Where is Ivory Coast?
Ivory Coast is a country in Western Africa, bordered by Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, and Mali.
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Crazy but True
The largest church in the world is not in Rome. It is in Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire, where the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace was completed in 1989, modeled on St Peter's and built slightly taller. It seats 18,000 people in a city of a few hundred thousand.
Ivory Coast facts
- Capital
- Yamoussoukro
- Population
- 32,711,547 (2025)
- Area
- 322,463 km²
- Continent
- Africa
- Region
- Western Africa
- Currency
- West African CFA franc (XOF)
- Languages
- French
- Coordinates
- 8°, -5°
- Landlocked
- No
- Country code
- CI · CIV
How Ivory Coast compares
- Ivory Coast is the 70th largest of the 168 countries on our map by area.
- It is smaller than Norway and larger than Poland.
- It is the 50th most populous of the 167 with population data.
- It shares land borders with 5 countries.
- Within Africa, it is the 28th largest of 49 countries by area.