The latest officially reported population of Mali was 24,478,595 in 2024 vs 6,586,476 people in Serbia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Mali's population is 25,940,437 people compared to 6,494,317 in Serbia.
Population statistics:
- Mali's population is 3.99 times bigger than Serbia's.
- Mali is ranked the 58th most populous country in the world, while Serbia is the 110th.
- The countries together account for 0.39% of the world: 0.31% for Mali vs 0.08% for Serbia.
- For the last 10 years, Mali has had an average growth rate of +3.12% per year vs -0.76% in Serbia.
- Since 2006, the population of Mali has increased from 14M people to 25.9M (85.4% growth), while Serbia has declined from 7.41M to 6.49M (12.4% decline).
- Mali is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 79.4M people, while Serbia's population already peaked in 1990 at 7.9M people and is projected to decrease to 3.62M people by 2100.
Mali vs Serbia: live population counter
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| Current population |
25940437
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6494317
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| Population rank | 58/197 | 110/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.31% | 0.08% |
| One net population change |
44.5 seconds
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14.3 minutes
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| One birth every |
33.1 seconds
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8.63 minutes
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| One death every |
2.56 minutes
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5.4 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
11.2 minutes
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1.08 hours
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| Annual migration change | -46,880 | -8,132 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,944 | -101 |
| Annual growth/decline | +709,468 | -36,707 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.98% | -0.55% |
| Population growth rate rank | 15/197 | 189/197 |
Mali and Serbia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 5,402,550 | 6,638,992 | - | - |
| 1961 | 5,482,283 | 6,689,077 | 1.48% | 0.75% |
| 1962 | 5,563,917 | 6,740,264 | 1.49% | 0.77% |
| 1963 | 5,646,605 | 6,787,950 | 1.49% | 0.71% |
| 1964 | 5,730,125 | 6,832,855 | 1.48% | 0.66% |
| 1965 | 5,815,487 | 6,876,624 | 1.49% | 0.64% |
| 1966 | 5,902,204 | 6,927,969 | 1.49% | 0.75% |
| 1967 | 5,990,906 | 6,966,522 | 1.5% | 0.56% |
| 1968 | 6,082,979 | 7,007,586 | 1.54% | 0.59% |
| 1969 | 6,177,704 | 7,123,249 | 1.56% | 1.65% |
| 1970 | 6,276,472 | 7,164,993 | 1.6% | 0.59% |
| 1971 | 6,377,944 | 7,211,716 | 1.62% | 0.65% |
| 1972 | 6,483,726 | 7,252,012 | 1.66% | 0.56% |
| 1973 | 6,597,106 | 7,283,902 | 1.75% | 0.44% |
| 1974 | 6,715,436 | 7,326,043 | 1.79% | 0.58% |
| 1975 | 6,837,261 | 7,368,717 | 1.81% | 0.58% |
| 1976 | 6,960,979 | 7,418,973 | 1.81% | 0.68% |
| 1977 | 7,090,979 | 7,462,783 | 1.87% | 0.59% |
| 1978 | 7,229,651 | 7,504,017 | 1.96% | 0.55% |
| 1979 | 7,375,266 | 7,541,997 | 2.01% | 0.51% |
| 1980 | 7,530,515 | 7,709,544 | 2.1% | 2.22% |
| 1981 | 7,692,766 | 7,736,787 | 2.15% | 0.35% |
| 1982 | 7,860,194 | 7,763,335 | 2.18% | 0.34% |
| 1983 | 8,034,400 | 7,788,100 | 2.22% | 0.32% |
| 1984 | 8,208,599 | 7,813,549 | 2.17% | 0.33% |
| 1985 | 8,374,663 | 7,835,902 | 2.02% | 0.29% |
| 1986 | 8,531,277 | 7,853,824 | 1.87% | 0.23% |
| 1987 | 8,681,164 | 7,868,027 | 1.76% | 0.18% |
| 1988 | 8,833,996 | 7,884,218 | 1.76% | 0.21% |
| 1989 | 8,999,938 | 7,893,787 | 1.88% | 0.12% |
| 1990 | 9,178,830 | 7,897,937 | 1.99% | 0.05% |
| 1991 | 9,362,888 | 7,595,636 | 2.01% | -3.83% |
| 1992 | 9,553,540 | 7,604,063 | 2.04% | 0.11% |
| 1993 | 9,754,786 | 7,614,328 | 2.11% | 0.13% |
| 1994 | 9,967,031 | 7,622,711 | 2.18% | 0.11% |
| 1995 | 10,185,365 | 7,628,264 | 2.19% | 0.07% |
| 1996 | 10,407,278 | 7,622,185 | 2.18% | -0.08% |
| 1997 | 10,646,495 | 7,598,538 | 2.3% | -0.31% |
| 1998 | 10,919,573 | 7,567,745 | 2.56% | -0.41% |
| 1999 | 11,227,415 | 7,540,401 | 2.82% | -0.36% |
| 2000 | 11,559,290 | 7,516,346 | 2.96% | -0.32% |
| 2001 | 11,912,158 | 7,503,433 | 3.05% | -0.17% |
| 2002 | 12,288,050 | 7,500,031 | 3.16% | -0.05% |
| 2003 | 12,684,955 | 7,480,591 | 3.23% | -0.26% |
| 2004 | 13,102,409 | 7,463,157 | 3.29% | -0.23% |
| 2005 | 13,538,647 | 7,440,769 | 3.33% | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 13,990,139 | 7,411,569 | 3.33% | -0.39% |
| 2007 | 14,457,775 | 7,381,579 | 3.34% | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 14,940,782 | 7,350,222 | 3.34% | -0.42% |
| 2009 | 15,435,539 | 7,320,807 | 3.31% | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 15,945,198 | 7,291,436 | 3.3% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 16,469,049 | 7,236,519 | 3.29% | -0.75% |
| 2012 | 16,957,033 | 7,201,497 | 2.96% | -0.48% |
| 2013 | 17,459,615 | 7,166,553 | 2.96% | -0.49% |
| 2014 | 18,020,267 | 7,131,787 | 3.21% | -0.49% |
| 2015 | 18,593,022 | 7,095,383 | 3.18% | -0.51% |
| 2016 | 19,191,289 | 7,058,322 | 3.22% | -0.52% |
| 2017 | 19,813,011 | 7,020,858 | 3.24% | -0.53% |
| 2018 | 20,442,030 | 6,982,604 | 3.17% | -0.54% |
| 2019 | 21,068,405 | 6,945,235 | 3.06% | -0.54% |
| 2020 | 21,713,836 | 6,899,126 | 3.06% | -0.66% |
| 2021 | 22,388,630 | 6,834,326 | 3.11% | -0.94% |
| 2022 | 23,072,640 | 6,664,449 | 3.06% | -2.49% |
| 2023 | 23,769,127 | 6,623,183 | 3.02% | -0.62% |
| 2024 | 24,478,595 | 6,586,476 | 2.98% | -0.55% |
| 2025 | 25,198,817 | 6,540,343 | 2.94% | -0.7% |
| 2026 | 25,932,275 | 6,494,317 | 2.91% | -0.7% |
| 2027 | 26,679,171 | 6,450,876 | 2.88% | -0.67% |
| 2028 | 27,440,613 | 6,406,817 | 2.85% | -0.68% |
| 2029 | 28,215,513 | 6,362,434 | 2.82% | -0.69% |
| 2030 | 29,002,864 | 6,317,577 | 2.79% | -0.71% |
| 2031 | 29,804,545 | 6,272,283 | 2.76% | -0.72% |
| 2032 | 30,618,893 | 6,226,709 | 2.73% | -0.73% |
| 2033 | 31,442,801 | 6,180,715 | 2.69% | -0.74% |
| 2034 | 32,276,672 | 6,134,487 | 2.65% | -0.75% |
| 2035 | 33,118,344 | 6,088,161 | 2.61% | -0.76% |
| 2036 | 33,967,889 | 6,041,698 | 2.57% | -0.76% |
| 2037 | 34,823,450 | 5,995,050 | 2.52% | -0.77% |
| 2038 | 35,685,576 | 5,948,216 | 2.48% | -0.78% |
| 2039 | 36,549,487 | 5,901,240 | 2.42% | -0.79% |
| 2040 | 37,413,641 | 5,854,364 | 2.36% | -0.79% |
| 2041 | 38,280,868 | 5,807,677 | 2.32% | -0.8% |
| 2042 | 39,151,280 | 5,761,194 | 2.27% | -0.8% |
| 2043 | 40,026,317 | 5,715,301 | 2.24% | -0.8% |
| 2044 | 40,902,500 | 5,670,062 | 2.19% | -0.79% |
| 2045 | 41,778,984 | 5,625,371 | 2.14% | -0.79% |
| 2046 | 42,655,642 | 5,581,251 | 2.1% | -0.78% |
| 2047 | 43,530,852 | 5,537,712 | 2.05% | -0.78% |
| 2048 | 44,405,715 | 5,494,697 | 2.01% | -0.78% |
| 2049 | 45,279,772 | 5,452,075 | 1.97% | -0.78% |
| 2050 | 46,154,079 | 5,409,870 | 1.93% | -0.77% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mali increased by 5,201,150 people (a 37.2% growth), while Serbia lost 353,247 people (a 4.77% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mali gained 6,749,148 (a 35.2% growth), while Serbia's population decreased by -564,005 (a 7.99% decline).
Mali was ranked 66th most populous country in 2006 and is 58th in 2026. Serbia was ranked 97th in 2006 and ranked 110th 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 Serbia will decrease by 16.7% to 5,409,870 people and rank change from 110th to 125th.
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Population differences between Mali and Serbia
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| Life expectancy | 61.1 years | 77.3 years |
| Average age | 21.3 years | 44 years |
| Median age | 16.7 years | 45.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.5:49.5 | 47.4:52.6 |
| Fertility rate | 5.61 births per woman | 1.61 births per woman |
| Population density | 52 ppl/mi² | 202.9 ppl/mi² |
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