke, versus 7.3% in Ivory Coast

Germany: 22% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 7.3% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Germany rate their lives 1.73 points higher than in Ivory Coast

Germany: 6.88 (2025) · Ivory Coast: 5.15 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Germany drink 2.6 times as much alcohol as in Ivory Coast

Germany: 10.9 litres (2023) · Ivory Coast: 4.2 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Germany has 5.9 times as much meat per person as Ivory Coast

Germany: 70.7 kg (2023) · Ivory Coast: 12 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Germany has 597 kcal more food per person per day than Ivory Coast

Germany: 3,535 kcal (2023) · Ivory Coast: 2,938 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Ivory Coast put in 768 more hours a year than in Germany

Germany: 1,335 hours (2023) · Ivory Coast: 2,103 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Germany went to school 9.4 years longer than in Ivory Coast

Germany: 14.3 years (2023) · Ivory Coast: 4.9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Germany: 0.45 (2024) · Ivory Coast: no data

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Germany has 50 more World Heritage sites than Ivory Coast (55 against 5)

Germany: 55 (2026) · Ivory Coast: 5 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Germany has won 980 Olympic medals, Ivory Coast 5

Germany: 980 (2026 edition) · Ivory Coast: 5 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

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

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

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Germany is 2.2 times as fast as in Ivory Coast

Germany: 187 Mbps (2026) · Ivory Coast: 85 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

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

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

82% of people in Germany live in cities, versus 55% in Ivory Coast

Germany: 82% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 55% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Ivory Coast has 184 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Germany 129

Germany: 129 (2024) · Ivory Coast: 184 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Germany’s railway network is 52 times as long as Ivory Coast’s

Germany: 33,401 km (2021) · Ivory Coast: 639 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Germany fly 44 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ivory Coast

Germany: 0.96 (2023) · Ivory Coast: 0.02 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 33% of Germany, but only 12% of Ivory Coast

Germany: 32.8% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 12.1% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Germany emits 15 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ivory Coast

Germany: 6.8 t (2024) · Ivory Coast: 0.5 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

59% of Germany’s electricity is renewable, versus 29% in Ivory Coast

Germany: 59.1% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 28.9% (2024)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Ivory Coast carries 2.2 times as much fine dust as in Germany

Germany: 9.1 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?

Germany: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Ivory Coast: no data

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Ivory Coast are 5.7 times as deadly as in Germany

Germany: 5.4 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 16.6 °C warmer than Germany

Germany: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ivory Coast: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Ivory Coast gets 41% more rain than Germany

Germany: 871 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 Germany bigger than Ivory Coast?

Germany is larger. Germany is 11% bigger than Ivory Coast.

Which has more people, Germany or Ivory Coast?

Germany has 2.6 times as many people as Ivory Coast (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Germany or Ivory Coast?

People in Germany live 19 years longer than in Ivory Coast. Life expectancy at birth is 80.8 years in Germany and 62.1 in Ivory Coast.

Are people taller in Germany or Ivory Coast?

Men in Germany are 12.1 cm taller than in Ivory Coast (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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