What is the difference in population between Cote d'Ivoire and Mozambique?

2.47 million people, with Mozambique ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cote d'Ivoire and Mozambique?

241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Cote d'Ivoire vs Mozambique: Population

Cote d'Ivoire

31.17 million people

in 2023

Mozambique

33.64 million people

in 2023

Cote d'Ivoire rank

50th

Mozambique rank

47th

Population over time

Cote d'Ivoire
Mozambique

How they compare

Mozambique currently reports 33.64 million people against 31.17 million people in Cote d'Ivoire, a difference of 2.47 million people.

That makes Mozambique's figure about 1.1 times Cote d'Ivoire's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Cote d'Ivoire ahead.

Cote d'Ivoire ranks 50th and Mozambique ranks 47th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Cote d'Ivoire averaged higher in 6 and Mozambique in 34.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cote d'Ivoire	Mozambique	Difference	Ahead
1000s	528,506 people	300,000 people	228,506 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1100s	604,007 people	440,000 people	164,007 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1200s	690,294 people	580,000 people	110,294 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1300s	788,907 people	720,000 people	68,907 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1400s	901,608 people	860,000 people	41,608 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1500s	1.03 million people	1.00 million people	30,410 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1600s	1.18 million people	1.25 million people	72,390 people	Mozambique
1700s	1.35 million people	1.50 million people	154,160 people	Mozambique
1710s	1.35 million people	1.55 million people	194,670 people	Mozambique
1720s	1.36 million people	1.60 million people	234,720 people	Mozambique
1730s	1.37 million people	1.65 million people	274,290 people	Mozambique
1740s	1.39 million people	1.70 million people	313,320 people	Mozambique
1750s	1.40 million people	1.75 million people	351,740 people	Mozambique
1760s	1.41 million people	1.80 million people	389,510 people	Mozambique
1770s	1.42 million people	1.85 million people	426,530 people	Mozambique
1780s	1.43 million people	1.90 million people	462,730 people	Mozambique
1790s	1.45 million people	1.95 million people	497,990 people	Mozambique
1800s	1.09 million people	2.02 million people	932,725 people	Mozambique
1810s	1.09 million people	2.07 million people	981,777 people	Mozambique
1820s	1.08 million people	2.38 million people	1.30 million people	Mozambique
1830s	1.06 million people	3.13 million people	2.06 million people	Mozambique
1840s	1.04 million people	4.10 million people	3.06 million people	Mozambique
1850s	1.07 million people	4.72 million people	3.65 million people	Mozambique
1860s	1.16 million people	4.67 million people	3.51 million people	Mozambique
1870s	1.25 million people	4.55 million people	3.30 million people	Mozambique
1880s	1.34 million people	4.48 million people	3.14 million people	Mozambique
1890s	1.44 million people	4.38 million people	2.94 million people	Mozambique
1900s	1.54 million people	4.09 million people	2.55 million people	Mozambique
1910s	1.64 million people	3.81 million people	2.17 million people	Mozambique
1920s	1.82 million people	3.98 million people	2.16 million people	Mozambique
1930s	2.10 million people	4.59 million people	2.49 million people	Mozambique
1940s	2.46 million people	5.38 million people	2.92 million people	Mozambique
1950s	3.11 million people	6.25 million people	3.13 million people	Mozambique
1960s	4.39 million people	7.35 million people	2.97 million people	Mozambique
1970s	6.63 million people	9.49 million people	2.86 million people	Mozambique
1980s	9.89 million people	12.30 million people	2.40 million people	Mozambique
1990s	14.63 million people	15.36 million people	730,090 people	Mozambique
2000s	19.84 million people	20.14 million people	303,720 people	Mozambique
2010s	25.10 million people	26.28 million people	1.17 million people	Mozambique
2020s	30.03 million people	32.20 million people	2.17 million people	Mozambique

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Cote d'Ivoire or Mozambique?: Mozambique, at 33.64 million people against 31.17 million people in Cote d'Ivoire as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Cote d'Ivoire and Mozambique?: 2.47 million people, with Mozambique ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cote d'Ivoire and Mozambique?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Cote d'Ivoire and Mozambique rank globally for population?: Cote d'Ivoire ranks 50th and Mozambique ranks 47th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.