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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Ivory Coast fits inside Saudi Arabia 6.7 times

Ivory Coast: 322,460 km² (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2,149,690 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Saudi Arabia’s coastline is 5.1 times as long as Ivory Coast’s

Ivory Coast: 515 km (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 2,640 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Saudi Arabia’s highest peak towers 1,248 m above Ivory Coast’s

Ivory Coast: 1,752 m (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 3,000 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 84% of Ivory Coast, versus 82% of Saudi Arabia

Ivory Coast: 83.9% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 81.7% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Saudi Arabia has 13% more people than Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 32.7 million (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 37 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Ivory Coast is 6 times as densely populated as Saudi Arabia

Ivory Coast: 103 per km² (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 17 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Saudi Arabia are 2.4 cm taller than in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 168.2 cm (2019) · Saudi Arabia: 170.7 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Saudi Arabia and Ivory Coast are practically level

Ivory Coast: 158.7 cm (2019) · Saudi Arabia: 158.8 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Saudi Arabia is 11 years older than in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 18.1 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 29.2 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Ivory Coast have 1.9 more children on average than in Saudi Arabia

Ivory Coast: 4.23 children per woman (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2.31 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

Saudi Arabia and Ivory Coast are practically level

Ivory Coast: 2.7% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3.1% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Ivory Coast hosts 188 times as many refugees per resident as Saudi Arabia

Ivory Coast: 2.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 0.012 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Ivory Coast and Saudi Arabia are practically level

Ivory Coast: 0 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Ivory Coast and Saudi Arabia are practically level

Ivory Coast: 1 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Saudi Arabia’s economy is 13 times the size of Ivory Coast’s

Ivory Coast: $99.8 billion (2025) · Saudi Arabia: $1.28 trillion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Saudi Arabia produces 9 times as much per person as Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: Int$8,209 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: Int$73,784 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Ivory Coast: 35.3 (2021) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

Ivory Coast: 20.8% (2021) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 3.0% in Saudi Arabia, versus 2.3% in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 2.3% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Saudi Arabia spends 6.5% of its GDP on the military, Ivory Coast 0.8%

Ivory Coast: 0.8% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.5% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Ivory Coast’s central government collects 13% of GDP in tax, Saudi Arabia’s 8.1%

Ivory Coast: 13% (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 8.1% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Saudi Arabia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Ivory Coast’s

Ivory Coast: 37% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 47% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Saudi Arabia spends 21 times as much on health per person as Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: $88 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: $1,825 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Saudi Arabia live 17 years longer than in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 62.1 years (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 79 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Ivory Coast is 9.5 times as likely to die before turning one as in Saudi Arabia

Ivory Coast: 44.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 4.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Saudi Arabia has 21 times as many doctors per person as Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 0.2 per 1,000 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 3.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Ivory Coast: no data · Saudi Arabia: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Ivory Coast is 7.5 times that in Saudi Arabia

Ivory Coast: 16.5 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

39% of adults in Saudi Arabia are obese, versus 12% in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 12% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 39.2% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

15% of adults in Saudi Arabia smoke, versus 7.3% in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 7.3% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 14.7% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Saudi Arabia rate their lives 1.67 points higher than in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 5.15 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.82 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Ivory Coast: 4.2 litres (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Saudi Arabia has 4.8 times as much meat per person as Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 12 kg (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 58.1 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Saudi Arabia has 722 kcal more food per person per day than Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 2,938 kcal (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 3,660 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Saudi Arabia put in 21 more hours a year than in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 2,103 hours (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2,125 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Saudi Arabia went to school 6.7 years longer than in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 4.9 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 11.6 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Ivory Coast: no data · Saudi Arabia: 0.84 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

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

Ivory Coast: 5 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 8 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Ivory Coast has won 5 Olympic medals, Saudi Arabia 4

Ivory Coast: 5 (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 4 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

100% of people in Saudi Arabia are online, versus 41% in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 41% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Saudi Arabia is 2.3 times as fast as in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 85 Mbps (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 196 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

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

Ivory Coast: 72.9% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

85% of people in Saudi Arabia live in cities, versus 55% in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 55% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 85% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Ivory Coast has 184 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Saudi Arabia 160

Ivory Coast: 184 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 160 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Saudi Arabia’s railway network is 4.6 times as long as Ivory Coast’s

Ivory Coast: 639 km (2021) · Saudi Arabia: 2,939 km (2018)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Saudi Arabia fly 59 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 0.02 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 12% of Ivory Coast, but only 1.3% of Saudi Arabia

Ivory Coast: 12.1% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Saudi Arabia emits 44 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 0.5 t (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 20.4 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

29% of Ivory Coast’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.2% in Saudi Arabia

Ivory Coast: 28.9% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2% (2024)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Saudi Arabia carries 2.5 times as much fine dust as in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 50.4 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

Ivory Coast: no data · Saudi Arabia: 0.9 per 100k (2019)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Ivory Coast are 44% deadlier than in Saudi Arabia

Ivory Coast: 30.9 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 21.4 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Saudi Arabia and Ivory Coast are practically level

Ivory Coast: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Ivory Coast gets 20 times as much rain as Saudi Arabia

Ivory Coast: 1,226 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 61 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 Saudi Arabia?

Saudi Arabia is larger. Ivory Coast fits inside Saudi Arabia 6.7 times.

Which has more people, Ivory Coast or Saudi Arabia?

Saudi Arabia has 13% more people than Ivory Coast (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Ivory Coast or Saudi Arabia?

People in Saudi Arabia live 17 years longer than in Ivory Coast. Life expectancy at birth is 62.1 years in Ivory Coast and 79.0 in Saudi Arabia.

Are people taller in Ivory Coast or Saudi Arabia?

Men in Saudi Arabia are 2.4 cm taller than in Ivory Coast (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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