The duel
Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Ivory Coast is 32% bigger than the United Kingdom
Ivory Coast: 322,460 km² (2024) · United Kingdom: 243,610 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
The United Kingdom’s coastline is 24 times as long as Ivory Coast’s
Ivory Coast: 515 km (2026 edition) · United Kingdom: 12,429 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Ivory Coast’s highest peak towers 407 m above the United Kingdom’s
Ivory Coast: 1,752 m (2026 edition) · United Kingdom: 1,345 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 84% of Ivory Coast, versus 69% of the United Kingdom
Ivory Coast: 83.9% (2024) · United Kingdom: 69.2% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
The United Kingdom has 2.1 times as many people as Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 32.7 million (2025) · United Kingdom: 69.5 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
The United Kingdom is 2.8 times as densely populated as Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 103 per km² (2025) · United Kingdom: 287 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in the United Kingdom are 10.0 cm taller than in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 168.2 cm (2019) · United Kingdom: 178.2 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in the United Kingdom are 5.3 cm taller than in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 158.7 cm (2019) · United Kingdom: 163.9 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in the United Kingdom is 22 years older than in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 18.1 years (2023) · United Kingdom: 39.8 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Ivory Coast have 2.7 more children on average than in the United Kingdom
Ivory Coast: 4.23 children per woman (2024) · United Kingdom: 1.55 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
20% of people in the United Kingdom are 65 or older, versus 2.7% in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 2.7% (2025) · United Kingdom: 19.7% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
The United Kingdom hosts 3.7 times as many refugees per resident as Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 2.3 per 1,000 (2025) · United Kingdom: 8.4 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
The United Kingdom has produced 15.8 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ivory Coast none
Ivory Coast: 0 (2026) · United Kingdom: 15.8 (2026)
How many official languages?
Ivory Coast and the United Kingdom are practically level
Ivory Coast: 1 (2026) · United Kingdom: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
The United Kingdom’s economy is 40 times the size of Ivory Coast’s
Ivory Coast: $99.8 billion (2025) · United Kingdom: $4 trillion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
The United Kingdom produces 7.9 times as much per person as Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: Int$8,209 (2025) · United Kingdom: Int$64,607 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Ivory Coast than in the United Kingdom (Gini 2.9 points higher)
Ivory Coast: 35.3 (2021) · United Kingdom: 32.4 (2021)
How many live on less than $3 a day?
21% of people in Ivory Coast live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.4% in the United Kingdom
Ivory Coast: 20.8% (2021) · United Kingdom: 0.4% (2021)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 4.7% in the United Kingdom, versus 2.3% in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 2.3% (2025) · United Kingdom: 4.7% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
The United Kingdom spends 2.4% of its GDP on the military, Ivory Coast 0.8%
Ivory Coast: 0.8% (2025) · United Kingdom: 2.4% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
The United Kingdom’s central government collects 27% of GDP in tax, Ivory Coast’s 13%
Ivory Coast: 13% (2023) · United Kingdom: 26.9% (2024)
How expensive is it?
The United Kingdom’s price level (US = 100) is 2.4× Ivory Coast’s
Ivory Coast: 37% (2025) · United Kingdom: 89% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
The United Kingdom spends 67 times as much on health per person as Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: $88 (2023) · United Kingdom: $5,860 (2024)
How long do people live?
People in the United Kingdom live 19 years longer than in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 62.1 years (2024) · United Kingdom: 81.4 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Ivory Coast is 11 times as likely to die before turning one as in the United Kingdom
Ivory Coast: 44.8 per 1,000 (2024) · United Kingdom: 4.1 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
The United Kingdom has 20 times as many doctors per person as Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 0.2 per 1,000 (2023) · United Kingdom: 3.3 per 1,000 (2023)
How many hospital beds are there?
Ivory Coast: no data · United Kingdom: 2.4 per 1,000 (2022)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Ivory Coast is 72% higher than in the United Kingdom
Ivory Coast: 16.5 per 100k (2023) · United Kingdom: 9.6 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
29% of adults in the United Kingdom are obese, versus 12% in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 12% (2024) · United Kingdom: 29.2% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
13% of adults in the United Kingdom smoke, versus 7.3% in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 7.3% (2024) · United Kingdom: 12.8% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in the United Kingdom rate their lives 1.55 points higher than in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 5.15 (2025) · United Kingdom: 6.69 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in the United Kingdom drink 2.5 times as much alcohol as in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 4.2 litres (2023) · United Kingdom: 10.4 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
The United Kingdom has 7 times as much meat per person as Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 12 kg (2023) · United Kingdom: 84.4 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
The United Kingdom has 497 kcal more food per person per day than Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 2,938 kcal (2023) · United Kingdom: 3,435 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Ivory Coast put in 580 more hours a year than in the United Kingdom
Ivory Coast: 2,103 hours (2023) · United Kingdom: 1,523 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in the United Kingdom went to school 8.6 years longer than in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 4.9 years (2023) · United Kingdom: 13.5 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Ivory Coast: no data · United Kingdom: 0.55 (2024)
How many World Heritage sites?
The United Kingdom has 30 more World Heritage sites than Ivory Coast (35 against 5)
Ivory Coast: 5 (2026) · United Kingdom: 35 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
The United Kingdom has won 1,025 Olympic medals, Ivory Coast 5
Ivory Coast: 5 (2026 edition) · United Kingdom: 1,025 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
95% of people in the United Kingdom are online, versus 41% in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 41% (2024) · United Kingdom: 95% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in the United Kingdom is 3.5 times as fast as in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 85 Mbps (2026) · United Kingdom: 303 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in the United Kingdom have electricity, versus 73% in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 72.9% (2024) · United Kingdom: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
83% of people in the United Kingdom live in cities, versus 55% in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 55% (2025) · United Kingdom: 83% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Ivory Coast has 184 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, the United Kingdom 122
Ivory Coast: 184 (2024) · United Kingdom: 122 (2024)
How much railway is there?
The United Kingdom’s railway network is 25 times as long as Ivory Coast’s
Ivory Coast: 639 km (2021) · United Kingdom: 16,179 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from the United Kingdom fly 78 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 0.02 (2023) · United Kingdom: 1.71 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 13% of the United Kingdom, but only 12% of Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 12.1% (2024) · United Kingdom: 13.5% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in the United Kingdom emits 9.7 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 0.5 t (2024) · United Kingdom: 4.5 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
52% of the United Kingdom’s electricity is renewable, versus 29% in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: 28.9% (2024) · United Kingdom: 52% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Ivory Coast carries 2.3 times as much fine dust as in the United Kingdom
Ivory Coast: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · United Kingdom: 8.8 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
Ivory Coast: no data · United Kingdom: 1.1 per 100k (2021)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Ivory Coast are 7.9 times as deadly as in the United Kingdom
Ivory Coast: 30.9 per 100k (2023) · United Kingdom: 3.9 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Ivory Coast is on average 16.9 °C warmer than the United Kingdom
Ivory Coast: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · United Kingdom: 9.9°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Ivory Coast gets 15% more rain than the United Kingdom
Ivory Coast: 1,226 mm (2016–2025 avg) · United Kingdom: 1,070 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Ivory Coast bigger than the United Kingdom?
Ivory Coast is larger. Ivory Coast is 32% bigger than the United Kingdom.
Which has more people, Ivory Coast or the United Kingdom?
The United Kingdom has 2.1 times as many people as Ivory Coast (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Ivory Coast or the United Kingdom?
People in the United Kingdom live 19 years longer than in Ivory Coast. Life expectancy at birth is 62.1 years in Ivory Coast and 81.4 in the United Kingdom.
Are people taller in Ivory Coast or the United Kingdom?
Men in the United Kingdom are 10.0 cm taller than in Ivory Coast (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
