Mali
Country in Africa
In brief
Aged 0–14: 45.8% (2025). World rank 6 of 216; in Africa, 6 of 54. Children per woman: 5.5 (2024). World rank 6 of 216; in Africa, 6 of 54. Births per 1,000 people: 39.5 (2024). World rank 6 of 216; in Africa, 6 of 54. From 2015 to 2025: population 18.6M → 25.2M, population growth per year +3.1% → +2.9%, and living in cities 25.9% → 32.2%. Worse than all its neighbours (Algeria, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Niger, and Senegal): life expectancy.
Population and migration
Age and life expectancy
Births and deaths
Society
- Languages
- French
- Religions
- Muslim 93.9%, Christian 2.8%, and no religion 2.5% (2018)