The latest officially reported population of Mali was 24,478,595 in 2024 vs 130,861,007 people in Mexico in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Mali's population is 25,787,988 people compared to 132,790,957 in Mexico.
Population statistics:
- Mexico's population is 5.15 times bigger than Mali's.
- Mali is ranked the 58th most populous country in the world, while Mexico is the 11th.
- The countries together account for 1.92% of the world: 0.31% for Mali vs 1.61% for Mexico.
- For the last 10 years, Mali has had an average growth rate of +3.12% per year vs +0.92% in Mexico.
- Since 2005, the population of Mali has increased from 13.5M people to 25.8M (90.5% growth), while Mexico has grown from 106M to 133M (25.5% growth).
- Mali is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 79.4M people compared to the peak of 150M people in 2058 for Mexico.
Mali vs Mexico: live population counter
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| Current population |
25787988
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132790957
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| Population rank | 58/197 | 11/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.31% | 1.61% |
| One net population change |
44.5 seconds
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28.1 seconds
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| One birth every |
33.1 seconds
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15.5 seconds
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| One death every |
2.56 minutes
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39.5 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
11.2 minutes
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5.03 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -46,880 | -104,581 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,944 | +3,072 |
| Annual growth/decline | +709,468 | +1,121,248 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.98% | +0.86% |
| Population growth rate rank | 16/197 | 113/197 |
Mali and Mexico: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 5,402,550 | 36,724,615 | - | - |
| 1961 | 5,482,283 | 37,890,118 | 1.48% | 3.17% |
| 1962 | 5,563,917 | 39,129,200 | 1.49% | 3.27% |
| 1963 | 5,646,605 | 40,424,065 | 1.49% | 3.31% |
| 1964 | 5,730,125 | 41,772,049 | 1.48% | 3.33% |
| 1965 | 5,815,487 | 43,174,477 | 1.49% | 3.36% |
| 1966 | 5,902,204 | 44,629,106 | 1.49% | 3.37% |
| 1967 | 5,990,906 | 46,129,608 | 1.5% | 3.36% |
| 1968 | 6,082,979 | 47,668,303 | 1.54% | 3.34% |
| 1969 | 6,177,704 | 49,233,194 | 1.56% | 3.28% |
| 1970 | 6,276,472 | 50,814,953 | 1.6% | 3.21% |
| 1971 | 6,377,944 | 52,412,558 | 1.62% | 3.14% |
| 1972 | 6,483,726 | 54,030,168 | 1.66% | 3.09% |
| 1973 | 6,597,106 | 55,667,284 | 1.75% | 3.03% |
| 1974 | 6,715,436 | 57,320,149 | 1.79% | 2.97% |
| 1975 | 6,837,261 | 58,982,400 | 1.81% | 2.9% |
| 1976 | 6,960,979 | 60,645,512 | 1.81% | 2.82% |
| 1977 | 7,090,979 | 62,308,493 | 1.87% | 2.74% |
| 1978 | 7,229,651 | 63,979,046 | 1.96% | 2.68% |
| 1979 | 7,375,266 | 65,648,865 | 2.01% | 2.61% |
| 1980 | 7,530,515 | 67,300,334 | 2.1% | 2.52% |
| 1981 | 7,692,766 | 68,892,108 | 2.15% | 2.37% |
| 1982 | 7,860,194 | 70,433,260 | 2.18% | 2.24% |
| 1983 | 8,034,400 | 71,971,240 | 2.22% | 2.18% |
| 1984 | 8,208,599 | 73,506,846 | 2.17% | 2.13% |
| 1985 | 8,374,663 | 75,043,414 | 2.02% | 2.09% |
| 1986 | 8,531,277 | 76,585,637 | 1.87% | 2.06% |
| 1987 | 8,681,164 | 78,136,651 | 1.76% | 2.03% |
| 1988 | 8,833,996 | 79,695,531 | 1.76% | 2% |
| 1989 | 8,999,938 | 81,247,182 | 1.88% | 1.95% |
| 1990 | 9,178,830 | 82,820,170 | 1.99% | 1.94% |
| 1991 | 9,362,888 | 84,430,572 | 2.01% | 1.94% |
| 1992 | 9,553,540 | 86,044,809 | 2.04% | 1.91% |
| 1993 | 9,754,786 | 87,653,807 | 2.11% | 1.87% |
| 1994 | 9,967,031 | 89,259,205 | 2.18% | 1.83% |
| 1995 | 10,185,365 | 90,862,455 | 2.19% | 1.8% |
| 1996 | 10,407,278 | 92,452,702 | 2.18% | 1.75% |
| 1997 | 10,646,495 | 94,021,207 | 2.3% | 1.7% |
| 1998 | 10,919,573 | 95,575,245 | 2.56% | 1.65% |
| 1999 | 11,227,415 | 97,115,707 | 2.82% | 1.61% |
| 2000 | 11,559,290 | 98,625,552 | 2.96% | 1.55% |
| 2001 | 11,912,158 | 100,099,099 | 3.05% | 1.49% |
| 2002 | 12,288,050 | 101,548,624 | 3.16% | 1.45% |
| 2003 | 12,684,955 | 102,978,515 | 3.23% | 1.41% |
| 2004 | 13,102,409 | 104,394,131 | 3.29% | 1.37% |
| 2005 | 13,538,647 | 105,811,504 | 3.33% | 1.36% |
| 2006 | 13,990,139 | 107,253,666 | 3.33% | 1.36% |
| 2007 | 14,457,775 | 108,774,360 | 3.34% | 1.42% |
| 2008 | 14,940,782 | 110,374,288 | 3.34% | 1.47% |
| 2009 | 15,435,539 | 111,999,721 | 3.31% | 1.47% |
| 2010 | 15,945,198 | 113,623,895 | 3.3% | 1.45% |
| 2011 | 16,469,049 | 115,243,504 | 3.29% | 1.43% |
| 2012 | 16,957,033 | 116,818,208 | 2.96% | 1.37% |
| 2013 | 17,459,615 | 118,343,573 | 2.96% | 1.31% |
| 2014 | 18,020,267 | 119,784,261 | 3.21% | 1.22% |
| 2015 | 18,593,022 | 121,072,306 | 3.18% | 1.08% |
| 2016 | 19,191,289 | 122,251,351 | 3.22% | 0.97% |
| 2017 | 19,813,011 | 123,400,057 | 3.24% | 0.94% |
| 2018 | 20,442,030 | 124,573,711 | 3.17% | 0.95% |
| 2019 | 21,068,405 | 125,762,982 | 3.06% | 0.95% |
| 2020 | 21,713,836 | 126,799,054 | 3.06% | 0.82% |
| 2021 | 22,388,630 | 127,648,148 | 3.11% | 0.67% |
| 2022 | 23,072,640 | 128,613,117 | 3.06% | 0.76% |
| 2023 | 23,769,127 | 129,739,759 | 3.02% | 0.88% |
| 2024 | 24,478,595 | 130,861,007 | 2.98% | 0.86% |
| 2025 | 25,198,817 | 131,946,905 | 2.94% | 0.83% |
| 2026 | 25,932,275 | 132,997,664 | 2.91% | 0.8% |
| 2027 | 26,679,171 | 134,017,711 | 2.88% | 0.77% |
| 2028 | 27,440,613 | 135,008,697 | 2.85% | 0.74% |
| 2029 | 28,215,513 | 135,970,893 | 2.82% | 0.71% |
| 2030 | 29,002,864 | 136,904,747 | 2.79% | 0.69% |
| 2031 | 29,804,545 | 137,811,068 | 2.76% | 0.66% |
| 2032 | 30,618,893 | 138,690,189 | 2.73% | 0.64% |
| 2033 | 31,442,801 | 139,542,087 | 2.69% | 0.61% |
| 2034 | 32,276,672 | 140,362,026 | 2.65% | 0.59% |
| 2035 | 33,118,344 | 141,150,818 | 2.61% | 0.56% |
| 2036 | 33,967,889 | 141,909,168 | 2.57% | 0.54% |
| 2037 | 34,823,450 | 142,637,546 | 2.52% | 0.51% |
| 2038 | 35,685,576 | 143,336,222 | 2.48% | 0.49% |
| 2039 | 36,549,487 | 143,998,296 | 2.42% | 0.46% |
| 2040 | 37,413,641 | 144,624,328 | 2.36% | 0.43% |
| 2041 | 38,280,868 | 145,217,780 | 2.32% | 0.41% |
| 2042 | 39,151,280 | 145,777,459 | 2.27% | 0.39% |
| 2043 | 40,026,317 | 146,300,011 | 2.24% | 0.36% |
| 2044 | 40,902,500 | 146,787,722 | 2.19% | 0.33% |
| 2045 | 41,778,984 | 147,240,096 | 2.14% | 0.31% |
| 2046 | 42,655,642 | 147,654,160 | 2.1% | 0.28% |
| 2047 | 43,530,852 | 148,030,153 | 2.05% | 0.25% |
| 2048 | 44,405,715 | 148,372,233 | 2.01% | 0.23% |
| 2049 | 45,279,772 | 148,677,894 | 1.97% | 0.21% |
| 2050 | 46,154,079 | 148,946,272 | 1.93% | 0.18% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mali increased by 5,054,375 people (a 37.3% growth), while Mexico gained 15,260,802 people (a 14.4% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mali gained 7,194,966 (a 38.7% growth), while Mexico's population increased by 11,718,651 (a 9.68% growth).
Mali was ranked 66th most populous country in 2005 and is 58th in 2025. Mexico was ranked 11th in 2005 and still ranked 11th 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 Mexico will increase by 12.2% to 148,946,272 people and rank change from 11th to 12th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Bamako | 4.23M |
| Sikasso | 226K |
| Segou | 131K |
| Bougouni | 59.7K |
| Markala | 46K |
| Koulikoro | 43.2K |
| Banamba | 30.6K |
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| City | Population |
| Mexico | 9.21M |
| Tijuana | 1.96M |
| Ecatepec de Morelos | 1.93M |
| Leon | 1.58M |
| Zapopan | 1.48M |
| Guadalajara | 1.46M |
| Puebla | 1.43M |
| Ciudad Juarez | 1.32M |
| Monterrey | 1.14M |
| Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl | 1.07M |
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Population differences between Mali and Mexico
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| Life expectancy | 60.9 years | 75.4 years |
| Average age | 21.3 years | 32.7 years |
| Median age | 16.7 years | 30.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.5:49.5 | 48.5:51.5 |
| Fertility rate | 5.61 births per woman | 1.91 births per woman |
| Population density | 52 ppl/mi² | 174.4 ppl/mi² |
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