The latest officially reported population of Mali was 24,478,595 in 2024 vs 5,169,395 people in Mauritania in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Mali's population is 25,787,988 people compared to 5,432,542 in Mauritania.
Population statistics:
- Mali's population is 4.75 times bigger than Mauritania's.
- Mali is ranked the 58th most populous country in the world, while Mauritania is the 123rd.
- The countries together account for 0.38% of the world: 0.31% for Mali vs 0.07% for Mauritania.
- For the last 10 years, Mali has had an average growth rate of +3.12% per year vs +3% in Mauritania.
- Since 2005, the population of Mali has increased from 13.5M people to 25.8M (90.5% growth), while Mauritania has grown from 2.94M to 5.43M (84.8% growth).
- Mali is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 79.4M people compared to the peak of 17.1M people in 2100 for Mauritania.
Mali vs Mauritania: live population counter
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| Current population |
25787988
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5432542
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| Population rank | 58/197 | 123/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.31% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
44.5 seconds
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3.58 minutes
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| One birth every |
33.1 seconds
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3.04 minutes
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| One death every |
2.56 minutes
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19 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
11.2 minutes
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4.01 hours
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| Annual migration change | -46,880 | -2,185 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,944 | +403 |
| Annual growth/decline | +709,468 | +146,954 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.98% | +2.93% |
| Population growth rate rank | 16/197 | 18/197 |
Mali and Mauritania: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 5,402,550 | 824,298 | - | - |
| 1961 | 5,482,283 | 846,167 | 1.48% | 2.65% |
| 1962 | 5,563,917 | 869,184 | 1.49% | 2.72% |
| 1963 | 5,646,605 | 893,423 | 1.49% | 2.79% |
| 1964 | 5,730,125 | 918,955 | 1.48% | 2.86% |
| 1965 | 5,815,487 | 945,838 | 1.49% | 2.93% |
| 1966 | 5,902,204 | 974,157 | 1.49% | 2.99% |
| 1967 | 5,990,906 | 1,003,843 | 1.5% | 3.05% |
| 1968 | 6,082,979 | 1,034,739 | 1.54% | 3.08% |
| 1969 | 6,177,704 | 1,066,754 | 1.56% | 3.09% |
| 1970 | 6,276,472 | 1,099,806 | 1.6% | 3.1% |
| 1971 | 6,377,944 | 1,133,702 | 1.62% | 3.08% |
| 1972 | 6,483,726 | 1,168,355 | 1.66% | 3.06% |
| 1973 | 6,597,106 | 1,203,838 | 1.75% | 3.04% |
| 1974 | 6,715,436 | 1,240,188 | 1.79% | 3.02% |
| 1975 | 6,837,261 | 1,277,330 | 1.81% | 2.99% |
| 1976 | 6,960,979 | 1,315,336 | 1.81% | 2.98% |
| 1977 | 7,090,979 | 1,353,768 | 1.87% | 2.92% |
| 1978 | 7,229,651 | 1,392,713 | 1.96% | 2.88% |
| 1979 | 7,375,266 | 1,432,758 | 2.01% | 2.88% |
| 1980 | 7,530,515 | 1,474,043 | 2.1% | 2.88% |
| 1981 | 7,692,766 | 1,516,877 | 2.15% | 2.91% |
| 1982 | 7,860,194 | 1,561,176 | 2.18% | 2.92% |
| 1983 | 8,034,400 | 1,606,746 | 2.22% | 2.92% |
| 1984 | 8,208,599 | 1,653,693 | 2.17% | 2.92% |
| 1985 | 8,374,663 | 1,702,107 | 2.02% | 2.93% |
| 1986 | 8,531,277 | 1,751,835 | 1.87% | 2.92% |
| 1987 | 8,681,164 | 1,803,014 | 1.76% | 2.92% |
| 1988 | 8,833,996 | 1,855,859 | 1.76% | 2.93% |
| 1989 | 8,999,938 | 1,903,048 | 1.88% | 2.54% |
| 1990 | 9,178,830 | 1,951,878 | 1.99% | 2.57% |
| 1991 | 9,362,888 | 2,009,738 | 2.01% | 2.96% |
| 1992 | 9,553,540 | 2,088,135 | 2.04% | 3.9% |
| 1993 | 9,754,786 | 2,174,328 | 2.11% | 4.13% |
| 1994 | 9,967,031 | 2,249,454 | 2.18% | 3.46% |
| 1995 | 10,185,365 | 2,312,017 | 2.19% | 2.78% |
| 1996 | 10,407,278 | 2,358,188 | 2.18% | 2% |
| 1997 | 10,646,495 | 2,411,306 | 2.3% | 2.25% |
| 1998 | 10,919,573 | 2,474,651 | 2.56% | 2.63% |
| 1999 | 11,227,415 | 2,541,698 | 2.82% | 2.71% |
| 2000 | 11,559,290 | 2,613,441 | 2.96% | 2.82% |
| 2001 | 11,912,158 | 2,678,760 | 3.05% | 2.5% |
| 2002 | 12,288,050 | 2,738,655 | 3.16% | 2.24% |
| 2003 | 12,684,955 | 2,802,046 | 3.23% | 2.31% |
| 2004 | 13,102,409 | 2,868,664 | 3.29% | 2.38% |
| 2005 | 13,538,647 | 2,939,059 | 3.33% | 2.45% |
| 2006 | 13,990,139 | 3,013,660 | 3.33% | 2.54% |
| 2007 | 14,457,775 | 3,093,059 | 3.34% | 2.63% |
| 2008 | 14,940,782 | 3,183,269 | 3.34% | 2.92% |
| 2009 | 15,435,539 | 3,284,448 | 3.31% | 3.18% |
| 2010 | 15,945,198 | 3,390,965 | 3.3% | 3.24% |
| 2011 | 16,469,049 | 3,502,811 | 3.29% | 3.3% |
| 2012 | 16,957,033 | 3,619,034 | 2.96% | 3.32% |
| 2013 | 17,459,615 | 3,734,318 | 2.96% | 3.19% |
| 2014 | 18,020,267 | 3,848,514 | 3.21% | 3.06% |
| 2015 | 18,593,022 | 3,965,959 | 3.18% | 3.05% |
| 2016 | 19,191,289 | 4,086,657 | 3.22% | 3.04% |
| 2017 | 19,813,011 | 4,210,600 | 3.24% | 3.03% |
| 2018 | 20,442,030 | 4,337,685 | 3.17% | 3.02% |
| 2019 | 21,068,405 | 4,467,708 | 3.06% | 3% |
| 2020 | 21,713,836 | 4,600,131 | 3.06% | 2.96% |
| 2021 | 22,388,630 | 4,734,874 | 3.11% | 2.93% |
| 2022 | 23,072,640 | 4,875,637 | 3.06% | 2.97% |
| 2023 | 23,769,127 | 5,022,441 | 3.02% | 3.01% |
| 2024 | 24,478,595 | 5,169,395 | 2.98% | 2.93% |
| 2025 | 25,198,817 | 5,315,063 | 2.94% | 2.82% |
| 2026 | 25,932,275 | 5,461,313 | 2.91% | 2.75% |
| 2027 | 26,679,171 | 5,608,785 | 2.88% | 2.7% |
| 2028 | 27,440,613 | 5,757,952 | 2.85% | 2.66% |
| 2029 | 28,215,513 | 5,909,186 | 2.82% | 2.63% |
| 2030 | 29,002,864 | 6,062,523 | 2.79% | 2.59% |
| 2031 | 29,804,545 | 6,217,791 | 2.76% | 2.56% |
| 2032 | 30,618,893 | 6,374,839 | 2.73% | 2.53% |
| 2033 | 31,442,801 | 6,533,828 | 2.69% | 2.49% |
| 2034 | 32,276,672 | 6,694,445 | 2.65% | 2.46% |
| 2035 | 33,118,344 | 6,856,314 | 2.61% | 2.42% |
| 2036 | 33,967,889 | 7,019,227 | 2.57% | 2.38% |
| 2037 | 34,823,450 | 7,183,105 | 2.52% | 2.33% |
| 2038 | 35,685,576 | 7,348,357 | 2.48% | 2.3% |
| 2039 | 36,549,487 | 7,514,734 | 2.42% | 2.26% |
| 2040 | 37,413,641 | 7,681,907 | 2.36% | 2.22% |
| 2041 | 38,280,868 | 7,850,210 | 2.32% | 2.19% |
| 2042 | 39,151,280 | 8,020,480 | 2.27% | 2.17% |
| 2043 | 40,026,317 | 8,192,542 | 2.24% | 2.15% |
| 2044 | 40,902,500 | 8,365,171 | 2.19% | 2.11% |
| 2045 | 41,778,984 | 8,538,521 | 2.14% | 2.07% |
| 2046 | 42,655,642 | 8,713,247 | 2.1% | 2.05% |
| 2047 | 43,530,852 | 8,888,466 | 2.05% | 2.01% |
| 2048 | 44,405,715 | 9,064,207 | 2.01% | 1.98% |
| 2049 | 45,279,772 | 9,240,169 | 1.97% | 1.94% |
| 2050 | 46,154,079 | 9,415,589 | 1.93% | 1.9% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mali increased by 5,054,375 people (a 37.3% growth), while Mauritania gained 1,026,900 people (a 34.9% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mali gained 7,194,966 (a 38.7% growth), while Mauritania's population increased by 1,466,583 (a 37% growth).
Mali was ranked 66th most populous country in 2005 and is 58th in 2025. Mauritania was ranked 133rd in 2005 and ranked 123rd now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Mali's population will grow by 79% to 46,154,079 people with a rank change from 58th to 46th. The population of Mauritania will increase by 73.3% to 9,415,589 people and rank change from 123rd to 103rd.
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Population differences between Mali and Mauritania
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| Life expectancy | 60.9 years | 68.9 years |
| Average age | 21.3 years | 23 years |
| Median age | 16.7 years | 18.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.5:49.5 | 49.1:50.9 |
| Fertility rate | 5.61 births per woman | 4.7 births per woman |
| Population density | 52 ppl/mi² | 13 ppl/mi² |
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