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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mali	Sudan	Mali	Sudan
1960	5,402,550	8,364,489	-	-
1961	5,482,283	8,634,941	1.48%	3.23%
1962	5,563,917	8,919,028	1.49%	3.29%
1963	5,646,605	9,218,077	1.49%	3.35%
1964	5,730,125	9,531,109	1.48%	3.4%
1965	5,815,487	9,858,030	1.49%	3.43%
1966	5,902,204	10,197,578	1.49%	3.44%
1967	5,990,906	10,550,597	1.5%	3.46%
1968	6,082,979	10,917,999	1.54%	3.48%
1969	6,177,704	11,298,936	1.56%	3.49%
1970	6,276,472	11,695,771	1.6%	3.51%
1971	6,377,944	12,105,539	1.62%	3.5%
1972	6,483,726	12,527,856	1.66%	3.49%
1973	6,597,106	13,049,315	1.75%	4.16%
1974	6,715,436	13,580,723	1.79%	4.07%
1975	6,837,261	14,064,798	1.81%	3.56%
1976	6,960,979	14,569,716	1.81%	3.59%
1977	7,090,979	15,086,614	1.87%	3.55%
1978	7,229,651	15,695,003	1.96%	4.03%
1979	7,375,266	16,355,352	2.01%	4.21%
1980	7,530,515	17,058,905	2.1%	4.3%
1981	7,692,766	17,780,572	2.15%	4.23%
1982	7,860,194	18,486,645	2.18%	3.97%
1983	8,034,400	19,109,770	2.22%	3.37%
1984	8,208,599	19,546,528	2.17%	2.29%
1985	8,374,663	19,905,872	2.02%	1.84%
1986	8,531,277	20,288,238	1.87%	1.92%
1987	8,681,164	20,704,904	1.76%	2.05%
1988	8,833,996	21,138,431	1.76%	2.09%
1989	8,999,938	21,578,022	1.88%	2.08%
1990	9,178,830	22,021,481	1.99%	2.06%
1991	9,362,888	22,470,676	2.01%	2.04%
1992	9,553,540	22,927,355	2.04%	2.03%
1993	9,754,786	23,445,592	2.11%	2.26%
1994	9,967,031	24,043,948	2.18%	2.55%
1995	10,185,365	24,672,143	2.19%	2.61%
1996	10,407,278	25,231,528	2.18%	2.27%
1997	10,646,495	25,799,821	2.3%	2.25%
1998	10,919,573	26,458,999	2.56%	2.55%
1999	11,227,415	27,130,613	2.82%	2.54%
2000	11,559,290	27,816,745	2.96%	2.53%
2001	11,912,158	28,516,770	3.05%	2.52%
2002	12,288,050	29,228,727	3.16%	2.5%
2003	12,684,955	29,896,035	3.23%	2.28%
2004	13,102,409	30,556,637	3.29%	2.21%
2005	13,538,647	31,262,444	3.33%	2.31%
2006	13,990,139	31,992,435	3.33%	2.34%
2007	14,457,775	32,764,135	3.34%	2.41%
2008	14,940,782	33,623,980	3.34%	2.62%
2009	15,435,539	34,569,113	3.31%	2.81%
2010	15,945,198	35,414,399	3.3%	2.45%
2011	16,469,049	36,140,806	3.29%	2.05%
2012	16,957,033	36,923,178	2.96%	2.16%
2013	17,459,615	37,785,849	2.96%	2.34%
2014	18,020,267	38,823,318	3.21%	2.75%
2015	18,593,022	40,024,431	3.18%	3.09%
2016	19,191,289	41,259,892	3.22%	3.09%
2017	19,813,011	42,714,306	3.24%	3.53%
2018	20,442,030	44,230,596	3.17%	3.55%
2019	21,068,405	45,548,175	3.06%	2.98%
2020	21,713,836	46,789,231	3.06%	2.72%
2021	22,388,630	48,066,924	3.11%	2.73%
2022	23,072,640	49,383,346	3.06%	2.74%
2023	23,769,127	50,042,791	3.02%	1.34%
2024	24,478,595	50,448,963	2.98%	0.81%
2025	25,198,817	51,662,152	2.94%	2.4%
2026	25,932,275	53,282,718	2.91%	3.14%
2027	26,679,171	54,724,215	2.88%	2.71%
2028	27,440,613	55,993,833	2.85%	2.32%
2029	28,215,513	57,275,443	2.82%	2.29%
2030	29,002,864	58,571,624	2.79%	2.26%
2031	29,804,545	59,872,936	2.76%	2.22%
2032	30,618,893	61,179,476	2.73%	2.18%
2033	31,442,801	62,497,205	2.69%	2.15%
2034	32,276,672	63,822,356	2.65%	2.12%
2035	33,118,344	65,148,317	2.61%	2.08%
2036	33,967,889	66,470,018	2.57%	2.03%
2037	34,823,450	67,791,240	2.52%	1.99%
2038	35,685,576	69,107,712	2.48%	1.94%
2039	36,549,487	70,416,631	2.42%	1.89%
2040	37,413,641	71,730,604	2.36%	1.87%
2041	38,280,868	73,056,213	2.32%	1.85%
2042	39,151,280	74,387,562	2.27%	1.82%
2043	40,026,317	75,723,670	2.24%	1.8%
2044	40,902,500	77,066,454	2.19%	1.77%
2045	41,778,984	78,415,205	2.14%	1.75%
2046	42,655,642	79,767,271	2.1%	1.72%
2047	43,530,852	81,115,241	2.05%	1.69%
2048	44,405,715	82,463,202	2.01%	1.66%
2049	45,279,772	83,828,356	1.97%	1.66%
2050	46,154,079	85,206,384	1.93%	1.64%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mali increased by 5,054,375 people (a 37.3% growth), while Sudan gained 8,761,987 people (a 28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mali gained 7,194,966 (a 38.7% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,939,487 (a 32.3% growth).

Mali was ranked 66th most populous country in 2005 and is 58th in 2025. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2005 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 60.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.