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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Norway is 94% bigger than Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 322,460 km² (2024) · Norway: 624,500 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Norway’s coastline is 49 times as long as Ivory Coast’s

Ivory Coast: 515 km (2026 edition) · Norway: 25,148 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Norway’s highest peak towers 717 m above Ivory Coast’s

Ivory Coast: 1,752 m (2026 edition) · Norway: 2,469 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 84% of Ivory Coast, versus 2.7% of Norway

Ivory Coast: 83.9% (2024) · Norway: 2.7% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Ivory Coast has 5.8 times as many people as Norway

Ivory Coast: 32.7 million (2025) · Norway: 5.61 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Ivory Coast is 6.7 times as densely populated as Norway

Ivory Coast: 103 per km² (2025) · Norway: 15 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Norway are 12.3 cm taller than in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 168.2 cm (2019) · Norway: 180.5 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Norway are 7.8 cm taller than in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 158.7 cm (2019) · Norway: 166.5 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Norway is 21 years older than in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 18.1 years (2023) · Norway: 39.5 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Ivory Coast have 2.8 more children on average than in Norway

Ivory Coast: 4.23 children per woman (2024) · Norway: 1.45 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

19% of people in Norway are 65 or older, versus 2.7% in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 2.7% (2025) · Norway: 19.1% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Norway hosts 9.7 times as many refugees per resident as Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 2.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Norway: 22.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Norway has produced 23.2 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ivory Coast none

Ivory Coast: 0 (2026) · Norway: 23.2 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Norway has 3 official languages, Ivory Coast 1

Ivory Coast: 1 (2026) · Norway: 3 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Norway’s economy is 5.3 times the size of Ivory Coast’s

Ivory Coast: $99.8 billion (2025) · Norway: $531 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Norway produces 13 times as much per person as Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: Int$8,209 (2025) · Norway: Int$104,044 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Ivory Coast than in Norway (Gini 8.8 points higher)

Ivory Coast: 35.3 (2021) · Norway: 26.5 (2023)

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 0.2% in Norway

Ivory Coast: 20.8% (2021) · Norway: 0.2% (2023)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 4.6% in Norway, versus 2.3% in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 2.3% (2025) · Norway: 4.6% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Norway spends 3.3% of its GDP on the military, Ivory Coast 0.8%

Ivory Coast: 0.8% (2025) · Norway: 3.3% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Norway’s central government collects 25% of GDP in tax, Ivory Coast’s 13%

Ivory Coast: 13% (2023) · Norway: 24.5% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Norway’s price level (US = 100) is 2.4× Ivory Coast’s

Ivory Coast: 37% (2025) · Norway: 91% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Norway spends 95 times as much on health per person as Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: $88 (2023) · Norway: $8,296 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Norway live 21 years longer than in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 62.1 years (2024) · Norway: 83.2 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Ivory Coast is 22 times as likely to die before turning one as in Norway

Ivory Coast: 44.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Norway: 2 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Norway has 30 times as many doctors per person as Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 0.2 per 1,000 (2023) · Norway: 5 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Ivory Coast: no data · Norway: 3.3 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Ivory Coast is 42% higher than in Norway

Ivory Coast: 16.5 per 100k (2023) · Norway: 11.6 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

21% of adults in Norway are obese, versus 12% in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 12% (2024) · Norway: 20.7% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

13% of adults in Norway smoke, versus 7.3% in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 7.3% (2024) · Norway: 12.9% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Norway rate their lives 2.09 points higher than in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 5.15 (2025) · Norway: 7.24 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Norway drink 67% more alcohol than in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 4.2 litres (2023) · Norway: 7 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

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

Ivory Coast: 12 kg (2023) · Norway: 70.4 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Norway has 538 kcal more food per person per day than Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 2,938 kcal (2023) · Norway: 3,476 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Ivory Coast put in 691 more hours a year than in Norway

Ivory Coast: 2,103 hours (2023) · Norway: 1,412 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Norway went to school 8.2 years longer than in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 4.9 years (2023) · Norway: 13.1 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Ivory Coast: no data · Norway: 0.91 (2022)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Norway has 3 more World Heritage sites than Ivory Coast (8 against 5)

Ivory Coast: 5 (2026) · Norway: 8 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Norway has won 616 Olympic medals, Ivory Coast 5

Ivory Coast: 5 (2026 edition) · Norway: 616 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

99% of people in Norway are online, versus 41% in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 41% (2024) · Norway: 99% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Norway is 2.7 times as fast as in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 85 Mbps (2026) · Norway: 228 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

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

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

84% of people in Norway live in cities, versus 55% in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 55% (2025) · Norway: 84% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Ivory Coast has 184 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Norway 109

Ivory Coast: 184 (2024) · Norway: 109 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Norway’s railway network is 6.1 times as long as Ivory Coast’s

Ivory Coast: 639 km (2021) · Norway: 3,885 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Ivory Coast: 0.02 (2023) · Norway: no data

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

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

Ivory Coast: 12.1% (2024) · Norway: 33.2% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Norway emits 14 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 0.5 t (2024) · Norway: 6.7 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

99% of Norway’s electricity is renewable, versus 29% in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 28.9% (2024) · Norway: 99% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Ivory Coast carries 3 times as much fine dust as in Norway

Ivory Coast: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Norway: 6.7 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

Ivory Coast: no data · Norway: 0.7 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Ivory Coast are 11 times as deadly as in Norway

Ivory Coast: 30.9 per 100k (2023) · Norway: 2.9 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Ivory Coast is on average 25.2 °C warmer than Norway

Ivory Coast: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Norway: 1.6°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Norway gets 3% more rain than Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 1,226 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Norway: 1,259 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 Ivory Coast bigger than Norway?

Norway is larger. Norway is 94% bigger than Ivory Coast.

Which has more people, Ivory Coast or Norway?

Ivory Coast has 5.8 times as many people as Norway (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Ivory Coast or Norway?

People in Norway live 21 years longer than in Ivory Coast. Life expectancy at birth is 62.1 years in Ivory Coast and 83.2 in Norway.

Are people taller in Ivory Coast or Norway?

Men in Norway are 12.3 cm taller than in Ivory Coast (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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