Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Israel fits inside Ivory Coast 15 times.
Israel: 22,070 km² (2023) · Ivory Coast: 322,460 km² (2023)
How much coast is there?
Ivory Coast’s coastline is 89% longer than Israel’s.
Israel: 273 km (2026 edition) · Ivory Coast: 515 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Israel’s highest peak towers 484 m above Ivory Coast’s.
Israel: 2,236 m (2026 edition) · Ivory Coast: 1,752 m (2026 edition)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Ivory Coast has 3.2 times as many people as Israel.
Israel: 10.1 million (2025) · Ivory Coast: 32.7 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Israel is 4.5 times as densely populated as Ivory Coast.
Israel: 468 per km² (2025) · Ivory Coast: 103 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Israel are 7.8 cm taller than in Ivory Coast.
Israel: 176 cm (2019) · Ivory Coast: 168.2 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Israel are 3.6 cm taller than in Ivory Coast.
Israel: 162.2 cm (2019) · Ivory Coast: 158.7 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Israel is 11 years older than in Ivory Coast.
Israel: 29.2 years (2023) · Ivory Coast: 18.1 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Ivory Coast have 1.4 more children on average than in Israel.
Israel: 2.87 children per woman (2024) · Ivory Coast: 4.23 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
13% of people in Israel are 65 or older, versus 2.7% in Ivory Coast.
Israel: 12.7% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 2.7% (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Israel has produced 5.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ivory Coast 0.0.
Israel: 5.9 (2025) · Ivory Coast: 0 (2025)
How many official languages?
Israel has 2 official languages, Ivory Coast 1.
Israel: 2 (2026) · Ivory Coast: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Israel’s economy is 6.1 times the size of Ivory Coast’s.
Israel: $611 billion (2025) · Ivory Coast: $99.8 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Israel produces 7.3 times as much per person as Ivory Coast.
Israel: Int$59,717 (2025) · Ivory Coast: Int$8,209 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Israel than in Ivory Coast (Gini 3 points higher).
Israel: 38.3 (2022) · Ivory Coast: 35.3 (2021)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 3.5% in Israel, versus 2.3% in Ivory Coast.
Israel: 3.5% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 2.3% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Israel spends 8.8% of its GDP on the military, Ivory Coast 0.8%.
Israel: 8.8% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 0.8% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Israel’s price level (US = 100) is 2.7× Ivory Coast’s.
Israel: 101% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 37% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Israel spends 45 times as much on health per person as Ivory Coast.
Israel: $3,928 (2023) · Ivory Coast: $88 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Israel live 21 years longer than in Ivory Coast.
Israel: 83.2 years (2024) · Ivory Coast: 62.1 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Ivory Coast is 17 times as likely to die before turning one as in Israel.
Israel: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024) · Ivory Coast: 44.8 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Israel has 23 times as many doctors per person as Ivory Coast.
Israel: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023) · Ivory Coast: 0.2 per 1,000 (2023)
How common is obesity?
23% of adults in Israel are obese, versus 12% in Ivory Coast.
Israel: 23.3% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 12% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
21% of adults in Israel smoke, versus 7.3% in Ivory Coast.
Israel: 21.2% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 7.3% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Israel rate their lives 2.04 points higher than in Ivory Coast.
Israel: 7.19 (2025) · Ivory Coast: 5.15 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Israel and Ivory Coast are nearly identical here.
Israel: 4.2 litres (2023) · Ivory Coast: 4.2 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Israel has 9 times as much meat per person as Ivory Coast.
Israel: 108.7 kg (2023) · Ivory Coast: 12 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Israel has 816 kcal more food per person per day than Ivory Coast.
Israel: 3,754 kcal (2023) · Ivory Coast: 2,938 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Ivory Coast put in 213 more hours a year than in Israel.
Israel: 1,890 hours (2023) · Ivory Coast: 2,103 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Israel went to school 8.7 years longer than in Ivory Coast.
Israel: 13.5 years (2023) · Ivory Coast: 4.9 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Israel: 0.1 (2024) · Ivory Coast: no data
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
88% of people in Israel are online, versus 41% in Ivory Coast.
Israel: 88% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 41% (2024)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Israel have electricity, versus 73% in Ivory Coast.
Israel: 100% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 72.9% (2024)
How many live in cities?
92% of people in Israel live in cities, versus 55% in Ivory Coast.
Israel: 92% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 55% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Ivory Coast has 184 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Israel 177.
Israel: 177 (2024) · Ivory Coast: 184 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Israel’s railway network is 2.7 times as long as Ivory Coast’s.
Israel: 1,720 km (2021) · Ivory Coast: 639 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Israel fly 33 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ivory Coast.
Israel: 0.73 (2023) · Ivory Coast: 0.02 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 7.9% of Ivory Coast, but only 6.5% of Israel.
Israel: 6.5% (2023) · Ivory Coast: 7.9% (2023)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Israel emits 12 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ivory Coast.
Israel: 5.6 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 Israel.
Israel: 16.9% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 28.9% (2024)
How clean is the air?
Israel and Ivory Coast are nearly identical here.
Israel: 20.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Ivory Coast: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
Israel: 1.6 per 100k (2022) · Ivory Coast: no data
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Ivory Coast are 4.9 times as deadly as in Israel.
Israel: 4.2 per 100k (2021) · Ivory Coast: 20.6 per 100k (2021)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Ivory Coast is on average 5.7 °C warmer than Israel.
Israel: 21.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ivory Coast: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Ivory Coast gets 6 times as much rain as Israel.
Israel: 205 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ivory Coast: 1,226 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Quick answers
Is Israel bigger than Ivory Coast?
Ivory Coast is larger. Israel fits inside Ivory Coast 15 times.
Which has more people, Israel or Ivory Coast?
Ivory Coast has 3.2 times as many people as Israel (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Israel or Ivory Coast?
People in Israel live 21 years longer than in Ivory Coast. Life expectancy at birth is 83.2 years in Israel and 62.1 in Ivory Coast.
Are people taller in Israel or Ivory Coast?
Men in Israel are 7.8 cm taller than in Ivory Coast (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).