The current population of Mali is 25,787,988 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 24,478,595 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Mali accounts for 0.31% of the world's population.
- Mali is projected to reach 79.4M people in 2100.
- Mali is ranked 58/197 by population and was ranked 66th in 2005.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 13.5M people to 25.8M (90.5% growth in 20 years).
- For the last 20 years, Mali has had an average growth rate of 4.52% per year.
Mali population clock
Mali
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
25787988
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 58/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.31% | N/A |
| One net population change |
44.5 seconds
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
33.1 seconds
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
2.56 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +1,944 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +709,468 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.98% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 16/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
11.2 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -46,880 | N/A |
Mali population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 5,402,550 | - |
| 1961 | 5,482,283 | 1.48% |
| 1962 | 5,563,917 | 1.49% |
| 1963 | 5,646,605 | 1.49% |
| 1964 | 5,730,125 | 1.48% |
| 1965 | 5,815,487 | 1.49% |
| 1966 | 5,902,204 | 1.49% |
| 1967 | 5,990,906 | 1.5% |
| 1968 | 6,082,979 | 1.54% |
| 1969 | 6,177,704 | 1.56% |
| 1970 | 6,276,472 | 1.6% |
| 1971 | 6,377,944 | 1.62% |
| 1972 | 6,483,726 | 1.66% |
| 1973 | 6,597,106 | 1.75% |
| 1974 | 6,715,436 | 1.79% |
| 1975 | 6,837,261 | 1.81% |
| 1976 | 6,960,979 | 1.81% |
| 1977 | 7,090,979 | 1.87% |
| 1978 | 7,229,651 | 1.96% |
| 1979 | 7,375,266 | 2.01% |
| 1980 | 7,530,515 | 2.1% |
| 1981 | 7,692,766 | 2.15% |
| 1982 | 7,860,194 | 2.18% |
| 1983 | 8,034,400 | 2.22% |
| 1984 | 8,208,599 | 2.17% |
| 1985 | 8,374,663 | 2.02% |
| 1986 | 8,531,277 | 1.87% |
| 1987 | 8,681,164 | 1.76% |
| 1988 | 8,833,996 | 1.76% |
| 1989 | 8,999,938 | 1.88% |
| 1990 | 9,178,830 | 1.99% |
| 1991 | 9,362,888 | 2.01% |
| 1992 | 9,553,540 | 2.04% |
| 1993 | 9,754,786 | 2.11% |
| 1994 | 9,967,031 | 2.18% |
| 1995 | 10,185,365 | 2.19% |
| 1996 | 10,407,278 | 2.18% |
| 1997 | 10,646,495 | 2.3% |
| 1998 | 10,919,573 | 2.56% |
| 1999 | 11,227,415 | 2.82% |
| 2000 | 11,559,290 | 2.96% |
| 2001 | 11,912,158 | 3.05% |
| 2002 | 12,288,050 | 3.16% |
| 2003 | 12,684,955 | 3.23% |
| 2004 | 13,102,409 | 3.29% |
| 2005 | 13,538,647 | 3.33% |
| 2006 | 13,990,139 | 3.33% |
| 2007 | 14,457,775 | 3.34% |
| 2008 | 14,940,782 | 3.34% |
| 2009 | 15,435,539 | 3.31% |
| 2010 | 15,945,198 | 3.3% |
| 2011 | 16,469,049 | 3.29% |
| 2012 | 16,957,033 | 2.96% |
| 2013 | 17,459,615 | 2.96% |
| 2014 | 18,020,267 | 3.21% |
| 2015 | 18,593,022 | 3.18% |
| 2016 | 19,191,289 | 3.22% |
| 2017 | 19,813,011 | 3.24% |
| 2018 | 20,442,030 | 3.17% |
| 2019 | 21,068,405 | 3.06% |
| 2020 | 21,713,836 | 3.06% |
| 2021 | 22,388,630 | 3.11% |
| 2022 | 23,072,640 | 3.06% |
| 2023 | 23,769,127 | 3.02% |
| 2024 | 24,478,595 | 2.98% |
| 2025 | 25,198,817 | 2.94% |
| 2026 | 25,932,275 | 2.91% |
| 2027 | 26,679,171 | 2.88% |
| 2028 | 27,440,613 | 2.85% |
| 2029 | 28,215,513 | 2.82% |
| 2030 | 29,002,864 | 2.79% |
| 2031 | 29,804,545 | 2.76% |
| 2032 | 30,618,893 | 2.73% |
| 2033 | 31,442,801 | 2.69% |
| 2034 | 32,276,672 | 2.65% |
| 2035 | 33,118,344 | 2.61% |
| 2036 | 33,967,889 | 2.57% |
| 2037 | 34,823,450 | 2.52% |
| 2038 | 35,685,576 | 2.48% |
| 2039 | 36,549,487 | 2.42% |
| 2040 | 37,413,641 | 2.36% |
| 2041 | 38,280,868 | 2.32% |
| 2042 | 39,151,280 | 2.27% |
| 2043 | 40,026,317 | 2.24% |
| 2044 | 40,902,500 | 2.19% |
| 2045 | 41,778,984 | 2.14% |
| 2046 | 42,655,642 | 2.1% |
| 2047 | 43,530,852 | 2.05% |
| 2048 | 44,405,715 | 2.01% |
| 2049 | 45,279,772 | 1.97% |
| 2050 | 46,154,079 | 1.93% |
Mali has a population of 25.8M as of 2025, compared to 18.6M in 2015, 13.5M in 2005, and 10.2M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 3.87% per year. Mali is ranked 9th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Mali will have 41,778,984 people (62% growth) with a rank change from 58th to 50th.
By the year 2100, Mali's population is projected to grow by 207.7% to 79.4M people.
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Mali population statistics
|
Mali
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 60.9 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 21.3 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 16.7 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.5:49.5 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 5.61 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 52 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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