Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Portugal fits inside Ivory Coast 3.5 times.
Ivory Coast: 322,460 km² (2023) · Portugal: 92,230 km² (2023)
How much coast is there?
Portugal’s coastline is 3.5 times as long as Ivory Coast’s.
Ivory Coast: 515 km (2026 edition) · Portugal: 1,793 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Portugal’s highest peak towers 599 m above Ivory Coast’s.
Ivory Coast: 1,752 m (2026 edition) · Portugal: 2,351 m (2026 edition)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Ivory Coast has 3 times as many people as Portugal.
Ivory Coast: 32.7 million (2025) · Portugal: 10.8 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Portugal is 15% more densely populated than Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 103 per km² (2025) · Portugal: 118 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Portugal are 6.1 cm taller than in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 168.2 cm (2019) · Portugal: 174.4 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Portugal are 2.6 cm taller than in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 158.7 cm (2019) · Portugal: 161.2 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Portugal is 28 years older than in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 18.1 years (2023) · Portugal: 46.2 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Ivory Coast have 2.8 more children on average than in Portugal.
Ivory Coast: 4.23 children per woman (2024) · Portugal: 1.41 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
25% of people in Portugal are 65 or older, versus 2.7% in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 2.7% (2025) · Portugal: 24.9% (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Portugal has produced 1.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ivory Coast 0.0.
Ivory Coast: 0 (2025) · Portugal: 1.9 (2025)
How many official languages?
Ivory Coast and Portugal are practically level.
Ivory Coast: 1 (2026) · Portugal: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Portugal’s economy is 3.5 times the size of Ivory Coast’s.
Ivory Coast: $99.8 billion (2025) · Portugal: $347 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Portugal produces 6.5 times as much per person as Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: Int$8,209 (2025) · Portugal: Int$53,146 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Ivory Coast than in Portugal (Gini 1.4 points higher).
Ivory Coast: 35.3 (2021) · Portugal: 33.9 (2023)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 6.2% in Portugal, versus 2.3% in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 2.3% (2025) · Portugal: 6.2% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Portugal spends 1.5% of its GDP on the military, Ivory Coast 0.8%.
Ivory Coast: 0.8% (2024) · Portugal: 1.5% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Portugal’s price level (US = 100) is 1.6× Ivory Coast’s.
Ivory Coast: 37% (2025) · Portugal: 60% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Portugal spends 34 times as much on health per person as Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: $88 (2023) · Portugal: $2,971 (2024)
How long do people live?
People in Portugal live 20 years longer than in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 62.1 years (2024) · Portugal: 82.4 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Ivory Coast is 17 times as likely to die before turning one as in Portugal.
Ivory Coast: 44.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Portugal: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Portugal has 35 times as many doctors per person as Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 0.2 per 1,000 (2023) · Portugal: 5.9 per 1,000 (2022)
How common is obesity?
23% of adults in Portugal are obese, versus 12% in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 12% (2024) · Portugal: 23% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
29% of adults in Portugal smoke, versus 7.3% in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 7.3% (2024) · Portugal: 28.6% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Portugal rate their lives 0.88 points higher than in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 5.15 (2025) · Portugal: 6.03 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Portugal drink 3.3 times as much alcohol as in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 4.2 litres (2023) · Portugal: 13.7 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Portugal has 8.3 times as much meat per person as Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 12 kg (2023) · Portugal: 99.3 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Portugal has 615 kcal more food per person per day than Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 2,938 kcal (2023) · Portugal: 3,553 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Ivory Coast put in 368 more hours a year than in Portugal.
Ivory Coast: 2,103 hours (2023) · Portugal: 1,735 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Portugal went to school 4.8 years longer than in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 4.9 years (2023) · Portugal: 9.7 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Ivory Coast: no data · Portugal: 2.71 (2024)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
88% of people in Portugal are online, versus 41% in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 41% (2024) · Portugal: 88% (2024)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Portugal have electricity, versus 73% in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 72.9% (2024) · Portugal: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
61% of people in Portugal live in cities, versus 55% in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 55% (2025) · Portugal: 61% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Ivory Coast has 184 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Portugal 124.
Ivory Coast: 184 (2024) · Portugal: 124 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Portugal’s railway network is 4 times as long as Ivory Coast’s.
Ivory Coast: 639 km (2021) · Portugal: 2,527 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Portugal fly 77 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 0.02 (2023) · Portugal: 1.69 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 36% of Portugal, but only 7.9% of Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 7.9% (2023) · Portugal: 36.2% (2023)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Portugal emits 7.3 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 0.5 t (2024) · Portugal: 3.4 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
81% of Portugal’s electricity is renewable, versus 29% in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 28.9% (2024) · Portugal: 81% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Ivory Coast carries 92% more fine dust than in Portugal.
Ivory Coast: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Portugal: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
Ivory Coast: no data · Portugal: 0.7 per 100k (2022)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Ivory Coast are 2.9 times as deadly as in Portugal.
Ivory Coast: 20.6 per 100k (2021) · Portugal: 7.2 per 100k (2021)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Ivory Coast is on average 10.9 °C warmer than Portugal.
Ivory Coast: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 15.9°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Ivory Coast gets 58% more rain than Portugal.
Ivory Coast: 1,226 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 777 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Quick answers
Is Ivory Coast bigger than Portugal?
Ivory Coast is larger. Portugal fits inside Ivory Coast 3.5 times.
Which has more people, Ivory Coast or Portugal?
Ivory Coast has 3 times as many people as Portugal (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Ivory Coast or Portugal?
People in Portugal live 20 years longer than in Ivory Coast. Life expectancy at birth is 62.1 years in Ivory Coast and 82.4 in Portugal.
Are people taller in Ivory Coast or Portugal?
Men in Portugal are 6.1 cm taller than in Ivory Coast (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
