Cote d'Ivoire is around the same size as New Mexico.

New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, while Cote d'Ivoire is approximately 322,463 sq km, making Cote d'Ivoire 3% larger than New Mexico. Meanwhile, the population of New Mexico is ~2.1 million people (26.7 million more people live in Cote d'Ivoire).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of New Mexico vs. Cote d'Ivoire uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.