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Population in Mali compared to the Netherlands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Mali was 24,478,595 in 2024 vs 17,994,237 people in the Netherlands in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Mali's population is 25,787,988 people compared to 18,191,638 in the Netherlands.

Population statistics:

  • Mali's population is 1.42 times bigger than the Netherlands'.
  • Mali is ranked the 58th most populous country in the world, while the Netherlands is the 72nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.53% of the world: 0.31% for Mali vs 0.22% for the Netherlands.
  • For the last 10 years, Mali has had an average growth rate of +3.12% per year vs +0.62% in the Netherlands.
  • Since 2005, the population of Mali has increased from 13.5M people to 25.8M (90.5% growth), while the Netherlands has grown from 16.3M to 18.2M (11.5% growth).
  • Mali is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 79.4M people compared to the peak of 18.8M people in 2041 for the Netherlands.

Mali vs Netherlands: live population counter

Mali Netherlands
Current population
25787988
18191638
Population rank 58/197 72/197
Percent of world population 0.31% 0.22%
One net population change
44.5 seconds
4.49 minutes
One birth every
33.1 seconds
3.2 minutes
One death every
2.56 minutes
3.09 minutes
One migration net change every
11.2 minutes
4.32 minutes
Annual migration change -46,880 +121,628
Daily growth/decline +1,944 +321
Annual growth/decline +709,468 +117,120
Annual growth/decline rate +2.98% +0.66%
Population growth rate rank 16/197 122/197

Mali and the Netherlands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Mali
Population

Growth rate
Netherlands
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Mali Netherlands Mali Netherlands
1960 5,402,550 11,486,631 - -
1961 5,482,283 11,638,712 1.48% 1.32%
1962 5,563,917 11,805,689 1.49% 1.43%
1963 5,646,605 11,965,966 1.49% 1.36%
1964 5,730,125 12,127,120 1.48% 1.35%
1965 5,815,487 12,294,732 1.49% 1.38%
1966 5,902,204 12,456,251 1.49% 1.31%
1967 5,990,906 12,598,201 1.5% 1.14%
1968 6,082,979 12,729,721 1.54% 1.04%
1969 6,177,704 12,877,984 1.56% 1.16%
1970 6,276,472 13,038,526 1.6% 1.25%
1971 6,377,944 13,194,497 1.62% 1.2%
1972 6,483,726 13,328,593 1.66% 1.02%
1973 6,597,106 13,439,322 1.75% 0.83%
1974 6,715,436 13,545,056 1.79% 0.79%
1975 6,837,261 13,666,335 1.81% 0.9%
1976 6,960,979 13,774,037 1.81% 0.79%
1977 7,090,979 13,856,185 1.87% 0.6%
1978 7,229,651 13,941,700 1.96% 0.62%
1979 7,375,266 14,038,270 2.01% 0.69%
1980 7,530,515 14,149,800 2.1% 0.79%
1981 7,692,766 14,247,208 2.15% 0.69%
1982 7,860,194 14,312,690 2.18% 0.46%
1983 8,034,400 14,367,070 2.22% 0.38%
1984 8,208,599 14,424,211 2.17% 0.4%
1985 8,374,663 14,491,632 2.02% 0.47%
1986 8,531,277 14,572,278 1.87% 0.56%
1987 8,681,164 14,665,037 1.76% 0.64%
1988 8,833,996 14,760,094 1.76% 0.65%
1989 8,999,938 14,848,907 1.88% 0.6%
1990 9,178,830 14,951,510 1.99% 0.69%
1991 9,362,888 15,069,798 2.01% 0.79%
1992 9,553,540 15,184,166 2.04% 0.76%
1993 9,754,786 15,290,368 2.11% 0.7%
1994 9,967,031 15,382,838 2.18% 0.6%
1995 10,185,365 15,459,006 2.19% 0.5%
1996 10,407,278 15,530,498 2.18% 0.46%
1997 10,646,495 15,610,650 2.3% 0.52%
1998 10,919,573 15,707,209 2.56% 0.62%
1999 11,227,415 15,812,088 2.82% 0.67%
2000 11,559,290 15,925,513 2.96% 0.72%
2001 11,912,158 16,046,180 3.05% 0.76%
2002 12,288,050 16,148,929 3.16% 0.64%
2003 12,684,955 16,225,302 3.23% 0.47%
2004 13,102,409 16,281,779 3.29% 0.35%
2005 13,538,647 16,319,868 3.33% 0.23%
2006 13,990,139 16,346,101 3.33% 0.16%
2007 14,457,775 16,381,696 3.34% 0.22%
2008 14,940,782 16,445,593 3.34% 0.39%
2009 15,435,539 16,530,388 3.31% 0.52%
2010 15,945,198 16,615,394 3.3% 0.51%
2011 16,469,049 16,693,074 3.29% 0.47%
2012 16,957,033 16,754,962 2.96% 0.37%
2013 17,459,615 16,804,432 2.96% 0.3%
2014 18,020,267 16,865,008 3.21% 0.36%
2015 18,593,022 16,939,923 3.18% 0.44%
2016 19,191,289 17,030,314 3.22% 0.53%
2017 19,813,011 17,131,296 3.24% 0.59%
2018 20,442,030 17,231,624 3.17% 0.59%
2019 21,068,405 17,344,874 3.06% 0.66%
2020 21,713,836 17,441,500 3.06% 0.56%
2021 22,388,630 17,533,044 3.11% 0.52%
2022 23,072,640 17,700,982 3.06% 0.96%
2023 23,769,127 17,877,117 3.02% 1%
2024 24,478,595 17,994,237 2.98% 0.66%
2025 25,198,817 18,110,800 2.94% 0.65%
2026 25,932,275 18,211,436 2.91% 0.56%
2027 26,679,171 18,299,531 2.88% 0.48%
2028 27,440,613 18,379,573 2.85% 0.44%
2029 28,215,513 18,452,044 2.82% 0.39%
2030 29,002,864 18,515,913 2.79% 0.35%
2031 29,804,545 18,571,934 2.76% 0.3%
2032 30,618,893 18,621,087 2.73% 0.26%
2033 31,442,801 18,664,975 2.69% 0.24%
2034 32,276,672 18,702,456 2.65% 0.2%
2035 33,118,344 18,733,223 2.61% 0.16%
2036 33,967,889 18,760,054 2.57% 0.14%
2037 34,823,450 18,781,793 2.52% 0.12%
2038 35,685,576 18,798,283 2.48% 0.09%
2039 36,549,487 18,810,276 2.42% 0.06%
2040 37,413,641 18,817,745 2.36% 0.04%
2041 38,280,868 18,820,870 2.32% 0.02%
2042 39,151,280 18,819,607 2.27% -0.007%
2043 40,026,317 18,815,261 2.24% -0.02%
2044 40,902,500 18,807,564 2.19% -0.04%
2045 41,778,984 18,797,005 2.14% -0.06%
2046 42,655,642 18,785,724 2.1% -0.06%
2047 43,530,852 18,771,651 2.05% -0.07%
2048 44,405,715 18,754,325 2.01% -0.09%
2049 45,279,772 18,735,299 1.97% -0.1%
2050 46,154,079 18,714,579 1.93% -0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mali increased by 5,054,375 people (a 37.3% growth), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mali gained 7,194,966 (a 38.7% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Mali was ranked 66th most populous country in 2005 and is 58th in 2025. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2005 and ranked 72nd 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 the Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.

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