Motto: "Union - Discipline - Travail" "Unity, Discipline and Labour"  (translation)

Anthem: L'Abidjanaise

Capital

Yamoussoukro (de jure)
Abidjan (de facto)
6°51′N 5°18′W / 6.85, -5.3

Largest city

Abidjan

Official languages

French

Demonym

Ivorian/Ivoirian

Government

Republic

President

Laurent Gbagbo

Prime Minister

Guillaume Soro

Independence

from France 

Date

7 August 1960 

Area

 Total

322,460 km² (68th)
124,502 sq mi 

 Water (%)

1.4

Population

2008 estimate

18,373,060

1988 census

10,815,694

Density

56/km² (141st)
145/sq mi

GDP (PPP)

2007 estimate

Total

$32.86 billion

Per capita

$1,800

Gini (2002)

44.6 (medium) 

HDI (2007)

▲ 0.432 (low) (166th)

Currency

West African CFA franc (XOF)

Time zone

GMT (UTC+0)

Summer (DST)

not observed (UTC+0)

Internet TLD

.ci

Calling code

+225

^a Estimates for this country take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower population than would otherwise be expected.