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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Ivory Coast fits inside Peru 4 times

Ivory Coast: 322,460 km² (2024) · Peru: 1,285,220 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Peru’s coastline is 4.7 times as long as Ivory Coast’s

Ivory Coast: 515 km (2026 edition) · Peru: 2,414 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Peru’s highest peak towers 4,994 m above Ivory Coast’s

Ivory Coast: 1,752 m (2026 edition) · Peru: 6,746 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 84% of Ivory Coast, versus 19% of Peru

Ivory Coast: 83.9% (2024) · Peru: 19% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Peru has 6% more people than Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 32.7 million (2025) · Peru: 34.6 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Ivory Coast is 3.8 times as densely populated as Peru

Ivory Coast: 103 per km² (2025) · Peru: 27 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Ivory Coast are 1.5 cm taller than in Peru

Ivory Coast: 168.2 cm (2019) · Peru: 166.8 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Ivory Coast are 4.3 cm taller than in Peru

Ivory Coast: 158.7 cm (2019) · Peru: 154.4 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Peru is 11 years older than in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 18.1 years (2023) · Peru: 29.5 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Ivory Coast have 2.3 more children on average than in Peru

Ivory Coast: 4.23 children per woman (2024) · Peru: 1.97 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

9.5% of people in Peru are 65 or older, versus 2.7% in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 2.7% (2025) · Peru: 9.5% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Ivory Coast hosts 12 times as many refugees per resident as Peru

Ivory Coast: 2.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Peru: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Peru has produced 0.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ivory Coast none

Ivory Coast: 0 (2026) · Peru: 0.3 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Peru has 3 official languages, Ivory Coast 1

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

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Peru’s economy is 3.4 times the size of Ivory Coast’s

Ivory Coast: $99.8 billion (2025) · Peru: $335 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Peru produces 2.3 times as much per person as Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: Int$8,209 (2025) · Peru: Int$18,816 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Peru than in Ivory Coast (Gini 4.8 points higher)

Ivory Coast: 35.3 (2021) · Peru: 40.1 (2024)

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 5.1% in Peru

Ivory Coast: 20.8% (2021) · Peru: 5.1% (2024)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 5.1% in Peru, versus 2.3% in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 2.3% (2025) · Peru: 5.1% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Peru and Ivory Coast are practically level

Ivory Coast: 0.8% (2025) · Peru: 0.8% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Peru’s central government collects 16% of GDP in tax, Ivory Coast’s 13%

Ivory Coast: 13% (2023) · Peru: 15.9% (2021)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Peru’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× Ivory Coast’s

Ivory Coast: 37% (2025) · Peru: 51% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Peru spends 5.1 times as much on health per person as Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: $88 (2023) · Peru: $446 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Peru live 16 years longer than in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 62.1 years (2024) · Peru: 77.9 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Ivory Coast is 4.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in Peru

Ivory Coast: 44.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Peru: 11 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Peru has 10 times as many doctors per person as Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 0.2 per 1,000 (2023) · Peru: 1.7 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Ivory Coast: no data · Peru: 1.6 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Ivory Coast is 5.7 times that in Peru

Ivory Coast: 16.5 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 2.9 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

29% of adults in Peru are obese, versus 12% in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 12% (2024) · Peru: 29.1% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

12% of adults in Peru smoke, versus 7.3% in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 7.3% (2024) · Peru: 12.4% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Peru rate their lives 0.83 points higher than in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 5.15 (2025) · Peru: 5.97 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Peru drink 15% more alcohol than in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 4.2 litres (2023) · Peru: 4.8 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Peru has 4.6 times as much meat per person as Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 12 kg (2023) · Peru: 55.4 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Ivory Coast has 127 kcal more food per person per day than Peru

Ivory Coast: 2,938 kcal (2023) · Peru: 2,811 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Peru put in 40 more hours a year than in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 2,103 hours (2023) · Peru: 2,143 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Peru went to school 5.3 years longer than in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 4.9 years (2023) · Peru: 10.2 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Ivory Coast: no data · Peru: 0.06 (2022)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Peru has 8 more World Heritage sites than Ivory Coast (13 against 5)

Ivory Coast: 5 (2026) · Peru: 13 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Ivory Coast and Peru are practically level

Ivory Coast: 5 (2026 edition) · Peru: 5 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

82% of people in Peru are online, versus 41% in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 41% (2024) · Peru: 82% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Peru is 3.4 times as fast as in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 85 Mbps (2026) · Peru: 294 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

97% of people in Peru have electricity, versus 73% in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 72.9% (2024) · Peru: 96.5% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

86% of people in Peru live in cities, versus 55% in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 55% (2025) · Peru: 86% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Ivory Coast has 184 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Peru 125

Ivory Coast: 184 (2024) · Peru: 125 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Peru’s railway network is 2.9 times as long as Ivory Coast’s

Ivory Coast: 639 km (2021) · Peru: 1,854 km (2017)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Peru fly 23 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 0.02 (2023) · Peru: 0.51 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 53% of Peru, but only 12% of Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 12.1% (2024) · Peru: 52.7% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Peru emits 4.4 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 0.5 t (2024) · Peru: 2.1 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

64% of Peru’s electricity is renewable, versus 29% in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 28.9% (2024) · Peru: 63.6% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Peru carries 37% more fine dust than in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Peru: 27.6 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

Ivory Coast: no data · Peru: 8.6 per 100k (2021)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Ivory Coast are 85% deadlier than in Peru

Ivory Coast: 30.9 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 16.7 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Ivory Coast is on average 7.6 °C warmer than Peru

Ivory Coast: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Peru: 19.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Peru gets 77% more rain than Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 1,226 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Peru: 2,164 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 Peru?

Peru is larger. Ivory Coast fits inside Peru 4 times.

Which has more people, Ivory Coast or Peru?

Peru has 6% more people than Ivory Coast (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Ivory Coast or Peru?

People in Peru live 16 years longer than in Ivory Coast. Life expectancy at birth is 62.1 years in Ivory Coast and 77.9 in Peru.

Are people taller in Ivory Coast or Peru?

Men in Ivory Coast are 1.5 cm taller than in Peru (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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