Mali - Daten & Fakten

total: 1,240,192 sq km

land: 1,220,190 sq km

water: 20,002 sq km

agricultural land: 34.1% (2018 est.)

arable land: 5.6% (2018 est.)

permanent crops: 0.1% (2018 est.)

permanent pasture: 28.4% (2018 est.)

forest: 10.2% (2018 est.)

other: 55.7% (2018 est.)

interior Western Africa, southwest of Algeria, north of Guinea, Cote d'Ivoire, and Burkina Faso, west of Niger

0-14 years: 47.05% (male 5,054,927/female 4,995,605)

15-64 years: 49.88% (male 5,006,470/female 5,647,289)

65 years and over: 3.07% (2023 est.) (male 323,170/female 332,261)

40.54 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

8.3 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Bambara (official), French 17.2%, Peuhl/Foulfoulbe/Fulani 9.4%, Dogon 7.2%, Maraka/Soninke 6.4%, Malinke 5.6%, Sonrhai/Djerma 5.6%, Minianka 4.3%, Tamacheq 3.5%, Senoufo 2.6%, Bobo 2.1%, other 6.3%, unspecified 0.7% (2009 est.)

note: Mali has 13 national languages in addition to its official language

total population: 62.81 years

male: 60.56 years

female: 65.13 years (2023 est.)

2.929 million BAMAKO (capital) (2023)

total: 16 years

male: 15.3 years

female: 16.7 years (2020 est.)

19.2 years (2018 est.)

note: data represents median age at first birth among women 20-49

-2.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)

the overwhelming majority of the population lives in the southern half of the country, with greater density along the border with Burkina Faso as shown in this population distribution map

2.93% (2023 est.)

5.45 children born/woman (2023 est.)

urban population: 46.2% of total population (2023)

rate of urbanization: 4.57% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

4.4% of GDP (2021 est.)

total: 7 years

male: 8 years

female: 7 years (2017)

-2.9% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

1.01% (2021 est.)

7.9 million (2021 est.)

42.1% (2019 est.)

7.72% (2021 est.)

7.7% (2020 est.)

7.44% (2019 est.)

35.4% of GDP (2017 est.)

36% of GDP (2016 est.)

3.93% (2021 est.)

0.44% (2020 est.)

-1.66% (2019 est.)

$5.196 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$4.442 billion (2019 est.)

$4.186 billion (2018 est.)

United Arab Emirates 66%, Switzerland 26% (2019)

$6.339 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$6.559 billion (2019 est.)

$6.081 billion (2018 est.)

Senegal 23%, Cote d'Ivoire 15%, China 11%, France 9% (2019)

25 (2021)

total: 243,806 (2020 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2020 est.)

total: 7.48 million (2021 est.)

percent of population: 34% (2021 est.)

total: 593 km (2014)

narrow gauge: 593 km (2014) 1.000-m gauge

total: 139,107 km (2018)

total subscriptions: 301,055 (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2021 est.)

total subscriptions: 21,882,251 (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 100 (2021 est.)

1,800 km (2011) (downstream of Koulikoro; low water levels on the River Niger cause problems in dry years; in the months before the rainy season the river is not navigable by commercial vessels)