Population in Mali compared to Senegal: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Mali and Senegal: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mali	Senegal	Mali	Senegal
1960	5,402,550	3,340,907	-	-
1961	5,482,283	3,436,375	1.48%	2.86%
1962	5,563,917	3,534,686	1.49%	2.86%
1963	5,646,605	3,635,876	1.49%	2.86%
1964	5,730,125	3,740,535	1.48%	2.88%
1965	5,815,487	3,849,788	1.49%	2.92%
1966	5,902,204	3,964,299	1.49%	2.97%
1967	5,990,906	4,083,870	1.5%	3.02%
1968	6,082,979	4,207,587	1.54%	3.03%
1969	6,177,704	4,334,974	1.56%	3.03%
1970	6,276,472	4,466,328	1.6%	3.03%
1971	6,377,944	4,601,864	1.62%	3.03%
1972	6,483,726	4,741,631	1.66%	3.04%
1973	6,597,106	4,885,181	1.75%	3.03%
1974	6,715,436	5,029,437	1.79%	2.95%
1975	6,837,261	5,170,810	1.81%	2.81%
1976	6,960,979	5,308,564	1.81%	2.66%
1977	7,090,979	5,439,549	1.87%	2.47%
1978	7,229,651	5,568,096	1.96%	2.36%
1979	7,375,266	5,702,895	2.01%	2.42%
1980	7,530,515	5,845,638	2.1%	2.5%
1981	7,692,766	5,997,160	2.15%	2.59%
1982	7,860,194	6,156,961	2.18%	2.66%
1983	8,034,400	6,324,504	2.22%	2.72%
1984	8,208,599	6,499,364	2.17%	2.76%
1985	8,374,663	6,683,287	2.02%	2.83%
1986	8,531,277	6,878,192	1.87%	2.92%
1987	8,681,164	7,081,530	1.76%	2.96%
1988	8,833,996	7,289,618	1.76%	2.94%
1989	8,999,938	7,502,207	1.88%	2.92%
1990	9,178,830	7,720,523	1.99%	2.91%
1991	9,362,888	7,943,085	2.01%	2.88%
1992	9,553,540	8,168,395	2.04%	2.84%
1993	9,754,786	8,396,288	2.11%	2.79%
1994	9,967,031	8,624,078	2.18%	2.71%
1995	10,185,365	8,848,101	2.19%	2.6%
1996	10,407,278	9,067,014	2.18%	2.47%
1997	10,646,495	9,283,495	2.3%	2.39%
1998	10,919,573	9,502,952	2.56%	2.36%
1999	11,227,415	9,730,887	2.82%	2.4%
2000	11,559,290	9,968,260	2.96%	2.44%
2001	11,912,158	10,212,942	3.05%	2.45%
2002	12,288,050	10,466,214	3.16%	2.48%
2003	12,684,955	10,721,176	3.23%	2.44%
2004	13,102,409	10,975,704	3.29%	2.37%
2005	13,538,647	11,235,472	3.33%	2.37%
2006	13,990,139	11,500,094	3.33%	2.36%
2007	14,457,775	11,770,344	3.34%	2.35%
2008	14,940,782	12,048,959	3.34%	2.37%
2009	15,435,539	12,337,389	3.31%	2.39%
2010	15,945,198	12,635,413	3.3%	2.42%
2011	16,469,049	12,958,897	3.29%	2.56%
2012	16,957,033	13,310,495	2.96%	2.71%
2013	17,459,615	13,710,849	2.96%	3.01%
2014	18,020,267	14,152,102	3.21%	3.22%
2015	18,593,022	14,593,331	3.18%	3.12%
2016	19,191,289	15,034,521	3.22%	3.02%
2017	19,813,011	15,475,002	3.24%	2.93%
2018	20,442,030	15,914,498	3.17%	2.84%
2019	21,068,405	16,352,922	3.06%	2.75%
2020	21,713,836	16,789,219	3.06%	2.67%
2021	22,388,630	17,220,867	3.11%	2.57%
2022	23,072,640	17,651,103	3.06%	2.5%
2023	23,769,127	18,077,573	3.02%	2.42%
2024	24,478,595	18,501,984	2.98%	2.35%
2025	25,198,817	18,931,964	2.94%	2.32%
2026	25,932,275	19,366,546	2.91%	2.3%
2027	26,679,171	19,807,242	2.88%	2.28%
2028	27,440,613	20,254,562	2.85%	2.26%
2029	28,215,513	20,706,628	2.82%	2.23%
2030	29,002,864	21,163,189	2.79%	2.2%
2031	29,804,545	21,623,709	2.76%	2.18%
2032	30,618,893	22,085,928	2.73%	2.14%
2033	31,442,801	22,548,831	2.69%	2.1%
2034	32,276,672	23,012,018	2.65%	2.05%
2035	33,118,344	23,476,591	2.61%	2.02%
2036	33,967,889	23,942,221	2.57%	1.98%
2037	34,823,450	24,407,574	2.52%	1.94%
2038	35,685,576	24,872,512	2.48%	1.9%
2039	36,549,487	25,335,991	2.42%	1.86%
2040	37,413,641	25,797,506	2.36%	1.82%
2041	38,280,868	26,257,464	2.32%	1.78%
2042	39,151,280	26,716,424	2.27%	1.75%
2043	40,026,317	27,174,896	2.24%	1.72%
2044	40,902,500	27,632,997	2.19%	1.69%
2045	41,778,984	28,089,695	2.14%	1.65%
2046	42,655,642	28,546,280	2.1%	1.63%
2047	43,530,852	29,002,001	2.05%	1.6%
2048	44,405,715	29,457,233	2.01%	1.57%
2049	45,279,772	29,911,840	1.97%	1.54%
2050	46,154,079	30,364,944	1.93%	1.51%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mali increased by 5,201,150 people (a 37.2% growth), while Senegal gained 3,534,427 people (a 30.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mali gained 6,749,148 (a 35.2% growth), while Senegal's population increased by 4,336,841 (a 28.8% growth).

Mali was ranked 66th most populous country in 2006 and is 58th in 2026. Senegal was ranked 72nd in 2006 and ranked 68th 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 Senegal will increase by 56.8% to 30,364,944 people and rank change from 68th to 63rd.