Cote d'Ivoire vs Sierra Leone: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre
Cote d'Ivoire
52.34 people per square kilometre
in 2023
Sierra Leone
52.52 people per square kilometre
in 2023
Cote d'Ivoire rank
107th
Sierra Leone rank
106th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre over time
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 52.52 people per square kilometre against 52.34 people per square kilometre in Cote d'Ivoire, a difference of 0.18 people per square kilometre.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Cote d'Ivoire ranks 107th and Sierra Leone ranks 106th of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cote d'Ivoire averaged higher in 1 and Sierra Leone in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cote d'Ivoire | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.42 people per square kilometre | 7.07 people per square kilometre | 3.64 people per square kilometre | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 6.8 people per square kilometre | 11.22 people per square kilometre | 4.42 people per square kilometre | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | 11.94 people per square kilometre | 16.01 people per square kilometre | 4.08 people per square kilometre | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 18.98 people per square kilometre | 20.11 people per square kilometre | 1.12 people per square kilometre | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 28.07 people per square kilometre | 27.29 people per square kilometre | 0.7751 people per square kilometre | Cote d'Ivoire |
| 2010s | 38.97 people per square kilometre | 39.27 people per square kilometre | 0.3009 people per square kilometre | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 49.69 people per square kilometre | 49.93 people per square kilometre | 0.2365 people per square kilometre | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre, Cote d'Ivoire or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 52.52 people per square kilometre against 52.34 people per square kilometre in Cote d'Ivoire as of 2023.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre between Cote d'Ivoire and Sierra Leone?
- 0.18 people per square kilometre, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cote d'Ivoire and Sierra Leone?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Cote d'Ivoire and Sierra Leone rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre?
- Cote d'Ivoire ranks 107th and Sierra Leone ranks 106th of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of people living in urban and rural areas divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.