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

2.10 million people, with Saudi Arabia ahead.

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

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 Saudi Arabia: Population

Cote d'Ivoire

31.17 million people

in 2023

Saudi Arabia

33.26 million people

in 2023

Cote d'Ivoire rank

50th

Saudi Arabia rank

48th

Population over time

Cote d'Ivoire
Saudi Arabia

How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 33.26 million people against 31.17 million people in Cote d'Ivoire, a difference of 2.10 million people.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.

Cote d'Ivoire ranks 50th and Saudi Arabia ranks 48th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Cote d'Ivoire averaged higher in 5 and Saudi Arabia in 35.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cote d'Ivoire	Saudi Arabia	Difference	Ahead
1000s	528,506 people	2.00 million people	1.47 million people	Saudi Arabia
1100s	604,007 people	2.07 million people	1.47 million people	Saudi Arabia
1200s	690,294 people	2.15 million people	1.46 million people	Saudi Arabia
1300s	788,907 people	2.22 million people	1.43 million people	Saudi Arabia
1400s	901,608 people	1.95 million people	1.05 million people	Saudi Arabia
1500s	1.03 million people	2.00 million people	969,590 people	Saudi Arabia
1600s	1.18 million people	2.25 million people	1.07 million people	Saudi Arabia
1700s	1.35 million people	2.00 million people	654,160 people	Saudi Arabia
1710s	1.35 million people	2.01 million people	652,580 people	Saudi Arabia
1720s	1.36 million people	2.02 million people	650,560 people	Saudi Arabia
1730s	1.37 million people	2.02 million people	648,040 people	Saudi Arabia
1740s	1.39 million people	2.03 million people	644,980 people	Saudi Arabia
1750s	1.40 million people	2.04 million people	641,330 people	Saudi Arabia
1760s	1.41 million people	2.05 million people	637,010 people	Saudi Arabia
1770s	1.42 million people	2.05 million people	631,940 people	Saudi Arabia
1780s	1.43 million people	2.06 million people	626,070 people	Saudi Arabia
1790s	1.45 million people	2.07 million people	619,240 people	Saudi Arabia
1800s	1.09 million people	2.02 million people	931,635 people	Saudi Arabia
1810s	1.09 million people	2.07 million people	977,129 people	Saudi Arabia
1820s	1.08 million people	2.11 million people	1.03 million people	Saudi Arabia
1830s	1.06 million people	2.16 million people	1.10 million people	Saudi Arabia
1840s	1.04 million people	2.21 million people	1.16 million people	Saudi Arabia
1850s	1.07 million people	2.23 million people	1.15 million people	Saudi Arabia
1860s	1.16 million people	2.21 million people	1.05 million people	Saudi Arabia
1870s	1.25 million people	2.18 million people	933,967 people	Saudi Arabia
1880s	1.34 million people	2.16 million people	815,891 people	Saudi Arabia
1890s	1.44 million people	2.13 million people	690,946 people	Saudi Arabia
1900s	1.54 million people	2.15 million people	606,162 people	Saudi Arabia
1910s	1.64 million people	2.24 million people	602,958 people	Saudi Arabia
1920s	1.82 million people	2.43 million people	611,891 people	Saudi Arabia
1930s	2.10 million people	2.66 million people	563,938 people	Saudi Arabia
1940s	2.46 million people	2.92 million people	460,527 people	Saudi Arabia
1950s	3.11 million people	2.01 million people	1.10 million people	Cote d'Ivoire
1960s	4.39 million people	2.89 million people	1.49 million people	Cote d'Ivoire
1970s	6.63 million people	4.52 million people	2.11 million people	Cote d'Ivoire
1980s	9.89 million people	7.99 million people	1.90 million people	Cote d'Ivoire
1990s	14.63 million people	13.03 million people	1.60 million people	Cote d'Ivoire
2000s	19.84 million people	20.15 million people	306,780 people	Saudi Arabia
2010s	25.10 million people	28.77 million people	3.66 million people	Saudi Arabia
2020s	30.03 million people	31.94 million people	1.91 million people	Saudi Arabia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Cote d'Ivoire or Saudi Arabia?: Saudi Arabia, at 33.26 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 Saudi Arabia?: 2.10 million people, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cote d'Ivoire and Saudi Arabia?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Cote d'Ivoire and Saudi Arabia rank globally for population?: Cote d'Ivoire ranks 50th and Saudi Arabia ranks 48th 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.