Capital

Cote d'Ivoire

name: Yamoussoukro (legislative capital), Abidjan (administrative capital); note - although Yamoussoukro has been the official capital since 1983, Abidjan remains the administrative capital as well as the officially designated commercial capital; the US, like other countries, maintains its Embassy in Abidjan geographic coordinates: 6 49 N, 5 16 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) etymology: Yamoussoukro is named after Queen Yamoussou, who ruled in the village of N'Gokro in 1929 at the time of French colonization; the village was renamed Yamoussoukro, the suffix "-kro" meaning "town" in the native Baoule language; Abidjan's name supposedly comes from a misunderstanding; tradition states that an old man carrying branches met a European explorer who asked for the name of the nearest village; the man, not understanding and terrified by this unexpected encounter, fled  shouting "min-chan m’bidjan," which in the Ebrie language means: "I return from cutting leaves"; the explorer, thinking that his question had been answered, recorded the name of the locale as Abidjan; a different version has the first colonists asking native women the name of the place and getting a similar response

Chile

name: Santiago; note - Valparaiso is the seat of the national legislature

geographic coordinates: 33 27 S, 70 40 W

time difference: UTC-3 (2 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

daylight saving time: +1hr, begins second Sunday in August; ends second Sunday in May; note - Punta Arenas observes DST throughout the year

time zone note: Chile has three time zones: the continental portion at UTC-3; the southern Magallanes region, which does not use daylight savings time and remains at UTC-3 for the summer months; and Easter Island at UTC-5


etymology: Santiago is named after the biblical figure Saint James (ca. A.D. 3-44), patron saint of Spain, but especially revered in Galicia; "Santiago" derives from the local Galician evolution of the Vulgar Latin "Sanctu Iacobu"; Valparaiso derives from the Spanish "Valle Paraiso" meaning "Paradise Valley"

Niederlande

name: Amsterdam; note - The Hague is the seat of government

geographic coordinates: 52 21 N, 4 55 E

time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

time zone note: time descriptions apply to the continental Netherlands only, for the constituent countries in the Caribbean, the time difference is UTC-4

etymology: the original Dutch name, Amstellerdam, meaning "a dam on the Amstel River," dates to the 13th century; over time the name simplified to Amsterdam

Citizenship

Cote d'Ivoire

citizenship by birth: no citizenship by descent only: at least one parent must be a citizen of Cote d'Ivoire dual citizenship recognized: no residency requirement for naturalization: 5 years

Chile

citizenship by birth: yes

citizenship by descent only: yes

dual citizenship recognized: yes

residency requirement for naturalization: 5 years

Niederlande

citizenship by birth: no

citizenship by descent only: at least one parent must be a citizen of the Netherlands

dual citizenship recognized: no

residency requirement for naturalization: 5 years

Regierungstyp

Cote d'Ivoire

presidential republic

Legal system

Cote d'Ivoire

civil law system based on the French civil code; judicial review of legislation held in the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court

Chile

civil law system influenced by several West European civil legal systems; judicial review of legislative acts by the Constitutional Tribunal

Niederlande

civil law system based on the French system; constitution does not permit judicial review of acts of the States General

Suffrage

Cote d'Ivoire

18 years of age; universal

Chile

18 years of age; universal

Niederlande

18 years of age; universal

Area

Cote d'Ivoire

total: 322,463 sq km land: 318,003 sq km water: 4,460 sq km

Chile

total: 756,102 sq km

land: 743,812 sq km

water: 12,290 sq km

note: includes Easter Island (Isla de Pascua) and Isla Sala y Gomez

Niederlande

total: 41,543 sq km

land: 33,893 sq km

water: 7,650 sq km

Land use

Cote d'Ivoire

agricultural land: 64.8% (2011 est.) arable land: 9.1% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 14.2% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 41.5% (2011 est.) forest: 32.7% (2011 est.) other: 2.5% (2011 est.)

Chile

agricultural land: 21.1% (2018 est.)

arable land: 1.7% (2018 est.)

permanent crops: 0.6% (2018 est.)

permanent pasture: 18.8% (2018 est.)

forest: 21.9% (2018 est.)

other: 57% (2018 est.)

Niederlande

agricultural land: 55.1% (2018 est.)

arable land: 29.8% (2018 est.)

permanent crops: 1.1% (2018 est.)

permanent pasture: 24.2% (2018 est.)

forest: 10.8% (2018 est.)

other: 34.1% (2018 est.)

Location

Cote d'Ivoire

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

Chile

Southern South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Argentina and Peru

Niederlande

Western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between Belgium and Germany

Age structure

Cote d'Ivoire

0-14 years: 39.59% (male 5,213,630 /female 5,182,872) 15-24 years: 19.91% (male 2,613,772 /female 2,615,680) 25-54 years: 34.25% (male 4,577,394 /female 4,416,408) 55-64 years: 3.47% (male 460,048 /female 451,604) 65 years and over: 2.78% (male 325,510 /female 403,664) (2018 est.)

Chile

0-14 years: 19.34% (male 1,829,801/female 1,758,137)

15-64 years: 67.56% (male 6,259,566/female 6,273,074)

65 years and over: 13.09% (2023 est.) (male 1,024,692/female 1,404,187)

Niederlande

0-14 years: 16.06% (male 1,436,601/female 1,368,697)

15-64 years: 63.08% (male 5,532,490/female 5,483,034)

65 years and over: 20.86% (2023 est.) (male 1,658,652/female 1,984,456)

Birth rate

Cote d'Ivoire

30.1 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)

Chile

12.6 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Niederlande

10.5 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Death rate

Cote d'Ivoire

8.40

Chile

6.6 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Niederlande

9.7 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Languages

Cote d'Ivoire

French (official), 60 native dialects of which Dioula is the most widely spoken

Chile

Spanish 99.5% (official), English 10.2%, Indigenous 1% (includes Mapudungun, Aymara, Quechua, Rapa Nui), other 2.3%, unspecified 0.2%; note - shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census (2012 est.)

major-language sample(s):
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.

Niederlande

Dutch (official); note - Frisian is an official language in Fryslan province; Frisian, Low Saxon, Limburgish, Romani, and Yiddish have protected status under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages; Dutch is the official language of the three special municipalities of the Caribbean Netherlands; English is a recognized regional language on Sint Eustatius and Saba; Papiamento is a recognized regional language on Bonaire

major-language sample(s):
Het Wereld Feitenboek, een onmisbare bron van informatie. (Dutch)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.

Life expectancy at birth

Cote d'Ivoire

60.10

Chile

total population: 80 years (2023 est.)

male: 77 years

female: 83.1 years

Niederlande

total population: 81.7 years (2023 est.)

male: 80.1 years

female: 83.3 years

Major urban areas - population

Cote d'Ivoire

4.921 million ABIDJAN (seat of government), 231,000 YAMOUSSOUKRO (capital) (2018)

Chile

6.903 million SANTIAGO (capital), 1.009 million Valparaiso, 912,000 Concepcion (2023)

Niederlande

1.174 million AMSTERDAM (capital), 1.018 million Rotterdam (2023)

Median age

Cote d'Ivoire

total: 19.9 years male: 20 years female: 19.8 years (2018 est.)

Chile

total: 36.6 years (2023 est.)

male: 35.4 years

female: 37.8 years

Niederlande

total: 42.2 years (2023 est.)

male: 41 years

female: 43.4 years

Mother's mean age at first birth

Cote d'Ivoire

19.8 years (2011/12 est.)

Niederlande

30.2 years (2020 est.)

Net migration rate

Cote d'Ivoire

1.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2018 est.)

Chile

0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Niederlande

4.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Population distribution

Cote d'Ivoire

the population is primarily located in the forested south, with the highest concentration of people residing in and around the cities on the Atlantic coast; most of the northern savanna remains sparsely populated with higher concentrations located along transportation corridors

Chile

90% of the population is located in the middle third of the country around the capital of Santiago; the far north (anchored by the Atacama Desert) and the extreme south are relatively underpopulated

Niederlande

an area known as the Randstad, anchored by the cities of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, the Hague, and Utrecht, is the most densely populated region; the north tends to be less dense, though sizeable communities can be found throughout the entire country

Population growth rate

Cote d'Ivoire

2.3% (2018 est.)

Chile

0.63% (2023 est.)

Niederlande

0.48% (2023 est.)

Total fertility rate

Cote d'Ivoire

3.83 children born/woman (2018 est.)

Chile

1.75 children born/woman (2023 est.)

Niederlande

1.61 children born/woman (2023 est.)

Urbanization

Cote d'Ivoire

rate of urbanization: 3.38% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)

Chile

urban population: 88% of total population (2023)

rate of urbanization: 0.78% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

Niederlande

urban population: 93.2% of total population (2023)

rate of urbanization: 0.59% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

Education expenditures

Cote d'Ivoire

4.40

Chile

5.6% of GDP (2019 est.)

Niederlande

5.3% of GDP (2020 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

Cote d'Ivoire

female: 9 years (2016)

Chile

total: 17 years

male: 16 years

female: 17 years (2020)

Niederlande

total: 19 years

male: 18 years

female: 19 years (2020)

Country Comparison :: GDP - real growth rate

Cote d'Ivoire

7.80

Country Comparison :: Gross national saving

Cote d'Ivoire

15.90

Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)

Cote d'Ivoire

-4.2% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Chile

-2.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Niederlande

1.1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

GDP (purchasing power parity)

Cote d'Ivoire

$97,160,000,000

Industrial production growth rate

Cote d'Ivoire

4.20

Chile

5.06% (2021 est.)

Niederlande

4.93% (2021 est.)

Country Comparison :: Unemployment, youth ages 15-24

Cote d'Ivoire

3.9

Country Comparison :: GDP - per capita (PPP)

Cote d'Ivoire

$3,900

Country Comparison :: Labor force

Cote d'Ivoire

8,747,000

Country Comparison :: Unemployment rate

Cote d'Ivoire

9.40

Labor force

Cote d'Ivoire

8,747,000

Chile

8.684 million (2021 est.)

Niederlande

9.902 million (2021 est.)

Population below poverty line

Cote d'Ivoire

46.3% (2015 est.)

Chile

8.6% (2017 est.)

Niederlande

13.6% (2019 est.)

Unemployment rate

Cote d'Ivoire

9.4% (2013 est.)

Chile

9.13% (2021 est.)

11.18% (2020 est.)

7.29% (2019 est.)

Niederlande

4.01% (2021 est.)

3.82% (2020 est.)

3.38% (2019 est.)

Unemployment, youth ages 15-24

Cote d'Ivoire

total: 3.9% male: 2.8% female: 5.1% (2016 est.)

Country Comparison :: Public debt

Cote d'Ivoire

47.00

Public debt

Cote d'Ivoire

47.00

Chile

23.6% of GDP (2017 est.)

21% of GDP (2016 est.)

Niederlande

56.5% of GDP (2017 est.)

61.3% of GDP (2016 est.)

note: data cover general government debt and include debt instruments issued (or owned) by government entities other than the treasury; the data include treasury debt held by foreign entities; the data include debt issued by subnational entities, as well as intragovernmental debt; intragovernmental debt consists of treasury borrowings from surpluses in the social funds, such as for retirement, medical care, and unemployment, debt instruments for the social funds are not sold at public auctions

Country Comparison :: Inflation rate (consumer prices)

Cote d'Ivoire

0.80

Inflation rate (consumer prices)

Cote d'Ivoire

0.80

Chile

4.52% (2021 est.)

3.05% (2020 est.)

2.56% (2019 est.)

Niederlande

2.68% (2021 est.)

1.27% (2020 est.)

2.63% (2019 est.)

Country Comparison :: Central bank discount rate

Cote d'Ivoire

4.25

Central bank discount rate

Cote d'Ivoire

4.25

Country Comparison :: Exports

Cote d'Ivoire

$11,740,000,000

Exports

Cote d'Ivoire

$11,740,000,000

Chile

$100.634 billion (2021 est.)

$79.733 billion (2020 est.)

$77.255 billion (2019 est.)

note: Data are in current year dollars and do not include illicit exports or re-exports.

Niederlande

$839.6 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$712.3 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$751.2 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

Exports - partners

Cote d'Ivoire

Netherlands 11.8%, US 7.9%, France 6.4%, Belgium 6.4%, Germany 5.8%, Burkina Faso 4.5%, India 4.4%, Mali 4.2% (2017)

Chile

China 32%, United States 14%, Japan 9%, South Korea 7% (2019)

Niederlande

Germany 20%, Belgium 12%, United Kingdom 9%, France 7%, United States 5% (2019)

Country Comparison :: Imports

Cote d'Ivoire

$9,447,000,000

Imports

Cote d'Ivoire

$9,447,000,000

Chile

$102.086 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$68.118 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$82.324 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

Niederlande

$735.7 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$620.5 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$662 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

Imports - partners

Cote d'Ivoire

Nigeria 15%, France 13.4%, China 11.3%, US 4.3% (2017)

Chile

China 24%, United States 20%, Brazil 8%, Germany 5%, Argentina 5% (2019)

Niederlande

Germany 15%, China 11%, Belgium 9%, United States 8%, Russia 7%, United Kingdom 5% (2019)

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad

Cote d'Ivoire

NA

Country Comparison :: Electricity - production

Cote d'Ivoire

9,730,000,000

Country Comparison :: Electricity - consumption

Cote d'Ivoire

6,245,000,000

Country Comparison :: Electricity - exports

Cote d'Ivoire

872,000,000

Country Comparison :: Electricity - imports

Cote d'Ivoire

19,000,000

Country Comparison :: Crude oil - production

Cote d'Ivoire

54,000

Country Comparison :: Crude oil - exports

Cote d'Ivoire

26,700

Country Comparison :: Crude oil - imports

Cote d'Ivoire

62,350

Country Comparison :: Natural gas - production

Cote d'Ivoire

2,322,000,000

Country Comparison :: Natural gas - exports

Cote d'Ivoire

2017 est.

Country Comparison :: Natural gas - imports

Cote d'Ivoire

2017 est.

Country Comparison :: Telephones - fixed lines

Cote d'Ivoire

305,562

Country Comparison :: Telephones - mobile cellular

Cote d'Ivoire

31,747,233

Country Comparison :: Internet users

Cote d'Ivoire

6,297,676

Country Comparison :: Broadband - fixed subscriptions

Cote d'Ivoire

142,825

Country Comparison :: Airports

Cote d'Ivoire

27

Country Comparison :: Railways

Cote d'Ivoire

660

Country Comparison :: Roadways

Cote d'Ivoire

81,996

Country Comparison :: Waterways

Cote d'Ivoire

980

Airports

Cote d'Ivoire

27

Chile

481 (2021)

Niederlande

29 (2021)

Broadband - fixed subscriptions

Cote d'Ivoire

total: 142,825 (2017 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2017 est.)

Chile

total: 3,763,826 (2020 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 20 (2020 est.)

Niederlande

total: 7,525,016 (2020 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 44 (2020 est.)

Crude oil - exports

Cote d'Ivoire

26,700

Crude oil - imports

Cote d'Ivoire

62,350 bbl/day (2015 est.)

Crude oil - production

Cote d'Ivoire

54,000 bbl/day (2017 est.)

Electricity - consumption

Cote d'Ivoire

6,245,000,000

Electricity - exports

Cote d'Ivoire

872,000,000

Electricity - imports

Cote d'Ivoire

19,000,000

Electricity - production

Cote d'Ivoire

9,730,000,000

Internet users

Cote d'Ivoire

total: 6,297,676 (July 2016 est.)

Chile

total: 17.1 million (2021 est.)

percent of population: 90% (2021 est.)

Niederlande

total: 16.56 million (2021 est.)

percent of population: 92% (2021 est.)

Natural gas - exports

Cote d'Ivoire

0

Natural gas - imports

Cote d'Ivoire

0 cu m (2017 est.)

Natural gas - production

Cote d'Ivoire

2.322 billion cu m (2017 est.)

Railways

Cote d'Ivoire

total: 660 km (2008) narrow gauge: 660 km 1.000-m gauge (2008) note: an additional 622 km of this railroad extends into Burkina Faso

Chile

total: 7,281.5 km (2014)

narrow gauge: 3,853.5 km (2014) 1.000-m gauge

broad gauge: 3,428 km (2014) 1.676-m gauge (1,691 km electrified)

Niederlande

total: 3,055 km (2020) 2,310 km electrified

Roadways

Cote d'Ivoire

81,996

Chile

total: 77,801 km (2016)

Niederlande

total: 139,124 km (2016) (includes 3,654 km of expressways)

Telephones - fixed lines

Cote d'Ivoire

total subscriptions: 305,562 (2017 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2017 est.)

Chile

total subscriptions: 2,510,972 (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 13 (2021 est.)

Niederlande

total subscriptions: 5.024 million (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 29 (2021 est.)

Telephones - mobile cellular

Cote d'Ivoire

31,747,233

Chile

total subscriptions: 26,571,823 (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 136 (2021 est.)

Niederlande

total subscriptions: 21.888 million (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 125 (2021 est.)

Waterways

Cote d'Ivoire

980

Niederlande

6,237 km (2012) (navigable by ships up to 50 tons)

Disputes - international

Cote d'Ivoire

disputed maritime border between Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana

Chile

Chile and Peru rebuff Bolivia's reactivated claim to restore the Atacama corridor, ceded to Chile in 1884, but Chile has offered instead unrestricted but not sovereign maritime access through Chile to Bolivian natural gas; Chile rejects Peru's unilateral legislation to change its latitudinal maritime boundary with Chile to an equidistance line with a southwestern axis favoring Peru; in October 2007, Peru took its maritime complaint with Chile to the ICJ; territorial claim in Antarctica (Chilean Antarctic Territory) partially overlaps Argentine and British claims; the joint boundary commission, established by Chile and Argentina in 2001, has yet to map and demarcate the delimited boundary in the inhospitable Southern Patagonian Ice Field (Campo de Hielo Sur)

Niederlande

none identified