White people in Ivory Coast

White Ivorians are those who were born in or reside in Ivory Coast, who descend from Europe. There was a small but prominent white French community in Ivory Coast until 2002, when a failed coup d'état and civil war led to anti-French riots.[1] Of the 20,000 living in the country at the start of the conflict, by 2004 only 15,000 remained.[2]

Population graph
Year White population % of pop.
1960 30,000[3] .009%[4]
1980 60,000[3] .007%[4]
2002 20,000[1] .001%[4]
2004 15,000[2] .0009%[4]

References
  1. Harman, Danna. "Hearts heavy, whites feeling driven from Africa". Christian Science Monitor. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  2. "French fears in Ivory Coast". BBC. 2004-01-19. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  3. "Ivory Coast - The Economy". countrystudies.us. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  4. countrymeters.info. "Cote d'Ivoire population 2015 | Current population of Cote d'Ivoire". countrymeters.info. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
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