The latest officially reported population of Mali was 24,478,595 in 2024 vs 143,533,851 people in Russia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Mali's population is 25,940,437 people compared to 142,120,553 in Russia.
Population statistics:
- Russia's population is 5.48 times bigger than Mali's.
- Mali is ranked the 58th most populous country in the world, while Russia is the 9th.
- The countries together account for 2.03% of the world: 0.31% for Mali vs 1.72% for Russia.
- For the last 10 years, Mali has had an average growth rate of +3.12% per year vs -0.02% in Russia.
- Since 2006, the population of Mali has increased from 14M people to 25.9M (85.4% growth), while Russia has declined from 143M to 142M (0.65% decline).
- Mali is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 79.4M people, while Russia's population already peaked in 1992 at 149M people and is projected to decrease to 125M people by 2100.
Mali vs Russia: live population counter
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| Current population |
25940437
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142120553
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| Population rank | 58/197 | 9/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.31% | 1.72% |
| One net population change |
44.5 seconds
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1.8 minutes
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| One birth every |
33.1 seconds
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25.5 seconds
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| One death every |
2.56 minutes
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18.1 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
11.2 minutes
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2.95 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -46,880 | -178,042 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,944 | -801 |
| Annual growth/decline | +709,468 | -292,279 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.98% | -0.2% |
| Population growth rate rank | 15/197 | 178/197 |
Mali and Russia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 5,402,550 | 119,897,000 | - | - |
| 1961 | 5,482,283 | 121,236,000 | 1.48% | 1.12% |
| 1962 | 5,563,917 | 122,591,000 | 1.49% | 1.12% |
| 1963 | 5,646,605 | 123,960,000 | 1.49% | 1.12% |
| 1964 | 5,730,125 | 125,345,000 | 1.48% | 1.12% |
| 1965 | 5,815,487 | 126,745,000 | 1.49% | 1.12% |
| 1966 | 5,902,204 | 127,468,000 | 1.49% | 0.57% |
| 1967 | 5,990,906 | 128,196,000 | 1.5% | 0.57% |
| 1968 | 6,082,979 | 128,928,000 | 1.54% | 0.57% |
| 1969 | 6,177,704 | 129,664,000 | 1.56% | 0.57% |
| 1970 | 6,276,472 | 130,404,000 | 1.6% | 0.57% |
| 1971 | 6,377,944 | 131,155,000 | 1.62% | 0.58% |
| 1972 | 6,483,726 | 131,909,000 | 1.66% | 0.57% |
| 1973 | 6,597,106 | 132,669,000 | 1.75% | 0.58% |
| 1974 | 6,715,436 | 133,432,000 | 1.79% | 0.58% |
| 1975 | 6,837,261 | 134,200,000 | 1.81% | 0.58% |
| 1976 | 6,960,979 | 135,147,000 | 1.81% | 0.71% |
| 1977 | 7,090,979 | 136,100,000 | 1.87% | 0.71% |
| 1978 | 7,229,651 | 137,060,000 | 1.96% | 0.71% |
| 1979 | 7,375,266 | 138,027,000 | 2.01% | 0.71% |
| 1980 | 7,530,515 | 139,010,000 | 2.1% | 0.71% |
| 1981 | 7,692,766 | 139,941,000 | 2.15% | 0.67% |
| 1982 | 7,860,194 | 140,823,000 | 2.18% | 0.63% |
| 1983 | 8,034,400 | 141,668,000 | 2.22% | 0.6% |
| 1984 | 8,208,599 | 142,745,000 | 2.17% | 0.76% |
| 1985 | 8,374,663 | 143,858,000 | 2.02% | 0.78% |
| 1986 | 8,531,277 | 144,894,000 | 1.87% | 0.72% |
| 1987 | 8,681,164 | 145,908,000 | 1.76% | 0.7% |
| 1988 | 8,833,996 | 146,857,000 | 1.76% | 0.65% |
| 1989 | 8,999,938 | 147,721,000 | 1.88% | 0.59% |
| 1990 | 9,178,830 | 147,969,406 | 1.99% | 0.17% |
| 1991 | 9,362,888 | 148,394,216 | 2.01% | 0.29% |
| 1992 | 9,553,540 | 148,538,197 | 2.04% | 0.1% |
| 1993 | 9,754,786 | 148,458,777 | 2.11% | -0.05% |
| 1994 | 9,967,031 | 148,407,912 | 2.18% | -0.03% |
| 1995 | 10,185,365 | 148,375,787 | 2.19% | -0.02% |
| 1996 | 10,407,278 | 148,160,129 | 2.18% | -0.15% |
| 1997 | 10,646,495 | 147,915,361 | 2.3% | -0.17% |
| 1998 | 10,919,573 | 147,670,784 | 2.56% | -0.17% |
| 1999 | 11,227,415 | 147,214,776 | 2.82% | -0.31% |
| 2000 | 11,559,290 | 146,596,869 | 2.96% | -0.42% |
| 2001 | 11,912,158 | 145,976,482 | 3.05% | -0.42% |
| 2002 | 12,288,050 | 145,306,497 | 3.16% | -0.46% |
| 2003 | 12,684,955 | 144,648,618 | 3.23% | -0.45% |
| 2004 | 13,102,409 | 144,067,316 | 3.29% | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 13,538,647 | 143,518,814 | 3.33% | -0.38% |
| 2006 | 13,990,139 | 143,049,637 | 3.33% | -0.33% |
| 2007 | 14,457,775 | 142,805,114 | 3.34% | -0.17% |
| 2008 | 14,940,782 | 142,742,366 | 3.34% | -0.04% |
| 2009 | 15,435,539 | 142,785,348 | 3.31% | 0.03% |
| 2010 | 15,945,198 | 142,849,468 | 3.3% | 0.04% |
| 2011 | 16,469,049 | 143,018,195 | 3.29% | 0.12% |
| 2012 | 16,957,033 | 143,378,447 | 2.96% | 0.25% |
| 2013 | 17,459,615 | 143,805,638 | 2.96% | 0.3% |
| 2014 | 18,020,267 | 144,237,223 | 3.21% | 0.3% |
| 2015 | 18,593,022 | 144,640,716 | 3.18% | 0.28% |
| 2016 | 19,191,289 | 145,015,460 | 3.22% | 0.26% |
| 2017 | 19,813,011 | 145,293,260 | 3.24% | 0.19% |
| 2018 | 20,442,030 | 145,398,106 | 3.17% | 0.07% |
| 2019 | 21,068,405 | 145,453,291 | 3.06% | 0.04% |
| 2020 | 21,713,836 | 145,245,148 | 3.06% | -0.14% |
| 2021 | 22,388,630 | 144,746,762 | 3.11% | -0.34% |
| 2022 | 23,072,640 | 144,236,933 | 3.06% | -0.35% |
| 2023 | 23,769,127 | 143,826,130 | 3.02% | -0.28% |
| 2024 | 24,478,595 | 143,533,851 | 2.98% | -0.2% |
| 2025 | 25,198,817 | 142,718,132 | 2.94% | -0.57% |
| 2026 | 25,932,275 | 142,120,553 | 2.91% | -0.42% |
| 2027 | 26,679,171 | 141,773,330 | 2.88% | -0.24% |
| 2028 | 27,440,613 | 141,402,326 | 2.85% | -0.26% |
| 2029 | 28,215,513 | 141,021,009 | 2.82% | -0.27% |
| 2030 | 29,002,864 | 140,628,883 | 2.79% | -0.28% |
| 2031 | 29,804,545 | 140,218,596 | 2.76% | -0.29% |
| 2032 | 30,618,893 | 139,807,207 | 2.73% | -0.29% |
| 2033 | 31,442,801 | 139,414,947 | 2.69% | -0.28% |
| 2034 | 32,276,672 | 139,034,543 | 2.65% | -0.27% |
| 2035 | 33,118,344 | 138,666,694 | 2.61% | -0.26% |
| 2036 | 33,967,889 | 138,311,757 | 2.57% | -0.26% |
| 2037 | 34,823,450 | 137,968,177 | 2.52% | -0.25% |
| 2038 | 35,685,576 | 137,643,032 | 2.48% | -0.24% |
| 2039 | 36,549,487 | 137,336,299 | 2.42% | -0.22% |
| 2040 | 37,413,641 | 137,053,347 | 2.36% | -0.21% |
| 2041 | 38,280,868 | 136,795,588 | 2.32% | -0.19% |
| 2042 | 39,151,280 | 136,558,692 | 2.27% | -0.17% |
| 2043 | 40,026,317 | 136,335,849 | 2.24% | -0.16% |
| 2044 | 40,902,500 | 136,124,845 | 2.19% | -0.15% |
| 2045 | 41,778,984 | 135,933,758 | 2.14% | -0.14% |
| 2046 | 42,655,642 | 135,756,848 | 2.1% | -0.13% |
| 2047 | 43,530,852 | 135,574,181 | 2.05% | -0.13% |
| 2048 | 44,405,715 | 135,372,557 | 2.01% | -0.15% |
| 2049 | 45,279,772 | 135,156,911 | 1.97% | -0.16% |
| 2050 | 46,154,079 | 134,923,391 | 1.93% | -0.17% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mali increased by 5,201,150 people (a 37.2% growth), while Russia gained 1,965,823 people (a 1.37% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mali gained 6,749,148 (a 35.2% growth), while Russia's population decreased by -2,894,907 (a 2% decline).
Mali was ranked 66th most populous country in 2006 and is 58th in 2026. Russia was ranked 9th in 2006 and still ranked 9th 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 Russia will decrease by 5.06% to 134,923,391 people and rank change from 9th to 13th.
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 |
| Moscow | 13.3M |
| Saint Petersburg | 5.65M |
| Novosibirsk | 1.64M |
| Yekaterinburg | 1.47M |
| Kazan | 1.33M |
| Nizhny Novgorod | 1.2M |
| Chelyabinsk | 1.18M |
| Krasnodar | 1.15M |
| Samara | 1.15M |
| Ufa | 1.14M |
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Population differences between Mali and Russia
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| Life expectancy | 61.1 years | 73.7 years |
| Average age | 21.3 years | 40.8 years |
| Median age | 16.7 years | 40.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.5:49.5 | 46.4:53.6 |
| Fertility rate | 5.61 births per woman | 1.41 births per woman |
| Population density | 52 ppl/mi² | 22.7 ppl/mi² |
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