🇳🇪 Nigervs🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire

Total Population
28,814,878
33,494,339
Côte d'Ivoire is 1.2× Niger
Median age
16.7 years
19.5 years
2.8 years apart
Elderly Population Percentage
2.64%
2.70%
0.1 percentage points apart
Growth Rate
3.21%
2.39%
0.82 percentage points apart

Age composition in 2026:

🇳🇪 Niger 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire
Niger Côte d'Ivoire
Young Population 45.84%13,209,343 40.05%13,413,091
Working Age Population 51.52%14,844,256 57.25%19,176,936
Elderly Population 2.64%761,279 2.70%904,312

In 2026, the median age is 16.7 years in Niger and 19.5 years in Côte d'Ivoire.Côte d'Ivoire already reached Niger’s current median age in 1950, about 76 years ahead in population aging.

The total population of Niger is projected to keep growing until 2100, reaching 90,819,273.The total population of Côte d'Ivoire is projected to keep growing until 2100, reaching 104,042,818.

By 2050, the dependency ratio of Niger will be 62.7%, and 3.48% of the population will be elderly.By 2050, the dependency ratio of Côte d'Ivoire will be 62.5%, and 4.72% of the population will be elderly.

Niger Côte d'Ivoire
Demographic dividend (dependency ratio below 50%) 2074–2092 None between 1950 and 2100
Aging society (65+ reaches 7%) 2076 2078 2 years later
Aged society (65+ reaches 14%) Not reached by 2100 Not reached by 2100
Super-aged society (65+ reaches 20%) Not reached by 2100 Not reached by 2100