Mali's Total Size & Land Area: rank & territory types [2026]

Mali's land area is 471,118 sq mi, and the total size is 478,841 sq mi, with inland water included. Mali rankes 23/197 by total surface area.

Occupies 0.82% of the land mass of all countries.
35.5% of its territory is agricultural land.
Mali has 0.91% of the world's agricultural land area.
10.9% of its area is covered by forests.
Has 0.33% of the world's forests.

Mali total size and land area

	Mali	Rank
Total surface area	478,841 sq mi	23/197
Share all of all countries' surface area	0.24%	N/A
Land area	471,118 sq mi	23/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.82%	N/A
Population	24,478,595	58/197
Population density	55.1 ppl/mi²	167/197

Mali's True Size on the Map

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Mali's area by type

	Mali	Rank
Forest area	51,336 sq mi	47/196
Forest area as share of land	10.9%	151/196
World's forests share	0.33%	N/A
Agricultural land	167,103 sq mi	22/194
Agricultural land share	35.5%	109/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.91%	N/A
Arable land	32,205 sq mi	30/191
Arable land share	6.84%	118/191
Permanent cropland	1,152 sq mi	69/192
Permanent cropland share	0.24%	156/192
Water area	7,723 sq mi	28/197
Water as share of total area	1.61%	100/197
Roads length	86,437 mi	44/176
Land borders length	4,914 mi	11/197
Coastline length	0 mi	177/197

Mali's size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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