Mali's population rose from 10.4M in 1996 to 25.2M in 2025.
Mali · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Mali's population growth rose from 2.2 % in 1996 to 2.9 % in 2025.
Mali's population density rose from 8.2 in 1994 to 19.5 in 2023.
Mali's population, female (% of total) fell from 49.7 % in 1996 to 49.6 % in 2025.
Mali's urbanisation rose from 17.8 % in 1996 to 32.2 % in 2025.
Mali's urban population rose from 1.86M in 1996 to 8.12M in 2025.
Mali's rural population rose from 8.55M in 1996 to 17.1M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −1.9 %6th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.2 %6th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −1.4 %72nd of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −1.9 %212th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.1 yrs212th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.3 pts6th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.4 pts212th of 217
- Seniors (65+)down −0.0 pts211th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −1.4 pts6th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratiodown −0.1 pts205th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −2.4 %194th of 217
- Migrant stockunchanged +0.0 pts150th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +104.0 %44th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs211th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs210th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs210th of 217