Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Ivory Coast fits inside Kazakhstan 8.5 times
Ivory Coast: 322,460 km² (2024) · Kazakhstan: 2,724,900 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Ivory Coast: 515 km (2026 edition) · Kazakhstan: 0 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Kazakhstan’s highest peak towers 5,258 m above Ivory Coast’s
Ivory Coast: 1,752 m (2026 edition) · Kazakhstan: 7,010 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 84% of Ivory Coast, versus 79% of Kazakhstan
Ivory Coast: 83.9% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 79.2% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Ivory Coast has 57% more people than Kazakhstan
Ivory Coast: 32.7 million (2025) · Kazakhstan: 20.8 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Ivory Coast is 13 times as densely populated as Kazakhstan
Ivory Coast: 103 per km² (2025) · Kazakhstan: 8 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Kazakhstan are 7.3 cm taller than in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 168.2 cm (2019) · Kazakhstan: 175.5 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Kazakhstan are 3.1 cm taller than in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 158.7 cm (2019) · Kazakhstan: 161.7 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Kazakhstan is 11 years older than in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 18.1 years (2023) · Kazakhstan: 29.5 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Ivory Coast have 1.2 more children on average than in Kazakhstan
Ivory Coast: 4.23 children per woman (2024) · Kazakhstan: 2.98 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
9.0% of people in Kazakhstan are 65 or older, versus 2.7% in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 2.7% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 9% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Ivory Coast hosts 11 times as many refugees per resident as Kazakhstan
Ivory Coast: 2.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Kazakhstan: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Ivory Coast and Kazakhstan are practically level
Ivory Coast: 0 (2026) · Kazakhstan: 0 (2026)
How many official languages?
Kazakhstan has 2 official languages, Ivory Coast 1
Ivory Coast: 1 (2026) · Kazakhstan: 2 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Kazakhstan’s economy is 3.1 times the size of Ivory Coast’s
Ivory Coast: $99.8 billion (2025) · Kazakhstan: $306 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Kazakhstan produces 5.4 times as much per person as Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: Int$8,209 (2025) · Kazakhstan: Int$44,294 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Ivory Coast than in Kazakhstan (Gini 6.1 points higher)
Ivory Coast: 35.3 (2021) · Kazakhstan: 29.2 (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 Kazakhstan
Ivory Coast: 20.8% (2021) · Kazakhstan: 0% (2021)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 4.8% in Kazakhstan, versus 2.3% in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 2.3% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 4.8% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Ivory Coast and Kazakhstan are practically level
Ivory Coast: 0.8% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 0.4% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Ivory Coast’s central government collects 13% of GDP in tax, Kazakhstan’s 12%
Ivory Coast: 13% (2023) · Kazakhstan: 11.9% (2023)
How expensive is it?
Ivory Coast’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Kazakhstan’s
Ivory Coast: 37% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 33% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Kazakhstan spends 5.6 times as much on health per person as Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: $88 (2023) · Kazakhstan: $490 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Kazakhstan live 12 years longer than in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 62.1 years (2024) · Kazakhstan: 74.5 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Ivory Coast is 6.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in Kazakhstan
Ivory Coast: 44.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Kazakhstan: 7.4 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Kazakhstan has 23 times as many doctors per person as Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 0.2 per 1,000 (2023) · Kazakhstan: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023)
How many hospital beds are there?
Ivory Coast: no data · Kazakhstan: 6.5 per 1,000 (2020)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Kazakhstan is 10% higher than in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 16.5 per 100k (2023) · Kazakhstan: 18.2 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
22% of adults in Kazakhstan are obese, versus 12% in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 12% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 22.4% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
21% of adults in Kazakhstan smoke, versus 7.3% in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 7.3% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 21.1% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Kazakhstan rate their lives 1.49 points higher than in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 5.15 (2025) · Kazakhstan: 6.63 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Kazakhstan drink 43% more alcohol than in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 4.2 litres (2023) · Kazakhstan: 6 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Kazakhstan has 5.4 times as much meat per person as Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 12 kg (2023) · Kazakhstan: 64.9 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Kazakhstan has 198 kcal more food per person per day than Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 2,938 kcal (2023) · Kazakhstan: 3,136 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Ivory Coast put in 128 more hours a year than in Kazakhstan
Ivory Coast: 2,103 hours (2023) · Kazakhstan: 1,975 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Kazakhstan went to school 7.7 years longer than in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 4.9 years (2023) · Kazakhstan: 12.5 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Ivory Coast: no data · Kazakhstan: 0.5 (2024)
How many World Heritage sites?
Kazakhstan has 2 more World Heritage sites than Ivory Coast (7 against 5)
Ivory Coast: 5 (2026) · Kazakhstan: 7 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Kazakhstan has won 87 Olympic medals, Ivory Coast 5
Ivory Coast: 5 (2026 edition) · Kazakhstan: 87 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
93% of people in Kazakhstan are online, versus 41% in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 41% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 93% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Kazakhstan is 93% faster than in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 85 Mbps (2026) · Kazakhstan: 165 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Kazakhstan have electricity, versus 73% in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 72.9% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
62% of people in Kazakhstan live in cities, versus 55% in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 55% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 62% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Ivory Coast has 184 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Kazakhstan 127
Ivory Coast: 184 (2024) · Kazakhstan: 127 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Kazakhstan’s railway network is 25 times as long as Ivory Coast’s
Ivory Coast: 639 km (2021) · Kazakhstan: 16,006 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Kazakhstan fly 26 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 0.02 (2023) · Kazakhstan: 0.57 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 12% of Ivory Coast, but only 1.3% of Kazakhstan
Ivory Coast: 12.1% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 1.3% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Kazakhstan emits 30 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 0.5 t (2024) · Kazakhstan: 13.9 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
29% of Ivory Coast’s electricity is renewable, versus 15% in Kazakhstan
Ivory Coast: 28.9% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 14.9% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Ivory Coast carries 26% more fine dust than in Kazakhstan
Ivory Coast: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Kazakhstan: 16 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
Ivory Coast: no data · Kazakhstan: 2.6 per 100k (2022)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Ivory Coast are 51% deadlier than in Kazakhstan
Ivory Coast: 30.9 per 100k (2023) · Kazakhstan: 20.4 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Ivory Coast is on average 19.0 °C warmer than Kazakhstan
Ivory Coast: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Kazakhstan: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Ivory Coast gets 3.7 times as much rain as Kazakhstan
Ivory Coast: 1,226 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Kazakhstan: 328 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Ivory Coast bigger than Kazakhstan?
Kazakhstan is larger. Ivory Coast fits inside Kazakhstan 8.5 times.
Which has more people, Ivory Coast or Kazakhstan?
Ivory Coast has 57% more people than Kazakhstan (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Ivory Coast or Kazakhstan?
People in Kazakhstan live 12 years longer than in Ivory Coast. Life expectancy at birth is 62.1 years in Ivory Coast and 74.5 in Kazakhstan.
Are people taller in Ivory Coast or Kazakhstan?
Men in Kazakhstan are 7.3 cm taller than in Ivory Coast (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
