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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Mali was 24,478,595 in 2024 vs 100,987,686 people in Vietnam in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Mali's population is 25,787,988 people compared to 102,063,551 in Vietnam.

Population statistics:

  • Vietnam's population is 3.96 times bigger than Mali's.
  • Mali is ranked the 58th most populous country in the world, while Vietnam is the 16th.
  • The countries together account for 1.55% of the world: 0.31% for Mali vs 1.23% for Vietnam.
  • For the last 10 years, Mali has had an average growth rate of +3.12% per year vs +0.99% in Vietnam.
  • Since 2005, the population of Mali has increased from 13.5M people to 25.8M (90.5% growth), while Vietnam has grown from 81.1M to 102M (25.9% growth).
  • Mali is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 79.4M people compared to the peak of 110M people in 2049 for Vietnam.

Mali vs Vietnam: live population counter

Mali Vietnam
Current population
25787988
102063551
Population rank 58/197 16/197
Percent of world population 0.31% 1.23%
One net population change
44.5 seconds
49.6 seconds
One birth every
33.1 seconds
22.7 seconds
One death every
2.56 minutes
47.8 seconds
One migration net change every
11.2 minutes
8.81 minutes
Annual migration change -46,880 -59,645
Daily growth/decline +1,944 +1,741
Annual growth/decline +709,468 +635,494
Annual growth/decline rate +2.98% +0.63%
Population growth rate rank 16/197 124/197

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

Mali
Population

Growth rate
Vietnam
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Mali Vietnam Mali Vietnam
1960 5,402,550 32,531,933 - -
1961 5,482,283 33,409,059 1.48% 2.7%
1962 5,563,917 34,288,560 1.49% 2.63%
1963 5,646,605 35,249,101 1.49% 2.8%
1964 5,730,125 36,201,563 1.48% 2.7%
1965 5,815,487 37,129,656 1.49% 2.56%
1966 5,902,204 38,024,836 1.49% 2.41%
1967 5,990,906 38,895,080 1.5% 2.29%
1968 6,082,979 39,734,609 1.54% 2.16%
1969 6,177,704 40,582,096 1.56% 2.13%
1970 6,276,472 41,475,230 1.6% 2.2%
1971 6,377,944 42,449,276 1.62% 2.35%
1972 6,483,726 43,429,168 1.66% 2.31%
1973 6,597,106 44,409,861 1.75% 2.26%
1974 6,715,436 45,413,537 1.79% 2.26%
1975 6,837,261 46,482,903 1.81% 2.35%
1976 6,960,979 47,684,931 1.81% 2.59%
1977 7,090,979 48,954,872 1.87% 2.66%
1978 7,229,651 50,249,552 1.96% 2.64%
1979 7,375,266 51,378,211 2.01% 2.25%
1980 7,530,515 52,490,101 2.1% 2.16%
1981 7,692,766 53,738,141 2.15% 2.38%
1982 7,860,194 55,011,289 2.18% 2.37%
1983 8,034,400 56,337,921 2.22% 2.41%
1984 8,208,599 57,706,067 2.17% 2.43%
1985 8,374,663 59,060,622 2.02% 2.35%
1986 8,531,277 60,347,048 1.87% 2.18%
1987 8,681,164 61,584,651 1.76% 2.05%
1988 8,833,996 62,843,228 1.76% 2.04%
1989 8,999,938 64,147,348 1.88% 2.08%
1990 9,178,830 65,504,552 1.99% 2.12%
1991 9,362,888 66,891,775 2.01% 2.12%
1992 9,553,540 68,260,337 2.04% 2.05%
1993 9,754,786 69,586,384 2.11% 1.94%
1994 9,967,031 70,854,391 2.18% 1.82%
1995 10,185,365 72,049,940 2.19% 1.69%
1996 10,407,278 73,156,447 2.18% 1.54%
1997 10,646,495 74,226,889 2.3% 1.46%
1998 10,919,573 75,299,660 2.56% 1.45%
1999 11,227,415 76,287,452 2.82% 1.31%
2000 11,559,290 77,154,011 2.96% 1.14%
2001 11,912,158 77,969,361 3.05% 1.06%
2002 12,288,050 78,772,224 3.16% 1.03%
2003 12,684,955 79,563,777 3.23% 1%
2004 13,102,409 80,338,971 3.29% 0.97%
2005 13,538,647 81,088,313 3.33% 0.93%
2006 13,990,139 82,167,897 3.33% 1.33%
2007 14,457,775 83,633,375 3.34% 1.78%
2008 14,940,782 85,175,788 3.34% 1.84%
2009 15,435,539 86,460,018 3.31% 1.51%
2010 15,945,198 87,455,152 3.3% 1.15%
2011 16,469,049 88,468,314 3.29% 1.16%
2012 16,957,033 89,510,356 2.96% 1.18%
2013 17,459,615 90,573,104 2.96% 1.19%
2014 18,020,267 91,679,578 3.21% 1.22%
2015 18,593,022 92,823,254 3.18% 1.25%
2016 19,191,289 94,000,117 3.22% 1.27%
2017 19,813,011 95,176,977 3.24% 1.25%
2018 20,442,030 96,237,319 3.17% 1.11%
2019 21,068,405 97,173,776 3.06% 0.97%
2020 21,713,836 98,079,191 3.06% 0.93%
2021 22,388,630 98,935,098 3.11% 0.87%
2022 23,072,640 99,680,655 3.06% 0.75%
2023 23,769,127 100,352,192 3.02% 0.67%
2024 24,478,595 100,987,686 2.98% 0.63%
2025 25,198,817 101,598,531 2.94% 0.6%
2026 25,932,275 102,177,434 2.91% 0.57%
2027 26,679,171 102,727,392 2.88% 0.54%
2028 27,440,613 103,255,746 2.85% 0.51%
2029 28,215,513 103,761,151 2.82% 0.49%
2030 29,002,864 104,254,900 2.79% 0.48%
2031 29,804,545 104,737,913 2.76% 0.46%
2032 30,618,893 105,204,401 2.73% 0.45%
2033 31,442,801 105,656,307 2.69% 0.43%
2034 32,276,672 106,097,515 2.65% 0.42%
2035 33,118,344 106,530,671 2.61% 0.41%
2036 33,967,889 106,945,842 2.57% 0.39%
2037 34,823,450 107,346,046 2.52% 0.37%
2038 35,685,576 107,732,019 2.48% 0.36%
2039 36,549,487 108,097,653 2.42% 0.34%
2040 37,413,641 108,437,634 2.36% 0.31%
2041 38,280,868 108,752,199 2.32% 0.29%
2042 39,151,280 109,040,314 2.27% 0.26%
2043 40,026,317 109,292,559 2.24% 0.23%
2044 40,902,500 109,506,274 2.19% 0.2%
2045 41,778,984 109,685,396 2.14% 0.16%
2046 42,655,642 109,827,664 2.1% 0.13%
2047 43,530,852 109,930,243 2.05% 0.09%
2048 44,405,715 109,994,024 2.01% 0.06%
2049 45,279,772 110,018,017 1.97% 0.02%
2050 46,154,079 110,008,910 1.93% -0.008%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mali increased by 5,054,375 people (a 37.3% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,734,941 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mali gained 7,194,966 (a 38.7% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 9,240,297 (a 9.95% growth).

Mali was ranked 66th most populous country in 2005 and is 58th in 2025. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2005 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.78% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.

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