Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Ivory Coast is 35% bigger than Romania.
Ivory Coast: 322,460 km² (2023) · Romania: 238,400 km² (2023)
How much coast is there?
Ivory Coast’s coastline is 2.3 times as long as Romania’s.
Ivory Coast: 515 km (2026 edition) · Romania: 225 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Romania’s highest peak towers 792 m above Ivory Coast’s.
Ivory Coast: 1,752 m (2026 edition) · Romania: 2,544 m (2026 edition)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Ivory Coast has 72% more people than Romania.
Ivory Coast: 32.7 million (2025) · Romania: 19 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Ivory Coast is 24% more densely populated than Romania.
Ivory Coast: 103 per km² (2025) · Romania: 83 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Romania are 9.6 cm taller than in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 168.2 cm (2019) · Romania: 177.8 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Romania are 6.1 cm taller than in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 158.7 cm (2019) · Romania: 164.7 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Romania is 25 years older than in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 18.1 years (2023) · Romania: 42.6 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Ivory Coast have 2.8 more children on average than in Romania.
Ivory Coast: 4.23 children per woman (2024) · Romania: 1.39 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
20% of people in Romania are 65 or older, versus 2.7% in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 2.7% (2025) · Romania: 20.1% (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Romania has produced 2.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ivory Coast 0.0.
Ivory Coast: 0 (2025) · Romania: 2.1 (2025)
How many official languages?
Ivory Coast and Romania are practically level.
Ivory Coast: 1 (2026) · Romania: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Romania’s economy is 4.3 times the size of Ivory Coast’s.
Ivory Coast: $99.8 billion (2025) · Romania: $429 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Romania produces 6.2 times as much per person as Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: Int$8,209 (2025) · Romania: Int$50,895 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Ivory Coast than in Romania (Gini 5.5 points higher).
Ivory Coast: 35.3 (2021) · Romania: 29.8 (2023)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 6.0% in Romania, versus 2.3% in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 2.3% (2025) · Romania: 6% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Romania spends 2.3% of its GDP on the military, Ivory Coast 0.8%.
Ivory Coast: 0.8% (2024) · Romania: 2.3% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Romania’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Ivory Coast’s.
Ivory Coast: 37% (2025) · Romania: 44% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Romania spends 12 times as much on health per person as Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: $88 (2023) · Romania: $1,051 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Romania live 14 years longer than in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 62.1 years (2024) · Romania: 76.5 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Ivory Coast is 7.5 times as likely to die before turning one as in Romania.
Ivory Coast: 44.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Romania: 6 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Romania has 22 times as many doctors per person as Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 0.2 per 1,000 (2023) · Romania: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022)
How common is obesity?
38% of adults in Romania are obese, versus 12% in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 12% (2024) · Romania: 37.7% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
30% of adults in Romania smoke, versus 7.3% in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 7.3% (2024) · Romania: 29.7% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Romania rate their lives 1.48 points higher than in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 5.15 (2025) · Romania: 6.63 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Romania drink 4.1 times as much alcohol as in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 4.2 litres (2023) · Romania: 17.1 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Romania has 6 times as much meat per person as Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 12 kg (2023) · Romania: 72.5 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Romania has 711 kcal more food per person per day than Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 2,938 kcal (2023) · Romania: 3,649 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Ivory Coast put in 277 more hours a year than in Romania.
Ivory Coast: 2,103 hours (2023) · Romania: 1,826 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Romania went to school 6.7 years longer than in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 4.9 years (2023) · Romania: 11.6 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Ivory Coast: no data · Romania: 0.7 (2024)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
91% of people in Romania are online, versus 41% in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 41% (2024) · Romania: 91% (2024)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Romania have electricity, versus 73% in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 72.9% (2024) · Romania: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
55% of people in Ivory Coast live in cities, versus 52% in Romania.
Ivory Coast: 55% (2025) · Romania: 52% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Ivory Coast has 184 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Romania 120.
Ivory Coast: 184 (2024) · Romania: 120 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Romania’s railway network is 17 times as long as Ivory Coast’s.
Ivory Coast: 639 km (2021) · Romania: 10,769 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Romania fly 6.7 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 0.02 (2023) · Romania: 0.15 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 30% of Romania, but only 7.9% of Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 7.9% (2023) · Romania: 30.1% (2023)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Romania emits 7.8 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 0.5 t (2024) · Romania: 3.6 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
47% of Romania’s electricity is renewable, versus 29% in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 28.9% (2024) · Romania: 47% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Ivory Coast carries 41% more fine dust than in Romania.
Ivory Coast: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Romania: 14.3 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
Ivory Coast: no data · Romania: 1.1 per 100k (2024)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Ivory Coast are 2.1 times as deadly as in Romania.
Ivory Coast: 20.6 per 100k (2021) · Romania: 9.6 per 100k (2021)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Ivory Coast is on average 15.8 °C warmer than Romania.
Ivory Coast: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 11°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Ivory Coast gets 62% more rain than Romania.
Ivory Coast: 1,226 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Quick answers
Is Ivory Coast bigger than Romania?
Ivory Coast is larger. Ivory Coast is 35% bigger than Romania.
Which has more people, Ivory Coast or Romania?
Ivory Coast has 72% more people than Romania (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Ivory Coast or Romania?
People in Romania live 14 years longer than in Ivory Coast. Life expectancy at birth is 62.1 years in Ivory Coast and 76.5 in Romania.
Are people taller in Ivory Coast or Romania?
Men in Romania are 9.6 cm taller than in Ivory Coast (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
