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Mali vs Vatican statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Mali has a population of 24.5M (ranked 58/197), compared with 1K in The Vatican (ranked 197/197). Mali's land area is 471,118 sq mi versus 0.17 sq mi for The Vatican (ranked 23rd vs. 197th).

By GDP, Mali ranks 113/197 ($26.6B) and The Vatican ranks 197/197 ($19.8M). By GDP per capita, Mali ranks 171/197 ($1,086), while The Vatican ranks 59/197 ($19,800).

Main facts and rankings

Mali Vatican
Population
25787988
949
Population rank 58/197 197/197
GDP
$26.6B
2024
$19.8M
2025
GDP rank 113/197 197/197
GDP per capita
$1,086
2024
$19,800
2025
GDP per capita rank 171/197 59/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$3,309
2024
$39,191
2025
Government debt
$13.8B
2024
n/a
Debt-to-GDP ratio
51.7%
2025
n/a
Government debt per person
$563
2024
n/a
Government debt per person rank 161/185 n/a
Average annual personal income after taxes
$1,598
2025
$17,307
2025
Land area
471,118 sq mi
2025
0.17 sq mi
2025
Population density
52 ppl/mi²
2024
5,886 ppl/mi²
2019
Fertility rate
5.61
2023
n/a
Median age
16.7 years
2024
n/a
Life expectancy
60.9 years
2025
83.3 years
2025

Mali and Vatican: Comparison Charts

Mali vs. Vatican life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Mali

Vatican
Year Life expectancy, years
Mali Vatican
1950 28.7 65.9
1951 28.9 65.3
1952 29.1 65.7
1953 29.4 66.3
1954 29.5 67.5
1955 29.7 67.8
1956 29.9 67.3
1957 30.1 67.5
1958 30.2 68.7
1959 30.3 69.2
1960 30.5 69.2
1961 30.6 69.8
1962 30.8 69.2
1963 31 69.3
1964 31.2 70.3
1965 31.5 70.1
1966 31.8 70.9
1967 32.2 70.9
1968 32.6 70.7
1969 32.9 70.7
1970 33.4 71.5
1971 33.8 71.7
1972 34.5 72
1973 35.1 71.9
1974 35.7 72.7
1975 36.5 72.6
1976 37.2 72.9
1977 38 73.3
1978 38.8 73.7
1979 39.5 74
1980 40.3 74.1
1981 41 74.3
1982 41.8 74.8
1983 42.7 74.7
1984 43.4 75.1
1985 43.9 75.5
1986 44.6 75.7
1987 45.2 76.2
1988 45.7 76.4
1989 46.2 76.8
1990 46.5 76.9
1991 46.9 76.9
1992 47.2 77.3
1993 47.6 77
1994 47.9 77.7
1995 48.3 77.8
1996 48.5 78.5
1997 49.1 78.2
1998 49.6 78.3
1999 50.1 78.7
2000 50.6 79.3
2001 51.3 79.9
2002 52 80
2003 52.6 79.8
2004 53.3 80.2
2005 53.8 80.6
2006 54.3 81.2
2007 54.8 81.3
2008 55.2 81.4
2009 55.6 81.3
2010 56 81.5
2011 56.4 81.7
2012 56.7 82
2013 57.1 82.5
2014 57.5 82.6
2015 57.9 82.5
2016 58.3 82.9
2017 58.6 82.7
2018 58.9 83.3
2019 59.2 83.6
2020 58.9 83
2021 59.1 82.9
2022 60 83.3
2023 60.4 83
2024 60.7 83.1
2025 60.9 83.3

Mali and Vatican population clocks and comparison

Population
Mali

Vatican
Year Population
Mali Vatican
1960 5,402,550 -
1961 5,482,283 -
1962 5,563,917 -
1963 5,646,605 -
1964 5,730,125 -
1965 5,815,487 -
1966 5,902,204 -
1967 5,990,906 -
1968 6,082,979 -
1969 6,177,704 -
1970 6,276,472 -
1971 6,377,944 -
1972 6,483,726 -
1973 6,597,106 -
1974 6,715,436 -
1975 6,837,261 -
1976 6,960,979 -
1977 7,090,979 -
1978 7,229,651 -
1979 7,375,266 -
1980 7,530,515 -
1981 7,692,766 -
1982 7,860,194 -
1983 8,034,400 -
1984 8,208,599 -
1985 8,374,663 -
1986 8,531,277 -
1987 8,681,164 -
1988 8,833,996 -
1989 8,999,938 -
1990 9,178,830 -
1991 9,362,888 -
1992 9,553,540 -
1993 9,754,786 -
1994 9,967,031 -
1995 10,185,365 -
1996 10,407,278 -
1997 10,646,495 -
1998 10,919,573 -
1999 11,227,415 -
2000 11,559,290 880
2001 11,912,158 890
2002 12,288,050 900
2003 12,684,955 911
2004 13,102,409 921
2005 13,538,647 921
2006 13,990,139 932
2007 14,457,775 821
2008 14,940,782 824
2009 15,435,539 826
2010 15,945,198 829
2011 16,469,049 832
2012 16,957,033 836
2013 17,459,615 839
2014 18,020,267 842
2015 18,593,022 1,000
2016 19,191,289 -
2017 19,813,011 1,000
2018 20,442,030 -
2019 21,068,405 1,000
2020 21,713,836 -
2021 22,388,630 -
2022 23,072,640 -
2023 23,769,127 -
2024 24,478,595 -

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Mali Vatican
GNI, Atlas method
$24.9B
2024
n/a
Government expenditure, % of GDP
26.2%
2025
n/a
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.18%
2023
n/a
Military expenditure, % of GDP
3.83%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
41,000
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.13%
2025
n/a
Unemployment rate
2.39%
2022
n/a
Services, % of GDP
36.7%
2024
n/a
Industry, % of GDP
22.7%
2024
n/a
Economic freedom index
52.6
2025
65
2025
Income share by richest 10%
28.3%
2021
n/a
Income share by poorest 10%
3.2%
2021
n/a
Personal remittances received
$1.09B
2024
n/a
International tourist arrivals
217,000
2019
n/a
International tourism as share of exports
5.52%
2018
n/a
Banked people share
54.7%
2024
n/a

Energy

Mali Vatican
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
6.66 megatons
2023
n/a
CO2 emissions per capita
0.28 tons
2023
n/a
Renewable energy use share
71.1%
2022
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
62.3%
2021
n/a
Hydroelectric share
56.6%
2021
n/a
Nuclear share
0%
2021
n/a
Electricity access
54.5%
2023
n/a

Society

Mali Vatican
% of world population
0.3%
2024
0.00001%
2024
Annual migration change
-46,880
2024
n/a
Urban population
46.9%
2024
n/a
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
n/a
Average male height
5.74 ft
2025
n/a
Average female height
5.31 ft
2025
n/a
Quality of life index
15
2025
76
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
27
2024
60
2025
Higher education index
21
2025
32
2025
Homicides per 100K people
10.9
2015
0
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
22.7
2019
0.5
2025
Visa free countries
61
2025
150
2025
Adult literacy rate
31%
2020
100%
2013
English speaking
0%
2025
20%
2025
People using the Internet
35.1%
2023
n/a

Health

Mali Vatican
Government health expenditure per capita
$29.7
2022
n/a
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$12.9
2022
n/a
Life expectancy
60.9 years
2025
83.3 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
8.68%
2022
n/a
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.2
2022
n/a
Age at first childbirth
19.2 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
367
2023
n/a
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
91.3
2023
n/a
Obesity rate
11.8%
2022
n/a
Diabetes prevalence
4.8%
2024
n/a
Air quality index
20
2025
72
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
8%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
5.32 liters
2020
n/a

Territory

Mali Vatican
% of world land
0.82%
2025
0.0000003%
2025
Land area per capita
19,246 sq mi
2024
169.9 sq mi
2019
Agricultural land area
167,103 sq mi
2025
n/a
Forest area
51,336 sq mi
2025
n/a
Roads length
86,437 mi
2018
5.59 mi
2003

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