Fertility rate: births per woman in Cote d'Ivoire
Cote d'Ivoire: Fertility rate: births per woman was 4.28 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate: births per woman in Cote d'Ivoire, 1950–2023
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per woman.
Analysis
Cote d'Ivoire recorded 4.28 live births per woman for fertility rate: births per woman in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and down 16.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in Cote d'Ivoire peaked at 7.94 live births per woman in 1972 and was at its lowest, 4.28 live births per woman, in 2023.
Cote d'Ivoire ranks 19th of 236 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 7.6 live births per woman | 7.6 live births per woman | 7.61 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 7.82 live births per woman | 7.69 live births per woman | 7.93 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 7.86 live births per woman | 7.62 live births per woman | 7.94 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.28 live births per woman | 6.85 live births per woman | 7.59 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.17 live births per woman | 5.8 live births per woman | 6.72 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.53 live births per woman | 5.33 live births per woman | 5.77 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.97 live births per woman | 4.52 live births per woman | 5.29 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.38 live births per woman | 4.28 live births per woman | 4.46 live births per woman | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cote d'Ivoire
More reference data data for Cote d'Ivoire
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure applied to 211.73 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Manure Management 6.72 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.9495 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues 0.0792 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.799 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 8.9 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 2,604 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Crop Residues 251.63 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Burning - Crop re 20.98 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Agricultural Soil 2,360 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in Cote d'Ivoire?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in Cote d'Ivoire was 4.28 live births per woman in 2023, according to Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Cote d'Ivoire?
- The highest recorded value was 7.94 live births per woman in 1972.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Cote d'Ivoire?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.28 live births per woman in 2023.
- How does Cote d'Ivoire rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Cote d'Ivoire ranks 19th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in Cote d'Ivoire?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cote d'Ivoire data come from?
- The figures come from Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.