The 2010 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

2002. Rebel forces claimed the northern half of the country, and in January 2003 were granted ministerial positions in a unity government under the auspices of the Linas-Marcoussis Peace Accord. President GBAGBO and rebel forces resumed implementation of the peace accord in December 2003 after a three-month stalemate, but issues that sparked the civil war, such as land reform and grounds for citizenship, remained unresolved. In March 2007 President GBAGBO and former New Force rebel leader Guillaume SORO signed the Ouagadougou Political Agreement. As a result of the agreement, SORO joined GBAGBO's government as Prime Minister and the two agreed to reunite the country by dismantling the zone of confidence separating North from South, integrate rebel forces into the national armed forces, and hold elections. Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration of rebel forces have been problematic as rebels seek to enter the armed forces. Citizen identification and voter registration pose election difficulties, and balloting planned for November 2009 was postponed with no future date set. Several thousand UN troops and several hundred French remain in Cote d'Ivoire to help the parties implement their commitments and to support the peace process.

      Geography ::Cote d'Ivoire

      Location:

      Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Ghana and Liberia

      Geographic coordinates:

      8 00 N, 5 00 W

      Map references:

      Africa

      Area:

      total: 322,463 sq km country comparison to the world: 68 land: 318,003 sq km

      water: 4,460 sq km

      Area - comparative:

      slightly larger than New Mexico

      Land boundaries:

      total: 3,110 km

      border countries: Burkina Faso 584 km, Ghana 668 km, Guinea 610 km, Liberia 716 km, Mali 532 km

      Coastline:

      515 km

      Maritime claims:

      territorial sea: 12 nm

      exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

      continental shelf: 200 nm

      Climate:

      tropical along coast, semiarid in far north; three seasons - warm and dry (November to March), hot and dry (March to May), hot and wet (June to October)

      Terrain:

      mostly flat to undulating plains; mountains in northwest

      Elevation extremes:

      lowest point: Gulf of Guinea 0 m

      highest point: Monts Nimba 1,752 m

      Natural resources:

      petroleum, natural gas, diamonds, manganese, iron ore, cobalt, bauxite, copper, gold, nickel, tantalum, silica sand, clay, cocoa beans, coffee, palm oil, hydropower

      Land use:

      arable land: 10.23%

      permanent crops: 11.16%

      other: 78.61% (2005)

      Irrigated land:

      730 sq km (2003)

      Total renewable water resources:

      81 cu km (2001)

      Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):

      total: 0.93 cu km/yr (24%/12%/65%)

      per capita: 51 cu m/yr (2000)

      Natural hazards:

      coast has heavy surf and no natural harbors; during the rainy season torrential flooding is possible

      Environment - current issues:

      deforestation (most of the country's forests - once the largest in West Africa - have been heavily logged); water pollution from sewage and industrial and agricultural effluents

      Environment - international agreements:

      party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling

      signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

      Geography - note:

      most of the inhabitants live along the sandy coastal region; apart from the capital area, the forested interior is sparsely populated

      People ::Cote d'Ivoire

      Population:

      21,058,798 country comparison to the world: 57 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2010 est.)

      Age structure:

      0–14 years: 40.6% (male 4,215,912/female 4,146,077)

      15–64 years: 56.6% (male 5,942,642/female 5,720,108)

      65 years and over: 2.9% (male 296,074/female 296,255) (2010 est.)

      Median age:

      total: 19.4 years

      male: 19.6 years

      female: 19.3 years (2010 est.)

      Population growth rate:

      2.105% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 47

      Birth rate:

      31.48 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 43

      Death rate:

      10.43 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 51

      Net migration rate:

      0 migrant(s)/1,000 population NA country comparison to the world: 75

      Urbanization:

      urban population: 49% of total population (2008)

      rate of urbanization: 3.2% annual rate of change (2005–10 est.)

      Sex ratio:

      at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female

      under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female

      15–64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

      65 years and over: 0.99 male(s)/female

      total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2010 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

      total: 66.43 deaths/1,000 live births country comparison to the world: 24 male: 73.37 deaths/1,000 live births

      female: 59.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth:

      total population: 56.19 years country comparison to the world: 195 male: 55.27 years

      female: 57.13 years (2010 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

      4.01 children born/woman (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 42

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

      3.9% (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 17

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

      480,000 (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 20

      HIV/AIDS - deaths:

      38,000