Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
The Netherlands fits inside Ivory Coast 7.8 times.
Ivory Coast: 322,460 km² (2023) · Netherlands: 41,540 km² (2023)
How much coast is there?
Ivory Coast’s coastline is 14% longer than the Netherlands’.
Ivory Coast: 515 km (2026 edition) · Netherlands: 451 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Ivory Coast’s highest peak towers 890 m above the Netherlands’.
Ivory Coast: 1,752 m (2026 edition) · Netherlands: 862 m (2026 edition)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Ivory Coast has 81% more people than the Netherlands.
Ivory Coast: 32.7 million (2025) · Netherlands: 18.1 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
The Netherlands is 5.2 times as densely populated as Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 103 per km² (2025) · Netherlands: 537 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in the Netherlands are 15.6 cm taller than in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 168.2 cm (2019) · Netherlands: 183.8 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in the Netherlands are 11.7 cm taller than in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 158.7 cm (2019) · Netherlands: 170.4 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in the Netherlands is 23 years older than in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 18.1 years (2023) · Netherlands: 41.4 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Ivory Coast have 2.8 more children on average than in the Netherlands.
Ivory Coast: 4.23 children per woman (2024) · Netherlands: 1.43 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
21% of people in the Netherlands are 65 or older, versus 2.7% in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 2.7% (2025) · Netherlands: 20.9% (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
The Netherlands has produced 11.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ivory Coast 0.0.
Ivory Coast: 0 (2025) · Netherlands: 11.1 (2025)
How many official languages?
Ivory Coast and the Netherlands are practically level.
Ivory Coast: 1 (2026) · Netherlands: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
The Netherlands’ economy is 13 times the size of Ivory Coast’s.
Ivory Coast: $99.8 billion (2025) · Netherlands: $1.33 trillion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
The Netherlands produces 11 times as much per person as Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: Int$8,209 (2025) · Netherlands: Int$87,320 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Ivory Coast than in the Netherlands (Gini 9.6 points higher).
Ivory Coast: 35.3 (2021) · Netherlands: 25.7 (2021)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 3.9% in the Netherlands, versus 2.3% in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 2.3% (2025) · Netherlands: 3.9% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
The Netherlands spends 1.9% of its GDP on the military, Ivory Coast 0.8%.
Ivory Coast: 0.8% (2024) · Netherlands: 1.9% (2024)
How expensive is it?
The Netherlands’ price level (US = 100) is 2.3× Ivory Coast’s.
Ivory Coast: 37% (2025) · Netherlands: 84% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
The Netherlands spends 78 times as much on health per person as Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: $88 (2023) · Netherlands: $6,845 (2024)
How long do people live?
People in the Netherlands live 20 years longer than in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 62.1 years (2024) · Netherlands: 82 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Ivory Coast is 13 times as likely to die before turning one as in the Netherlands.
Ivory Coast: 44.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
The Netherlands has 23 times as many doctors per person as Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 0.2 per 1,000 (2023) · Netherlands: 3.9 per 1,000 (2022)
How common is obesity?
17% of adults in the Netherlands are obese, versus 12% in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 12% (2024) · Netherlands: 16.9% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
21% of adults in the Netherlands smoke, versus 7.3% in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 7.3% (2024) · Netherlands: 20.5% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in the Netherlands rate their lives 2.08 points higher than in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 5.15 (2025) · Netherlands: 7.22 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in the Netherlands drink 2 times as much alcohol as in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 4.2 litres (2023) · Netherlands: 8.6 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
The Netherlands has 6 times as much meat per person as Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 12 kg (2023) · Netherlands: 71.6 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
The Netherlands has 529 kcal more food per person per day than Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 2,938 kcal (2023) · Netherlands: 3,467 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Ivory Coast put in 664 more hours a year than in the Netherlands.
Ivory Coast: 2,103 hours (2023) · Netherlands: 1,439 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in the Netherlands went to school 7.8 years longer than in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 4.9 years (2023) · Netherlands: 12.7 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Ivory Coast: no data · Netherlands: 0.91 (2022)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
97% of people in the Netherlands are online, versus 41% in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 41% (2024) · Netherlands: 97% (2024)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in the Netherlands have electricity, versus 73% in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 72.9% (2024) · Netherlands: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
96% of people in the Netherlands live in cities, versus 55% in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 55% (2025) · Netherlands: 96% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Ivory Coast has 184 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, the Netherlands 129.
Ivory Coast: 184 (2024) · Netherlands: 129 (2024)
How much railway is there?
The Netherlands’ railway network is 4.8 times as long as Ivory Coast’s.
Ivory Coast: 639 km (2021) · Netherlands: 3,041 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from the Netherlands fly 105 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 0.02 (2023) · Netherlands: 2.29 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 11% of the Netherlands, but only 7.9% of Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 7.9% (2023) · Netherlands: 11.1% (2023)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in the Netherlands emits 14 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 0.5 t (2024) · Netherlands: 6.3 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
51% of the Netherlands’ electricity is renewable, versus 29% in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 28.9% (2024) · Netherlands: 51.2% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Ivory Coast carries 2.1 times as much fine dust as in the Netherlands.
Ivory Coast: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Netherlands: 9.6 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
Ivory Coast: no data · Netherlands: 0.7 per 100k (2023)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Ivory Coast are 6.1 times as deadly as in the Netherlands.
Ivory Coast: 20.6 per 100k (2021) · Netherlands: 3.4 per 100k (2021)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Ivory Coast is on average 15.6 °C warmer than the Netherlands.
Ivory Coast: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Netherlands: 11.2°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Ivory Coast gets 38% more rain than the Netherlands.
Ivory Coast: 1,226 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Netherlands: 887 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Quick answers
Is Ivory Coast bigger than the Netherlands?
Ivory Coast is larger. The Netherlands fits inside Ivory Coast 7.8 times.
Which has more people, Ivory Coast or the Netherlands?
Ivory Coast has 81% more people than the Netherlands (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Ivory Coast or the Netherlands?
People in the Netherlands live 20 years longer than in Ivory Coast. Life expectancy at birth is 62.1 years in Ivory Coast and 82.0 in the Netherlands.
Are people taller in Ivory Coast or the Netherlands?
Men in the Netherlands are 15.6 cm taller than in Ivory Coast (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
