<P> The ethnic composition of Ivory Coast is complex with more than 60 ethnic groups represented . </P> <P> The Akan group, which primarily occupies the eastern and central regions of the country, accounts for about 42.1 percent of the population . The Baoulé are the single largest subgroup of the Akan people, accounting for about 20 percent of the total population . The Voltaiques (Gur) account for about 17.6% of the population . The Northern Mandes from the northwest region of the country make up about 16.5% of the population . The Krou people in the southwest account for about 11 percent; the Bété are the largest subgroup . The Southern Mandes from the western regions account for about 10% of the population . Non-Africans include about 14,000 French and 130,000 Lebanese expatriates . </P>

Member of ethnic group living in ghana and eastern ivory coast