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Population in Mali compared to Saudi Arabia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Mali was 24,478,595 in 2024 vs 35,300,280 people in Saudi Arabia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Mali's population is 25,787,988 people compared to 36,428,123 in Saudi Arabia.

Population statistics:

  • Saudi Arabia's population is 1.41 times bigger than Mali's.
  • Mali is ranked the 58th most populous country in the world, while Saudi Arabia is the 44th.
  • The countries together account for 0.75% of the world: 0.31% for Mali vs 0.44% for Saudi Arabia.
  • For the last 10 years, Mali has had an average growth rate of +3.12% per year vs +2.3% in Saudi Arabia.
  • Since 2005, the population of Mali has increased from 13.5M people to 25.8M (90.5% growth), while Saudi Arabia has grown from 20.6M to 36.4M (77.2% growth).
  • Mali is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 79.4M people compared to the peak of 73.8M people in 2100 for Saudi Arabia.

Mali vs Saudi Arabia: live population counter

Mali Saudi Arabia
Current population
25787988
36428123
Population rank 58/197 44/197
Percent of world population 0.31% 0.44%
One net population change
44.5 seconds
19.7 seconds
One birth every
33.1 seconds
57 seconds
One death every
2.56 minutes
6.66 minutes
One migration net change every
11.2 minutes
4.3 minutes
Annual migration change -46,880 +122,170
Daily growth/decline +1,944 +4,377
Annual growth/decline +709,468 +1,597,549
Annual growth/decline rate +2.98% +4.74%
Population growth rate rank 16/197 3/197

Mali and Saudi Arabia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Mali
Population

Growth rate
Saudi Arabia
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Mali Saudi Arabia Mali Saudi Arabia
1960 5,402,550 2,435,403 - -
1961 5,482,283 2,526,347 1.48% 3.73%
1962 5,563,917 2,620,910 1.49% 3.74%
1963 5,646,605 2,719,341 1.49% 3.76%
1964 5,730,125 2,821,968 1.48% 3.77%
1965 5,815,487 2,928,771 1.49% 3.78%
1966 5,902,204 3,039,887 1.49% 3.79%
1967 5,990,906 3,157,242 1.5% 3.86%
1968 6,082,979 3,282,711 1.54% 3.97%
1969 6,177,704 3,417,114 1.56% 4.09%
1970 6,276,472 3,562,470 1.6% 4.25%
1971 6,377,944 3,724,031 1.62% 4.54%
1972 6,483,726 3,905,722 1.66% 4.88%
1973 6,597,106 4,106,344 1.75% 5.14%
1974 6,715,436 4,323,632 1.79% 5.29%
1975 6,837,261 4,556,287 1.81% 5.38%
1976 6,960,979 4,807,933 1.81% 5.52%
1977 7,090,979 5,083,048 1.87% 5.72%
1978 7,229,651 5,381,902 1.96% 5.88%
1979 7,375,266 5,703,698 2.01% 5.98%
1980 7,530,515 6,047,997 2.1% 6.04%
1981 7,692,766 6,420,551 2.15% 6.16%
1982 7,860,194 6,824,486 2.18% 6.29%
1983 8,034,400 7,252,941 2.22% 6.28%
1984 8,208,599 7,697,307 2.17% 6.13%
1985 8,374,663 8,151,779 2.02% 5.9%
1986 8,531,277 8,628,639 1.87% 5.85%
1987 8,681,164 9,130,194 1.76% 5.81%
1988 8,833,996 9,629,165 1.76% 5.47%
1989 8,999,938 10,128,394 1.88% 5.18%
1990 9,178,830 10,640,691 1.99% 5.06%
1991 9,362,888 11,160,744 2.01% 4.89%
1992 9,553,540 11,686,676 2.04% 4.71%
1993 9,754,786 12,215,862 2.11% 4.53%
1994 9,967,031 12,750,040 2.18% 4.37%
1995 10,185,365 13,289,245 2.19% 4.23%
1996 10,407,278 13,831,009 2.18% 4.08%
1997 10,646,495 14,374,943 2.3% 3.93%
1998 10,919,573 14,922,185 2.56% 3.81%
1999 11,227,415 15,472,075 2.82% 3.69%
2000 11,559,290 16,177,722 2.96% 4.56%
2001 11,912,158 17,041,397 3.05% 5.34%
2002 12,288,050 17,910,910 3.16% 5.1%
2003 12,684,955 18,786,767 3.23% 4.89%
2004 13,102,409 19,669,480 3.29% 4.7%
2005 13,538,647 20,559,890 3.33% 4.53%
2006 13,990,139 21,459,144 3.33% 4.37%
2007 14,457,775 22,368,313 3.34% 4.24%
2008 14,940,782 23,287,877 3.34% 4.11%
2009 15,435,539 24,217,654 3.31% 3.99%
2010 15,945,198 23,978,487 3.3% -0.99%
2011 16,469,049 25,091,867 3.29% 4.64%
2012 16,957,033 26,168,861 2.96% 4.29%
2013 17,459,615 27,624,004 2.96% 5.56%
2014 18,020,267 28,309,273 3.21% 2.48%
2015 18,593,022 29,816,382 3.18% 5.32%
2016 19,191,289 30,954,198 3.22% 3.82%
2017 19,813,011 30,977,355 3.24% 0.07%
2018 20,442,030 30,196,281 3.17% -2.52%
2019 21,068,405 30,063,799 3.06% -0.44%
2020 21,713,836 31,552,510 3.06% 4.95%
2021 22,388,630 30,784,383 3.11% -2.43%
2022 23,072,640 32,175,224 3.06% 4.52%
2023 23,769,127 33,702,731 3.02% 4.75%
2024 24,478,595 35,300,280 2.98% 4.74%
2025 25,198,817 35,927,625 2.94% 1.78%
2026 25,932,275 36,550,694 2.91% 1.73%
2027 26,679,171 37,167,513 2.88% 1.69%
2028 27,440,613 37,775,810 2.85% 1.64%
2029 28,215,513 38,364,377 2.82% 1.56%
2030 29,002,864 38,918,375 2.79% 1.44%
2031 29,804,545 39,450,880 2.76% 1.37%
2032 30,618,893 39,983,934 2.73% 1.35%
2033 31,442,801 40,517,599 2.69% 1.33%
2034 32,276,672 41,052,423 2.65% 1.32%
2035 33,118,344 41,588,429 2.61% 1.31%
2036 33,967,889 42,125,184 2.57% 1.29%
2037 34,823,450 42,661,908 2.52% 1.27%
2038 35,685,576 43,198,420 2.48% 1.26%
2039 36,549,487 43,734,316 2.42% 1.24%
2040 37,413,641 44,269,571 2.36% 1.22%
2041 38,280,868 44,804,338 2.32% 1.21%
2042 39,151,280 45,338,111 2.27% 1.19%
2043 40,026,317 45,870,896 2.24% 1.18%
2044 40,902,500 46,403,116 2.19% 1.16%
2045 41,778,984 46,934,822 2.14% 1.15%
2046 42,655,642 47,465,267 2.1% 1.13%
2047 43,530,852 47,993,976 2.05% 1.11%
2048 44,405,715 48,521,364 2.01% 1.1%
2049 45,279,772 49,047,461 1.97% 1.08%
2050 46,154,079 49,572,202 1.93% 1.07%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mali increased by 5,054,375 people (a 37.3% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mali gained 7,194,966 (a 38.7% growth), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth).

Mali was ranked 66th most populous country in 2005 and is 58th in 2025. Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st in 2005 and ranked 44th 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 Saudi Arabia will increase by 36.1% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.

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