Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Ivory Coast is 20% bigger than New Zealand.
Ivory Coast: 322,460 km² (2023) · New Zealand: 267,710 km² (2023)
How much coast is there?
New Zealand’s coastline is 29 times as long as Ivory Coast’s.
Ivory Coast: 515 km (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 15,134 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Ivory Coast’s highest peak towers 1,722 m above New Zealand’s.
Ivory Coast: 1,752 m (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 30 m (2026 edition)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Ivory Coast has 6.1 times as many people as New Zealand.
Ivory Coast: 32.7 million (2025) · New Zealand: 5.32 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Ivory Coast is 5.1 times as densely populated as New Zealand.
Ivory Coast: 103 per km² (2025) · New Zealand: 20 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in New Zealand are 9.5 cm taller than in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 168.2 cm (2019) · New Zealand: 177.7 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in New Zealand are 6.0 cm taller than in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 158.7 cm (2019) · New Zealand: 164.7 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in New Zealand is 19 years older than in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 18.1 years (2023) · New Zealand: 37.3 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Ivory Coast have 2.7 more children on average than in New Zealand.
Ivory Coast: 4.23 children per woman (2024) · New Zealand: 1.57 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
18% of people in New Zealand are 65 or older, versus 2.7% in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 2.7% (2025) · New Zealand: 17.6% (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
New Zealand has produced 5.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ivory Coast 0.0.
Ivory Coast: 0 (2025) · New Zealand: 5.6 (2025)
How many official languages?
New Zealand has 3 official languages, Ivory Coast 1.
Ivory Coast: 1 (2026) · New Zealand: 3 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
New Zealand’s economy is 2.6 times the size of Ivory Coast’s.
Ivory Coast: $99.8 billion (2025) · New Zealand: $264 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
New Zealand produces 7 times as much per person as Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: Int$8,209 (2025) · New Zealand: Int$57,350 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Ivory Coast: 35.3 (2021) · New Zealand: no data
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 5.1% in New Zealand, versus 2.3% in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 2.3% (2025) · New Zealand: 5.1% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
New Zealand and Ivory Coast are practically level.
Ivory Coast: 0.8% (2024) · New Zealand: 1.2% (2024)
How expensive is it?
New Zealand’s price level (US = 100) is 2.3× Ivory Coast’s.
Ivory Coast: 37% (2025) · New Zealand: 86% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
New Zealand spends 57 times as much on health per person as Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: $88 (2023) · New Zealand: $5,022 (2024)
How long do people live?
People in New Zealand live 20 years longer than in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 62.1 years (2024) · New Zealand: 82 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Ivory Coast is 11 times as likely to die before turning one as in New Zealand.
Ivory Coast: 44.8 per 1,000 (2024) · New Zealand: 4 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
New Zealand has 22 times as many doctors per person as Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 0.2 per 1,000 (2023) · New Zealand: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022)
How common is obesity?
35% of adults in New Zealand are obese, versus 12% in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 12% (2024) · New Zealand: 34.7% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
9.3% of adults in New Zealand smoke, versus 7.3% in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 7.3% (2024) · New Zealand: 9.3% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in New Zealand rate their lives 1.85 points higher than in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 5.15 (2025) · New Zealand: 7.00 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in New Zealand drink 2.1 times as much alcohol as in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 4.2 litres (2023) · New Zealand: 8.9 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
New Zealand has 6.6 times as much meat per person as Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 12 kg (2023) · New Zealand: 79.5 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
New Zealand has 184 kcal more food per person per day than Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 2,938 kcal (2023) · New Zealand: 3,122 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Ivory Coast put in 396 more hours a year than in New Zealand.
Ivory Coast: 2,103 hours (2023) · New Zealand: 1,708 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in New Zealand went to school 8 years longer than in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 4.9 years (2023) · New Zealand: 12.9 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Ivory Coast: no data · New Zealand: 0.6 (2024)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
94% of people in New Zealand are online, versus 41% in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 41% (2024) · New Zealand: 94% (2024)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in New Zealand have electricity, versus 73% in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 72.9% (2024) · New Zealand: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
84% of people in New Zealand live in cities, versus 55% in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 55% (2025) · New Zealand: 84% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Ivory Coast has 184 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, New Zealand 130.
Ivory Coast: 184 (2024) · New Zealand: 130 (2024)
How much railway is there?
New Zealand’s railway network is 6.5 times as long as Ivory Coast’s.
Ivory Coast: 639 km (2021) · New Zealand: 4,128 km (2018)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from New Zealand fly 129 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 0.02 (2023) · New Zealand: 2.82 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 38% of New Zealand, but only 7.9% of Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 7.9% (2023) · New Zealand: 37.8% (2023)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in New Zealand emits 13 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 0.5 t (2024) · New Zealand: 6.2 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
89% of New Zealand’s electricity is renewable, versus 29% in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 28.9% (2024) · New Zealand: 88.5% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Ivory Coast carries 2.9 times as much fine dust as in New Zealand.
Ivory Coast: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · New Zealand: 7 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
Ivory Coast: no data · New Zealand: 1.5 per 100k (2022)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Ivory Coast are 3.1 times as deadly as in New Zealand.
Ivory Coast: 20.6 per 100k (2021) · New Zealand: 6.6 per 100k (2021)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Ivory Coast is on average 15.7 °C warmer than New Zealand.
Ivory Coast: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · New Zealand: 11.1°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
New Zealand gets 30% more rain than Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 1,226 mm (2016–2025 avg) · New Zealand: 1,596 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Quick answers
Is Ivory Coast bigger than New Zealand?
Ivory Coast is larger. Ivory Coast is 20% bigger than New Zealand.
Which has more people, Ivory Coast or New Zealand?
Ivory Coast has 6.1 times as many people as New Zealand (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Ivory Coast or New Zealand?
People in New Zealand live 20 years longer than in Ivory Coast. Life expectancy at birth is 62.1 years in Ivory Coast and 82.0 in New Zealand.
Are people taller in Ivory Coast or New Zealand?
Men in New Zealand are 9.5 cm taller than in Ivory Coast (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
