| Location: | Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Ghana and Liberia |
| Population: | 16,962,491
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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2003 est.) |
| Capital: | Yamoussoukro; note - although Yamoussoukro has been the official capital since 1983, Abidjan remains the commercial and administrative center; the US, like other countries, maintains its Embassy in Abidjan |
| GDP per capita: | purchasing power parity - $1,500 (2002 est.) |
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