title: French people in Ivory Coast
text: # 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. Of the 20,000 living in the country at the start of the conflict, by 2004 only 15,000 remained.
  
  ## Population graph
  
  | Year | White population | % of pop. |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1960 | 30,000 | .009% |
  | 1980 | 60,000 | .007% |
  | 2002 | 20,000 | .001% |
  | 2004 | 15,000 | .0009% |
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Dominique Ouattara (born 1954), current First Lady of Ivory Coast (2011-present)
  