Mali vs Somalia statistics compared

Mali has a population of 24.5M (ranked 58/197), compared with 19M in Somalia (ranked 68/197). Mali's land area is 471,118 sq mi versus 242,217 sq mi for Somalia (ranked 23rd vs. 42nd).

By GDP, Mali ranks 113/197 ($26.6B) and Somalia ranks 149/197 ($12.1B). By GDP per capita, Mali ranks 171/197 ($1,086), while Somalia ranks 191/197 ($637).

Mali and Somalia: Comparison Charts

Mali and Somalia economies compared

GDP

Mali

Somalia

Table

Year	GDP
	Mali	Somalia
1960	-	$180,459,937
1961	-	$191,659,914
1962	-	$203,531,928
1963	-	$216,145,936
1964	-	$229,529,913
1965	-	$243,725,898
1966	-	$257,375,897
1967	$275,494,478	$271,781,887
1968	$343,771,973	$286,719,885
1969	$339,913,867	$306,357,285
1970	$359,772,315	$347,985,394
1971	$395,218,629	$347,039,446
1972	$486,617,280	$447,883,941
1973	$563,683,703	$483,699,611
1974	$538,747,340	$572,504,036
1975	$830,710,615	$757,015,879
1976	$939,228,017	$871,344,245
1977	$1,049,838,548	$498,550,725
1978	$1,222,702,573	$564,571,823
1979	$1,595,422,956	$589,566,929
1980	$1,759,691,186	$602,515,548
1981	$1,538,972,424	$699,302,473
1982	$1,333,754,225	$774,578,932
1983	$1,297,765,326	$735,408,642
1984	$1,232,932,104	$787,434,542
1985	$1,392,196,048	$875,702,247
1986	$1,852,163,453	$916,590,786
1987	$2,090,629,987	$1,018,972,664
1988	$2,169,040,603	$1,051,596,967
1989	$2,181,821,909	$1,181,360,844
1990	$2,681,912,149	$1,031,282,081
1991	$2,724,131,458	$717,974,930
1992	$2,830,673,378	$709,297,579
1993	$2,818,281,085	$1,260,132,956
1994	$2,081,846,498	$1,481,205,098
1995	$2,706,425,157	$1,534,756,135
1996	$2,780,422,049	$1,792,234,297
1997	$2,697,105,823	$2,191,749,014
1998	$2,920,358,711	$2,962,047,564
1999	$3,440,724,710	$3,045,751,528
2000	$2,961,484,954	$3,412,797,450
2001	$3,468,337,942	$2,252,847,465
2002	$3,908,121,307	$2,192,684,135
2003	$4,714,071,980	$2,836,724,352
2004	$7,113,132,070	$3,859,592,813
2005	$8,009,875,052	$4,683,246,454
2006	$8,858,863,053	$5,026,743,282
2007	$10,289,243,720	$5,430,713,729
2008	$12,262,134,441	$5,913,620,293
2009	$12,592,138,109	$2,948,594,552
2010	$13,196,527,458	$2,687,807,004
2011	$15,506,843,902	$2,906,000,097
2012	$14,891,957,623	$4,364,670,160
2013	$15,769,357,573	$5,062,881,600
2014	$16,943,434,591	$5,728,399,720
2015	$15,583,181,170	$6,152,149,100
2016	$16,743,796,800	$6,613,743,070
2017	$18,308,362,040	$7,621,501,710
2018	$20,368,015,381	$7,873,440,830
2019	$20,477,421,885	$8,655,023,960
2020	$20,698,560,939	$8,628,393,720
2021	$22,999,245,263	$9,483,997,390
2022	$22,374,051,350	$10,202,767,270
2023	$24,621,545,565	$10,968,517,090
2024	$26,588,067,731	$12,108,515,110

Mali and Somalia economies compared

GDP per capita

Mali

Somalia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Mali	Somalia
1960	-	$62.7
1961	-	$64.9
1962	-	$67.2
1963	-	$69.5
1964	-	$71.9
1965	-	$74.4
1966	-	$76.5
1967	$46	$78.7
1968	$56.5	$80.8
1969	$55	$84.1
1970	$57.3	$93.1
1971	$62	$90.4
1972	$75.1	$113.7
1973	$85.4	$119.6
1974	$80.2	$137.9
1975	$121.5	$177.8
1976	$134.9	$199.6
1977	$148.1	$111.2
1978	$169.1	$117.3
1979	$216.3	$108.2
1980	$233.7	$101.5
1981	$200.1	$116.9
1982	$169.7	$129
1983	$161.5	$118.6
1984	$150.2	$122.5
1985	$166.2	$130.8
1986	$217.1	$131.4
1987	$240.8	$141
1988	$245.5	$145.3
1989	$242.4	$166
1990	$292.2	$145.6
1991	$290.9	$105.4
1992	$296.3	$109.2
1993	$288.9	$188.6
1994	$208.9	$210.8
1995	$265.7	$210.7
1996	$267.2	$237.2
1997	$253.3	$280.1
1998	$267.4	$363
1999	$306	$359
2000	$256.2	$386
2001	$291.2	$244.9
2002	$318	$229.6
2003	$372	$286.3
2004	$543	$375
2005	$592	$440
2006	$633	$458
2007	$712	$480
2008	$821	$507
2009	$816	$246.5
2010	$828	$219.2
2011	$942	$235.3
2012	$878	$350
2013	$903	$393
2014	$940	$429
2015	$838	$446
2016	$872	$461
2017	$924	$511
2018	$996	$510
2019	$972	$540
2020	$953	$518
2021	$1,027	$549
2022	$970	$573
2023	$1,036	$597
2024	$1,086	$637

Mali vs. Somalia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Mali

Somalia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Mali	Somalia
1950	28.7	41.5
1951	28.9	41.7
1952	29.1	41.9
1953	29.4	42.1
1954	29.5	42.3
1955	29.7	42.5
1956	29.9	42.7
1957	30.1	42.9
1958	30.2	43.1
1959	30.3	43.3
1960	30.5	43.5
1961	30.6	43.7
1962	30.8	44
1963	31	44.2
1964	31.2	44.4
1965	31.5	44.6
1966	31.8	44.8
1967	32.2	45.1
1968	32.6	45.3
1969	32.9	45.5
1970	33.4	45.6
1971	33.8	45.8
1972	34.5	46
1973	35.1	46.2
1974	35.7	44.3
1975	36.5	44.5
1976	37.2	44.7
1977	38	47
1978	38.8	47
1979	39.5	47.4
1980	40.3	47.6
1981	41	47.8
1982	41.8	48
1983	42.7	48.2
1984	43.4	48.4
1985	43.9	48.3
1986	44.6	48.4
1987	45.2	49
1988	45.7	43.9
1989	46.2	46.6
1990	46.5	46.9
1991	46.9	25.4
1992	47.2	25
1993	47.6	50.6
1994	47.9	50.3
1995	48.3	50.6
1996	48.5	50.5
1997	49.1	50.3
1998	49.6	50.8
1999	50.1	50.6
2000	50.6	50.7
2001	51.3	50.8
2002	52	50.8
2003	52.6	50.7
2004	53.3	50.7
2005	53.8	50.9
2006	54.3	50.9
2007	54.8	50.9
2008	55.2	51.5
2009	55.6	52.1
2010	56	48.9
2011	56.4	32.5
2012	56.7	49.1
2013	57.1	54
2014	57.5	54.4
2015	57.9	55.1
2016	58.3	55.3
2017	58.6	52.2
2018	58.9	54.8
2019	59.2	57.2
2020	58.9	57.1
2021	59.1	55.7
2022	60	53.9
2023	60.4	58.8
2024	60.7	59
2025	60.9	59.1

Mali and Somalia population clocks and comparison

Population

Mali

Somalia

Table

Year	Population
	Mali	Somalia
1960	5,402,550	2,876,331
1961	5,482,283	2,952,054
1962	5,563,917	3,030,091
1963	5,646,605	3,110,361
1964	5,730,125	3,192,796
1965	5,815,487	3,277,874
1966	5,902,204	3,365,106
1967	5,990,906	3,454,537
1968	6,082,979	3,546,590
1969	6,177,704	3,641,015
1970	6,276,472	3,738,448
1971	6,377,944	3,837,691
1972	6,483,726	3,939,436
1973	6,597,106	4,045,592
1974	6,715,436	4,151,842
1975	6,837,261	4,257,535
1976	6,960,979	4,365,812
1977	7,090,979	4,484,050
1978	7,229,651	4,814,892
1979	7,375,266	5,449,117
1980	7,530,515	5,936,154
1981	7,692,766	5,982,849
1982	7,860,194	6,003,840
1983	8,034,400	6,198,430
1984	8,208,599	6,428,389
1985	8,374,663	6,693,289
1986	8,531,277	6,974,788
1987	8,681,164	7,228,302
1988	8,833,996	7,235,360
1989	8,999,938	7,114,817
1990	9,178,830	7,082,811
1991	9,362,888	6,813,760
1992	9,553,540	6,495,107
1993	9,754,786	6,681,399
1994	9,967,031	7,026,797
1995	10,185,365	7,285,007
1996	10,407,278	7,554,474
1997	10,646,495	7,824,525
1998	10,919,573	8,155,417
1999	11,227,415	8,492,059
2000	11,559,290	8,838,713
2001	11,912,158	9,198,493
2002	12,288,050	9,550,063
2003	12,684,955	9,909,157
2004	13,102,409	10,280,998
2005	13,538,647	10,644,228
2006	13,990,139	10,975,502
2007	14,457,775	11,322,582
2008	14,940,782	11,663,084
2009	15,435,539	11,961,201
2010	15,945,198	12,261,756
2011	16,469,049	12,348,830
2012	16,957,033	12,461,160
2013	17,459,615	12,869,594
2014	18,020,267	13,339,491
2015	18,593,022	13,806,963
2016	19,191,289	14,348,740
2017	19,813,011	14,916,629
2018	20,442,030	15,452,487
2019	21,068,405	16,030,971
2020	21,713,836	16,651,191
2021	22,388,630	17,271,431
2022	23,072,640	17,801,897
2023	23,769,127	18,358,615
2024	24,478,595	19,009,151

Fertility rates in Mali and Somalia

Fertility rate

Mali

Somalia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Mali	Somalia
1960	7.02	7.25
1961	7.03	7.25
1962	7.04	7.26
1963	7.05	7.26
1964	7.06	7.26
1965	7.08	7.26
1966	7.11	7.26
1967	7.14	7.25
1968	7.16	7.23
1969	7.18	7.21
1970	7.18	7.18
1971	7.2	7.15
1972	7.22	7.12
1973	7.22	7.09
1974	7.23	7.06
1975	7.25	7.03
1976	7.27	7.02
1977	7.3	7
1978	7.32	7.13
1979	7.35	7.16
1980	7.37	7.18
1981	7.37	7.23
1982	7.32	7.25
1983	7.28	7.28
1984	7.26	7.3
1985	7.26	7.33
1986	7.31	7.35
1987	7.31	7.37
1988	7.32	7.4
1989	7.33	7.42
1990	7.31	7.44
1991	7.28	7.47
1992	7.24	7.5
1993	7.18	7.53
1994	7.12	7.54
1995	7.05	7.58
1996	7.01	7.62
1997	6.97	7.66
1998	6.94	7.66
1999	6.91	7.66
2000	6.89	7.65
2001	6.85	7.64
2002	6.82	7.63
2003	6.78	7.6
2004	6.74	7.57
2005	6.71	7.53
2006	6.68	7.49
2007	6.65	7.46
2008	6.62	7.42
2009	6.59	7.38
2010	6.58	7.32
2011	6.55	7.27
2012	6.52	7.21
2013	6.49	7.14
2014	6.44	7.06
2015	6.39	6.98
2016	6.32	6.88
2017	6.25	6.77
2018	6.12	6.66
2019	5.89	6.56
2020	5.85	6.45
2021	5.78	6.35
2022	5.69	6.26
2023	5.61	6.13

Mali and Somalia demographics compared

Median age

Mali

Somalia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Mali	Somalia
1960	19.8	18.1
1961	19.8	17.9
1962	19.8	17.8
1963	19.8	17.7
1964	19.8	17.6
1965	19.8	17.5
1966	19.7	17.5
1967	19.6	17.5
1968	19.6	17.5
1969	19.5	17.5
1970	19.4	17.5
1971	19.3	17.6
1972	19.2	17.6
1973	19.1	17.6
1974	19	17.7
1975	18.9	17.7
1976	18.7	17.7
1977	18.6	17.7
1978	18.4	17.7
1979	18.3	17.6
1980	18.1	17.6
1981	17.9	17.5
1982	17.8	17.4
1983	17.6	17.4
1984	17.5	17.3
1985	17.3	17.2
1986	17.1	17.1
1987	16.9	17
1988	16.8	16.8
1989	16.6	16.7
1990	16.5	16.5
1991	16.4	16.5
1992	16.4	16.7
1993	16.3	16.8
1994	16.3	16.7
1995	16.3	16.6
1996	16.3	16.5
1997	16.3	16.4
1998	16.4	16.4
1999	16.4	16.3
2000	16.5	16.3
2001	16.5	16.2
2002	16.6	16.2
2003	16.6	16.1
2004	16.6	16
2005	16.6	15.9
2006	16.6	15.7
2007	16.6	15.6
2008	16.5	15.6
2009	16.4	15.6
2010	16.4	15.7
2011	16.3	15.8
2012	16.1	16
2013	16	16
2014	16	16
2015	16	16.1
2016	16	16.1
2017	16	16.2
2018	16	16.2
2019	16.1	16.3
2020	16.2	16.3
2021	16.3	16.4
2022	16.5	16.5
2023	16.6	16.5
2024	16.7	16.6

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