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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mali	Zimbabwe	Mali	Zimbabwe
1960	5,402,550	3,809,389	-	-
1961	5,482,283	3,930,401	1.48%	3.18%
1962	5,563,917	4,055,959	1.49%	3.19%
1963	5,646,605	4,185,877	1.49%	3.2%
1964	5,730,125	4,320,006	1.48%	3.2%
1965	5,815,487	4,458,462	1.49%	3.2%
1966	5,902,204	4,601,217	1.49%	3.2%
1967	5,990,906	4,748,307	1.5%	3.2%
1968	6,082,979	4,900,440	1.54%	3.2%
1969	6,177,704	5,058,181	1.56%	3.22%
1970	6,276,472	5,215,918	1.6%	3.12%
1971	6,377,944	5,374,712	1.62%	3.04%
1972	6,483,726	5,542,445	1.66%	3.12%
1973	6,597,106	5,720,404	1.75%	3.21%
1974	6,715,436	5,908,328	1.79%	3.29%
1975	6,837,261	6,098,658	1.81%	3.22%
1976	6,960,979	6,287,105	1.81%	3.09%
1977	7,090,979	6,449,512	1.87%	2.58%
1978	7,229,651	6,543,575	1.96%	1.46%
1979	7,375,266	6,647,556	2.01%	1.59%
1980	7,530,515	7,041,303	2.1%	5.92%
1981	7,692,766	7,498,635	2.15%	6.49%
1982	7,860,194	7,796,496	2.18%	3.97%
1983	8,034,400	8,098,404	2.22%	3.87%
1984	8,208,599	8,391,488	2.17%	3.62%
1985	8,374,663	8,686,813	2.02%	3.52%
1986	8,531,277	8,982,578	1.87%	3.4%
1987	8,681,164	9,284,644	1.76%	3.36%
1988	8,833,996	9,583,094	1.76%	3.21%
1989	8,999,938	9,864,798	1.88%	2.94%
1990	9,178,830	10,137,281	1.99%	2.76%
1991	9,362,888	10,404,816	2.01%	2.64%
1992	9,553,540	10,702,700	2.04%	2.86%
1993	9,754,786	10,860,288	2.11%	1.47%
1994	9,967,031	10,873,148	2.18%	0.12%
1995	10,185,365	10,974,599	2.19%	0.93%
1996	10,407,278	11,158,360	2.18%	1.67%
1997	10,646,495	11,369,827	2.3%	1.9%
1998	10,919,573	11,594,297	2.56%	1.97%
1999	11,227,415	11,783,458	2.82%	1.63%
2000	11,559,290	11,892,055	2.96%	0.92%
2001	11,912,158	11,971,901	3.05%	0.67%
2002	12,288,050	12,087,653	3.16%	0.97%
2003	12,684,955	12,232,323	3.23%	1.2%
2004	13,102,409	12,365,896	3.29%	1.09%
2005	13,538,647	12,483,432	3.33%	0.95%
2006	13,990,139	12,636,445	3.33%	1.23%
2007	14,457,775	12,804,058	3.34%	1.33%
2008	14,940,782	12,959,149	3.34%	1.21%
2009	15,435,539	13,142,790	3.31%	1.42%
2010	15,945,198	13,356,548	3.3%	1.63%
2011	16,469,049	13,595,424	3.29%	1.79%
2012	16,957,033	13,817,887	2.96%	1.64%
2013	17,459,615	14,013,808	2.96%	1.42%
2014	18,020,267	14,207,359	3.21%	1.38%
2015	18,593,022	14,399,013	3.18%	1.35%
2016	19,191,289	14,600,294	3.22%	1.4%
2017	19,813,011	14,812,482	3.24%	1.45%
2018	20,442,030	15,034,452	3.17%	1.5%
2019	21,068,405	15,271,368	3.06%	1.58%
2020	21,713,836	15,526,888	3.06%	1.67%
2021	22,388,630	15,797,210	3.11%	1.74%
2022	23,072,640	16,069,056	3.06%	1.72%
2023	23,769,127	16,340,822	3.02%	1.69%
2024	24,478,595	16,634,373	2.98%	1.8%
2025	25,198,817	16,950,805	2.94%	1.9%
2026	25,932,275	17,273,591	2.91%	1.9%
2027	26,679,171	17,600,621	2.88%	1.89%
2028	27,440,613	17,932,015	2.85%	1.88%
2029	28,215,513	18,268,967	2.82%	1.88%
2030	29,002,864	18,610,356	2.79%	1.87%
2031	29,804,545	18,956,207	2.76%	1.86%
2032	30,618,893	19,311,368	2.73%	1.87%
2033	31,442,801	19,675,929	2.69%	1.89%
2034	32,276,672	20,041,125	2.65%	1.86%
2035	33,118,344	20,409,159	2.61%	1.84%
2036	33,967,889	20,778,662	2.57%	1.81%
2037	34,823,450	21,144,748	2.52%	1.76%
2038	35,685,576	21,512,919	2.48%	1.74%
2039	36,549,487	21,881,123	2.42%	1.71%
2040	37,413,641	22,250,123	2.36%	1.69%
2041	38,280,868	22,627,428	2.32%	1.7%
2042	39,151,280	23,000,906	2.27%	1.65%
2043	40,026,317	23,371,301	2.24%	1.61%
2044	40,902,500	23,740,630	2.19%	1.58%
2045	41,778,984	24,102,391	2.14%	1.52%
2046	42,655,642	24,462,491	2.1%	1.49%
2047	43,530,852	24,816,449	2.05%	1.45%
2048	44,405,715	25,168,419	2.01%	1.42%
2049	45,279,772	25,518,513	1.97%	1.39%
2050	46,154,079	25,866,397	1.93%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mali increased by 5,054,375 people (a 37.3% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,915,581 people (a 15.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mali gained 7,194,966 (a 38.7% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,811,079 (a 19.5% growth).

Mali was ranked 66th most populous country in 2005 and is 58th in 2025. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2005 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 50.3% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.