French people in Ivory Coast

French Ivorians are those who were born in or reside in Ivory Coast, who descend from French community. There was a small but prominent 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]

Notable people

Dominique Ouattara (born 1954), current First Lady of Ivory Coast (2011-present)

References

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