Ivory Coast People - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Population: 10,500,000(July 1986), average annual growth rate 4.0%

Nationality: noun—Ivorian(s); adjective— Ivorian

Ethnic divisions: 7 major indigenous ethnic groups; no single tribe more than 20% of population; most important are Agni, Baoule, Krou, Senouf ou Mandingo; approximately 2 million foreign Africans, mostly Burkinabe; about 70,000 to 75,000 non-Africans (30,000 French and 25,000 to 30 000 Lebanese)

Religion: 63% indigenous, 25% Muslim, 12% Christian

Language: French (official), over 60 native dialects; Dioula most widely spoken

Infant mortality rate: 127/1 000(1980)

Literacy-24%

Labor force: over 85% of population engaged in agriculture, forestry, livestock raising; alxiut 11 % of labor force are wage earners, nearly half in agriculture and the remainder in government, industry, commerce, and professions

Organized labor: 20% of wage labor force

NOTE: The information regarding Ivory Coast on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Ivory Coast 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Ivory Coast 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.