The latest officially reported population of Mali was 24,478,595 in 2024 vs 6,916,140 people in Nicaragua in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Mali's population is 25,940,437 people compared to 7,098,301 in Nicaragua.
Population statistics:
- Mali's population is 3.65 times bigger than Nicaragua's.
- Mali is ranked the 58th most populous country in the world, while Nicaragua is the 107th.
- The countries together account for 0.4% of the world: 0.31% for Mali vs 0.09% for Nicaragua.
- For the last 10 years, Mali has had an average growth rate of +3.12% per year vs +1.33% in Nicaragua.
- Since 2006, the population of Mali has increased from 14M people to 25.9M (85.4% growth), while Nicaragua has grown from 5.42M to 7.1M (31% growth).
- Mali is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 79.4M people compared to the peak of 9.24M people in 2071 for Nicaragua.
Mali vs Nicaragua: live population counter
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| Current population |
25940437
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7098301
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| Population rank | 58/197 | 107/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.31% | 0.09% |
| One net population change |
44.5 seconds
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5.68 minutes
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| One birth every |
33.1 seconds
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3.98 minutes
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| One death every |
2.56 minutes
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16.8 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
11.2 minutes
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1.07 hours
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| Annual migration change | -46,880 | -8,189 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,944 | +253 |
| Annual growth/decline | +709,468 | +92,527 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.98% | +1.36% |
| Population growth rate rank | 15/197 | 79/197 |
Mali and Nicaragua: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 5,402,550 | 1,782,370 | - | - |
| 1961 | 5,482,283 | 1,836,451 | 1.48% | 3.03% |
| 1962 | 5,563,917 | 1,892,320 | 1.49% | 3.04% |
| 1963 | 5,646,605 | 1,950,159 | 1.49% | 3.06% |
| 1964 | 5,730,125 | 2,010,176 | 1.48% | 3.08% |
| 1965 | 5,815,487 | 2,072,681 | 1.49% | 3.11% |
| 1966 | 5,902,204 | 2,137,820 | 1.49% | 3.14% |
| 1967 | 5,990,906 | 2,205,567 | 1.5% | 3.17% |
| 1968 | 6,082,979 | 2,275,836 | 1.54% | 3.19% |
| 1969 | 6,177,704 | 2,348,398 | 1.56% | 3.19% |
| 1970 | 6,276,472 | 2,423,065 | 1.6% | 3.18% |
| 1971 | 6,377,944 | 2,499,825 | 1.62% | 3.17% |
| 1972 | 6,483,726 | 2,573,578 | 1.66% | 2.95% |
| 1973 | 6,597,106 | 2,649,278 | 1.75% | 2.94% |
| 1974 | 6,715,436 | 2,732,075 | 1.79% | 3.13% |
| 1975 | 6,837,261 | 2,816,943 | 1.81% | 3.11% |
| 1976 | 6,960,979 | 2,903,851 | 1.81% | 3.09% |
| 1977 | 7,090,979 | 2,992,534 | 1.87% | 3.05% |
| 1978 | 7,229,651 | 3,080,314 | 1.96% | 2.93% |
| 1979 | 7,375,266 | 3,164,525 | 2.01% | 2.73% |
| 1980 | 7,530,515 | 3,252,403 | 2.1% | 2.78% |
| 1981 | 7,692,766 | 3,345,674 | 2.15% | 2.87% |
| 1982 | 7,860,194 | 3,438,745 | 2.18% | 2.78% |
| 1983 | 8,034,400 | 3,530,282 | 2.22% | 2.66% |
| 1984 | 8,208,599 | 3,619,104 | 2.17% | 2.52% |
| 1985 | 8,374,663 | 3,706,479 | 2.02% | 2.41% |
| 1986 | 8,531,277 | 3,794,157 | 1.87% | 2.37% |
| 1987 | 8,681,164 | 3,882,164 | 1.76% | 2.32% |
| 1988 | 8,833,996 | 3,972,320 | 1.76% | 2.32% |
| 1989 | 8,999,938 | 4,066,476 | 1.88% | 2.37% |
| 1990 | 9,178,830 | 4,162,559 | 1.99% | 2.36% |
| 1991 | 9,362,888 | 4,259,637 | 2.01% | 2.33% |
| 1992 | 9,553,540 | 4,357,026 | 2.04% | 2.29% |
| 1993 | 9,754,786 | 4,453,732 | 2.11% | 2.22% |
| 1994 | 9,967,031 | 4,549,316 | 2.18% | 2.15% |
| 1995 | 10,185,365 | 4,642,931 | 2.19% | 2.06% |
| 1996 | 10,407,278 | 4,729,974 | 2.18% | 1.87% |
| 1997 | 10,646,495 | 4,809,573 | 2.3% | 1.68% |
| 1998 | 10,919,573 | 4,883,655 | 2.56% | 1.54% |
| 1999 | 11,227,415 | 4,954,018 | 2.82% | 1.44% |
| 2000 | 11,559,290 | 5,022,633 | 2.96% | 1.39% |
| 2001 | 11,912,158 | 5,087,825 | 3.05% | 1.3% |
| 2002 | 12,288,050 | 5,149,909 | 3.16% | 1.22% |
| 2003 | 12,684,955 | 5,210,963 | 3.23% | 1.19% |
| 2004 | 13,102,409 | 5,272,912 | 3.29% | 1.19% |
| 2005 | 13,538,647 | 5,342,105 | 3.33% | 1.31% |
| 2006 | 13,990,139 | 5,418,855 | 3.33% | 1.44% |
| 2007 | 14,457,775 | 5,497,243 | 3.34% | 1.45% |
| 2008 | 14,940,782 | 5,576,593 | 3.34% | 1.44% |
| 2009 | 15,435,539 | 5,656,601 | 3.31% | 1.43% |
| 2010 | 15,945,198 | 5,737,450 | 3.3% | 1.43% |
| 2011 | 16,469,049 | 5,819,051 | 3.29% | 1.42% |
| 2012 | 16,957,033 | 5,901,287 | 2.96% | 1.41% |
| 2013 | 17,459,615 | 5,983,845 | 2.96% | 1.4% |
| 2014 | 18,020,267 | 6,066,492 | 3.21% | 1.38% |
| 2015 | 18,593,022 | 6,149,417 | 3.18% | 1.37% |
| 2016 | 19,191,289 | 6,232,666 | 3.22% | 1.35% |
| 2017 | 19,813,011 | 6,316,231 | 3.24% | 1.34% |
| 2018 | 20,442,030 | 6,400,080 | 3.17% | 1.33% |
| 2019 | 21,068,405 | 6,483,657 | 3.06% | 1.31% |
| 2020 | 21,713,836 | 6,565,267 | 3.06% | 1.26% |
| 2021 | 22,388,630 | 6,644,741 | 3.11% | 1.21% |
| 2022 | 23,072,640 | 6,730,654 | 3.06% | 1.29% |
| 2023 | 23,769,127 | 6,823,613 | 3.02% | 1.38% |
| 2024 | 24,478,595 | 6,916,140 | 2.98% | 1.36% |
| 2025 | 25,198,817 | 7,007,511 | 2.94% | 1.32% |
| 2026 | 25,932,275 | 7,097,335 | 2.91% | 1.28% |
| 2027 | 26,679,171 | 7,185,724 | 2.88% | 1.25% |
| 2028 | 27,440,613 | 7,272,691 | 2.85% | 1.21% |
| 2029 | 28,215,513 | 7,358,003 | 2.82% | 1.17% |
| 2030 | 29,002,864 | 7,441,612 | 2.79% | 1.14% |
| 2031 | 29,804,545 | 7,523,773 | 2.76% | 1.1% |
| 2032 | 30,618,893 | 7,604,398 | 2.73% | 1.07% |
| 2033 | 31,442,801 | 7,683,391 | 2.69% | 1.04% |
| 2034 | 32,276,672 | 7,760,901 | 2.65% | 1.01% |
| 2035 | 33,118,344 | 7,836,706 | 2.61% | 0.98% |
| 2036 | 33,967,889 | 7,910,787 | 2.57% | 0.95% |
| 2037 | 34,823,450 | 7,983,295 | 2.52% | 0.92% |
| 2038 | 35,685,576 | 8,054,140 | 2.48% | 0.89% |
| 2039 | 36,549,487 | 8,122,959 | 2.42% | 0.85% |
| 2040 | 37,413,641 | 8,189,916 | 2.36% | 0.82% |
| 2041 | 38,280,868 | 8,255,163 | 2.32% | 0.8% |
| 2042 | 39,151,280 | 8,318,515 | 2.27% | 0.77% |
| 2043 | 40,026,317 | 8,380,014 | 2.24% | 0.74% |
| 2044 | 40,902,500 | 8,439,720 | 2.19% | 0.71% |
| 2045 | 41,778,984 | 8,497,618 | 2.14% | 0.69% |
| 2046 | 42,655,642 | 8,553,413 | 2.1% | 0.66% |
| 2047 | 43,530,852 | 8,607,283 | 2.05% | 0.63% |
| 2048 | 44,405,715 | 8,659,292 | 2.01% | 0.6% |
| 2049 | 45,279,772 | 8,708,929 | 1.97% | 0.57% |
| 2050 | 46,154,079 | 8,756,439 | 1.93% | 0.55% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mali increased by 5,201,150 people (a 37.2% growth), while Nicaragua gained 813,811 people (a 15% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mali gained 6,749,148 (a 35.2% growth), while Nicaragua's population increased by 865,635 (a 13.9% growth).
Mali was ranked 66th most populous country in 2006 and is 58th in 2026. Nicaragua was ranked 109th in 2006 and ranked 107th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Mali's population will grow by 77.9% to 46,154,079 people with a rank change from 58th to 46th. The population of Nicaragua will increase by 23.4% to 8,756,439 people and rank change from 107th to 109th.
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Population differences between Mali and Nicaragua
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| Life expectancy | 61.1 years | 75.4 years |
| Average age | 21.3 years | 29.3 years |
| Median age | 16.7 years | 26.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.5:49.5 | 49.2:50.8 |
| Fertility rate | 5.61 births per woman | 2.22 births per woman |
| Population density | 52 ppl/mi² | 148.9 ppl/mi² |
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