Country size comparison
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Cote d'Ivoire is about 3.8 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Cote d'Ivoire is approximately 322,463 sq km, making Cote d'Ivoire 26.45% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (28.8 million fewer people live in Cote d'Ivoire).
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Flip Comparison · See true size
See Cote d'Ivoire on top of South Africa
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Quality of Life Comparison · 14 statistics
Be 11.7 times more likely to be unemployed in South Africa
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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
South Africa is 6.9% cheaper than Cote d'Ivoire overall
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Moving from Cote d'Ivoire to South Africa · UN DESA 2020
1,392 people born in Cote d'Ivoire live in South Africa.
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