This country comparison is a concise, tabular overview of numerous data from our respective country pages for Ivory Coast and Cameroon. There, we provide many explanations and details per country that go far beyond this comparison.
See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
General information
Ivory Coast | Cameroon | |
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Region: | Western Africa | Central Africa |
Area: | 322,460 km² | 475,440 km² |
National language: | French | French |
Government form: | Presidential republic | Presidential republic |
Independent since: | 1960 AD | 1960 AD |
Capital: | Yamoussoukro | Yaounde |
Population
Details for Ivory Coast and CameroonIvory Coast | Cameroon | |
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Population: | 27,478,000 | 27,199,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 85.2 | 57.2 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 58 years | Ø 59 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 60 years | Ø 63 years |
Average age: | Ø 20.3 years | Ø 18.5 years |
Birth rate: | 34.20 ‰ | 35.51 ‰ |
Death rate: | 8.82 ‰ | 8.42 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | 1.18 ‰ | -0.31 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
Ivory Coast | Cameroon | |
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Political stability: | 49 | 43 |
Civil rights: | 36 | 19 |
Health: | 11 | 12 |
Climate: | 53 | 60 |
Cost of Living: | 50 | 50 |
Popularity: | 37 | 34 |
Economy
Details for Ivory Coast and CameroonIvory Coast | Cameroon | |
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Currency: | West African franc | Central African franc |
Unemployment rate: | 3.5 % | 3.9 % |
Inflation rate: | 4.09 % | 2.27 % |
Cost of Living: (USA = 100%) | 42.67 % | 41.93 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 50.10 % | 57.70 % |
Average income: | 2,420 US$ | 1,590 US$ |
Corruption index: | 64 (bad) | 73 (very bad) |
CIV: total | per 1000 inh. | CMR: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 70,043 M US$ | 2.55 M US$ | 45,338 M US$ | 1.67 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 66,460 M US$ | 2.42 M US$ | 43,216 M US$ | 1.59 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 13,232 M US$ | 0.48 M US$ | 7,449 M US$ | 0.27 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 12,660 M US$ | 0.46 M US$ | 9,027 M US$ | 0.33 M US$ |
Infrastructure
Details for Ivory Coast and CameroonCIV: total | per 1000 inh. | CMR: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 81,996 km | 2.98 km | 77,589 km | 2.85 km |
Railways: | 660 km | 0.02 km | 987 km | 0.04 km |
Harbours: | 25 | 0.0009 | 94 | 0.0035 |
Passenger airports: | 2 | 0.0001 | 6 | 0.0002 |
Energy balance
Details for Ivory Coast and CameroonCIV: total | per 1000 inh. | CMR: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Energy consumption: | 6.25 bn kWh | 227,270.67 kWh | 6.41 bn kWh | 235,710.42 kWh |
Energy production: | 9.73 bn kWh | 354,098.25 kWh | 8.11 bn kWh | 298,103.27 kWh |
Energy export: | 872.00 m kWh | 31,734.19 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh |
Energy imports: | 19.00 m kWh | 691.46 kWh | 55.00 m kWh | 2,022.16 kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 10.83 m t | 394.13 t | 9.43 m t | 346.71 t |
Telecommunication
Details for Ivory Coast and CameroonIvory Coast | Cameroon | |
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International dialing: | +225 | +237 |
Internet domain: | .ci | .cm |
CIV total | CIV per 1000 inh. | CMR total | CMR per 1000 inh. | |
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Landlines: | 264,073 | 10 | 964,378 | 35 |
Mobile cellulars: | 40,095,246 | 1459 | 22,350,310 | 822 |
Internet server: | 9,115 | 0 | 10,207 | 0 |
Internet users: | 9,817,479 | 357 | 10,290,771 | 378 |
Broadband Internet: | 335,041 | 12 | 722,579 | 27 |
Healthcare system
Details for Ivory Coast and CameroonIvory Coast | Cameroon | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 inh.: | 0.40 | 1.30 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 0.23 | 0.09 |
Diabetes: | 2.4 % | 6.0 % |
Malaria: | 330.6 % | 247.0 % |
HIV: | 0.33 % | 0.77 % |
Tuberculosis: | 1.28 ‰ | 1.64 ‰ |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 84.0 % | 86.0 % |
Smokers: | 9.4 % | 7.3 % |
Climate
We also provide a more detailed climate comparison of both countries.The data for each country can be found here: Ivory Coast and Cameroon
Ivory Coast | Cameroon | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 32.2 °C | 30.9 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 22.1 °C | 20.3 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 78 % | 71 % |
Rain days: | 7.9 | 10.4 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 6.3 | 6.3 |
Native languages
Ivory Coast | Cameroon | |
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Akan: | 30.0 % | n/a |
Fang: | n/a | 19.7 % |
Bamileke-bamum: | n/a | 18.6 % |
Gur: | 11.7 % | n/a |
Malinke: | 11.4 % | n/a |
Duala: | n/a | 10.9 % |
Kru: | 10.5 % | n/a |
Fula: | n/a | 9.6 % |
Bambara: | 8.4 % | n/a |
South-Mande: | 7.7 % | n/a |
Tikar: | n/a | 7.4 % |
Mandara: | n/a | 5.7 % |
Maka: | n/a | 4.9 % |
Masana: | n/a | 3.9 % |
French: | 2.1 % | 3.0 % |
English: | n/a | 2.0 % |
other: | 18.2 % | 14.3 % |
Religions
Ivory Coast | Cameroon | |
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Native religions: | 11.9 % | 40.0 % |
Christianity: | 32.8 % | 40.0 % |
Islam: | 38.6 % | 20.0 % |
Nondenominational: | 16.7 % | n/a |