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Registered foreigners are counted across 192 nationalities.

Côte d'Ivoire

People registered with Côte d'Ivoire nationality number 229, which is less than 0.1% of all registered foreigners and ranks 92 in size. Compared with 136 in 2015, 10 years earlier, that is an increase of about 68.4%. They live in 51 districts, and the largest counts are Seoul Yongsan-gu with 49, Gyeonggi-do Ansan-si Danwon-gu with 28, and Gyeonggi-do Pyeongtaek-si with 24. The index of dissimilarity (D) from Koreans is 0.758, the isolation index is 0, and interaction with Koreans is 0.94. The highest location quotient (LQ) is in Seoul Yongsan-gu at 54.2, where this nationality is 0% of the foreigners in that district. The continent of origin is Africa. The largest age group is 25-29 at 13.9%, and men are 66.7%. This value alone is based on staying foreigners. Estimated mother tongues are Baoulé at 25.1% and Dyula at 8.1%.

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook on Immigration and Foreign Policy 2025 (registered foreigners by nationality, registered foreigners by nationality and district, registered foreigners by status of stay), staying foreigners by nationality and age

The index of dissimilarity, the isolation index, and the location quotient are calculated from the open dataset.

Table 1.Key indicators and benchmarks, 2025Unit: people, organizations, index
2025
IndicatorsCôte d'IvoireAll registered foreignersRelative to total
Registered foreigners2291,604,920under 0.1% of the total
Districts of residence5125020.4% of the total
Index of dissimilarity (D)0.7580.280rank 13 of 107
Isolation index0.00010.045rank 54 of 107
Interaction with Koreans0.9400.955rank 103 of 107
ContinentAfrica24,473 (1.5% of the total)0.9% of those from Africa

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook (registered foreigners by nationality), segregation indicators from the open dataset.

Note: the dissimilarity index D measures how far a nationality's distribution across districts differs from that of Korean nationals; 0 means the two distributions match and 1 means complete separation. Isolation is the probability that a member meets someone of the same nationality, and interaction the probability of meeting a Korean resident. In the All registered foreigners column the three indices treat all registered foreigners as one group and use the same formulas. In the Relative to total column, rank 1 is the highest value among nationalities with 100 or more registered foreigners that year; in the continent row that column gives this nationality's share of all registered foreigners from the continent.

Figure 1.Côte d'Ivoire nationals among registered foreigners, 2006–2025Unit: 10,000 persons

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook, each year.

Note: The vertical scale resets to the size of the selected nationality.

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YearCôte d'IvoireVietnam
20066452,157
20075467,197
20087279,848
20096786,166
20107498,225
201192110,564
201272114,211
201389113,843
2014108122,571
2015136128,042
2016151137,769
2017158151,385
2018166170,707
2019157187,334
2020171181,415
2021163178,928
2022183196,883
2023199227,930
2024207261,581
2025229293,907
Table 2.Côte d'Ivoire nationality, top 10 districts, 2025Unit: persons, %
2025
RankDistrictCôte d'Ivoire NationalityShare of local foreigners
1Seoul Yongsan-gu490.4
2Gyeonggi-do Ansan-si Danwon-gu280.1
3Gyeonggi-do Pyeongtaek-si240.1
4Chungcheongnam-do Asan-si190.1
5Seoul Jung-gu150.1
6Incheon Yeonsu-gu120.1
7Gyeonggi-do Ansan-si Sangnok-gu60.0
8Seoul Jongno-gu50.0
9Seoul Dongjak-gu40.0
10Incheon Michuhol-gu40.0

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook (registered foreigners by district and nationality).

Note: Nationwide, Côte d'Ivoire nationals make up 0.0% of all registered foreigners, so an area whose share is above that holds relatively many of them.

Table 3.10 districts with the highest location quotient, 2025Unit: people, ratio, %
2025
RankDistrictCôte d'Ivoire NationalityLocation quotient (LQ)Share of local foreigners
1Seoul Yongsan-gu4954.20.0
2Seoul Jung-gu1528.40.0
3Gyeonggi-do Ansan-si Danwon-gu2821.60.0
4Gangwon-do Pyeongchang-gun316.80.0
5Chungcheongnam-do Asan-si1911.80.0
6Gyeongsangbuk-do Cheongdo-gun211.10.0
7Gyeonggi-do Pyeongtaek-si248.80.0
8Seoul Jongno-gu58.10.0
9Gyeonggi-do Dongducheon-si37.80.0
10Incheon Yeonsu-gu126.50.0

Source: Location quotient from the open dataset.

Note: the location quotient is the local share divided by the national share; above 1.5 counts as over-representation.

Table 4.By status of stay Côte d'Ivoire nationality, 2025Unit: persons, %
2025
Visa categoryPersonsShare
Other(G1)8034.9
Other statuses(ETC)4720.5
Student(D2)2510.9
General Trainee(D4)229.6
Dependent Family(F3)104.4
Arts & Entertainment(E6)93.9
Job Seeker(D10)83.5
Residential(F2)83.5
Other statuses208.7

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook (registered foreigners by status of stay and nationality).

Note: The rows of this table add to 229, the whole of the Côte d'Ivoire nationality.

Table 5.Age and sex, 2025Unit: persons, %
2025
Age groupTotalMaleFemaleShare
0-4121024.4
5-914685.1
10-1416795.9
15-195321.8
20-24181356.6
25-2938251313.9
30-3437221513.6
35-3931201111.4
40-44261889.5
45-49231588.4
50-54151055.5
55-599813.3
60+2925410.6

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook (staying foreigners by nationality and age).

Only this table counts all foreign residents, so it totals 273 rather than the 229 registered foreigners

Figure 2.Composition by age and sex, 2025Unit: %
2025

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook (staying foreigners by nationality and age).

Note: The bar length is the share each cell holds within the whole nationality. This figure alone uses staying foreigners, so its total differs from registered foreigners.

Figure 3.Change in status-of-stay composition, 2008–2025Unit: %

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook, each year (registered foreigners by status of stay and nationality).

Note: The share each status holds within this nationality in that year. The five largest statuses in 2025 are drawn.

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Year
200843.11.42.82.85.6
200944.81.51.53.04.5
201041.94.15.45.44.1
201151.15.44.33.33.3
201265.31.49.72.84.2
201360.71.113.57.94.5
201454.73.811.311.35.7
201547.44.516.58.36.8
201648.55.118.45.97.4
201737.315.215.85.18.2
201841.016.313.98.46.0
201943.320.410.28.90.0
202035.732.213.52.90.0
202136.230.113.54.30.0
202234.427.316.45.50.0
202333.723.615.17.50.0
202437.220.312.66.83.4
202534.920.510.99.64.4
Figure 4.Residential segregation and exposure over time, 2014–2025Unit: index
Indicators

Source: Segregation indicators from the open dataset.

Note: the dissimilarity index D measures how far a nationality's distribution across districts differs from that of Korean nationals, isolation is the probability that a member meets someone of the same nationality, and interaction the probability of meeting a Korean resident. The three run on different ranges, so they are selected one at a time.

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YearIndex of dissimilarity (D)Isolation indexInteraction with Koreans
20140.7870.0000.948
20150.7520.0000.947
20160.7650.0000.946
20170.7670.0000.948
20180.7570.0000.945
20190.7610.0000.940
20200.7870.0000.943
20210.7790.0000.945
20220.7860.0000.942
20230.7660.0000.941
20240.7620.0000.940
20250.7580.0000.940
Table 6.Côte d'Ivoire nationality, mother-tongue compositionUnit: %
First languageShare
Baoulé25.1
Dyula8.1
Anyin7.8
Mòoré7.3
Dan7.0
Cebaara Sénoufo4.7
Attié3.5
Guro2.7

Source: Ethnologue 24th edition, first-language shares by country.

Note: the estimated demand on the language page is this share multiplied by the registered foreign population of each nationality. Shares below 0.5% are not listed, and a person who speaks more than one language is not distinguished.

Figure 5.By province, Côte d'Ivoire nationality, 2025Unit: persons
2025

Count range

    Note: The boundaries are shapes simplified for display and are drawn as pen lines. The fill values are the provincial totals from the yearbook and do not depend on the shapes.

    Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook (registered foreigners by nationality and district), summed to the province level.

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    ProvinceCôte d'Ivoire NationalityShare of national
    Seoul8436.7
    Gyeonggi-do7834.1
    Chungcheongnam-do229.6
    Incheon167.0
    Gyeongsangbuk-do52.2
    Jeollabuk-do52.2
    Jeju-do41.7
    Gangwon-do31.3
    Gyeongsangnam-do31.3
    Gwangju31.3
    Daegu20.9
    Busan20.9
    Chungcheongbuk-do20.9