Cote d'Ivoire vs Mali: Rural population

Cote d'Ivoire
14.87 million
in 2025
Mali
17.08 million
in 2025
Cote d'Ivoire rank
37th
Mali rank
34th

Rural population over time

  • Cote d'Ivoire
  • Mali
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How they compare

Mali currently reports 17.08 million against 14.87 million in Cote d'Ivoire, a difference of 2.21 million.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Mali ahead.

Globally, Cote d'Ivoire ranks 37th and Mali ranks 34th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Rural population
Source
World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
264 places, 17,394 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.