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

2.86 million people, with Cote d'Ivoire ahead.

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

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 Venezuela: Population

Cote d'Ivoire

31.17 million people

in 2023

Venezuela

28.30 million people

in 2023

Cote d'Ivoire rank

50th

Venezuela rank

53rd

Population over time

Cote d'Ivoire
Venezuela

How they compare

Cote d'Ivoire currently reports 31.17 million people against 28.30 million people in Venezuela, a difference of 2.86 million people.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Cote d'Ivoire ahead.

Cote d'Ivoire ranks 50th and Venezuela ranks 53rd of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Cote d'Ivoire averaged higher in 22 and Venezuela in 18.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cote d'Ivoire	Venezuela	Difference	Ahead
1000s	528,506 people	300,000 people	228,506 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1100s	604,007 people	320,000 people	284,007 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1200s	690,294 people	340,000 people	350,294 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1300s	788,907 people	360,000 people	428,907 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1400s	901,608 people	380,000 people	521,608 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1500s	1.03 million people	400,000 people	630,410 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1600s	1.18 million people	400,000 people	777,610 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1700s	1.35 million people	500,313 people	845,527 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1710s	1.35 million people	506,646 people	848,354 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1720s	1.36 million people	513,059 people	851,551 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1730s	1.37 million people	519,554 people	855,156 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1740s	1.39 million people	526,130 people	859,220 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1750s	1.40 million people	532,790 people	863,800 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1760s	1.41 million people	539,535 people	868,955 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1770s	1.42 million people	546,364 people	874,776 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1780s	1.43 million people	553,280 people	881,320 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1790s	1.45 million people	560,284 people	888,726 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1800s	1.09 million people	907,299 people	181,231 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1810s	1.09 million people	764,715 people	323,778 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1820s	1.08 million people	793,489 people	286,524 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1830s	1.06 million people	1.03 million people	32,869 people	Cote d'Ivoire
1840s	1.04 million people	1.26 million people	219,627 people	Venezuela
1850s	1.07 million people	1.40 million people	327,561 people	Venezuela
1860s	1.16 million people	1.59 million people	426,569 people	Venezuela
1870s	1.25 million people	1.84 million people	590,266 people	Venezuela
1880s	1.34 million people	2.16 million people	819,027 people	Venezuela
1890s	1.44 million people	2.50 million people	1.06 million people	Venezuela
1900s	1.54 million people	2.84 million people	1.30 million people	Venezuela
1910s	1.64 million people	3.13 million people	1.49 million people	Venezuela
1920s	1.82 million people	3.40 million people	1.58 million people	Venezuela
1930s	2.10 million people	3.82 million people	1.72 million people	Venezuela
1940s	2.46 million people	4.69 million people	2.23 million people	Venezuela
1950s	3.11 million people	6.65 million people	3.53 million people	Venezuela
1960s	4.39 million people	9.56 million people	5.18 million people	Venezuela
1970s	6.63 million people	13.06 million people	6.43 million people	Venezuela
1980s	9.89 million people	17.26 million people	7.37 million people	Venezuela
1990s	14.63 million people	21.95 million people	7.32 million people	Venezuela
2000s	19.84 million people	26.53 million people	6.69 million people	Venezuela
2010s	25.10 million people	29.84 million people	4.73 million people	Venezuela
2020s	30.03 million people	28.30 million people	1.73 million people	Cote d'Ivoire

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Cote d'Ivoire or Venezuela?: Cote d'Ivoire, at 31.17 million people against 28.30 million people in Venezuela as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Cote d'Ivoire and Venezuela?: 2.86 million people, with Cote d'Ivoire ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cote d'Ivoire and Venezuela?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Cote d'Ivoire and Venezuela rank globally for population?: Cote d'Ivoire ranks 50th and Venezuela ranks 53rd 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.