Demographics of Mali

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Mali is projected at 20.86 million, up by 2.99% compared with 20.25 million in 2020. Mali is ranked 60th in terms of population and 8th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.84 million births in Mali in 2021. That is 2,296 per day, which is ranked 177th. The crude birth rate is 40.11 per 1000 people. There are 0.19 million deaths in Mali in 2021. That is 512 per day, which is ranked 54th. The crude death rate is 8.94 per 1000 people.

0.19 million people are living in urban areas, which is 44.68% of Mali population. Mali is ranked 170th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Mali in 2021 is 100.46 males per 100 females. There are 10.45 million males and 10.40 million females in Mali. The percentage of female population is 49.89% compare to 50.11% male population. Mali has 47.80 thousand more males than females. Mali is at 137th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Mali population

Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	4,708,425	-
1955	4,975,400	1.14
1960	5,263,727	1.12
1965	5,568,495	1.18
1970	5,949,042	1.49
1975	6,482,282	1.79
1980	7,090,124	1.92
1985	7,831,888	1.78
1990	8,449,915	1.84
1995	9,585,660	2.69
2000	10,946,448	2.85
2005	12,775,509	3.29
2010	15,049,352	3.21
2015	17,438,772	2.98
2016	17,965,448	3.02
2017	18,512,429	3.04
2018	19,077,755	3.05
2019	19,658,023	3.04
2020	20,250,834	3.02
2021	20,855,724	2.99

Total
Crude

Mali death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	190,538	247,837	40.20	52.31
1955	189,631	253,560	38.10	50.95
1960	193,979	264,131	36.84	50.19
1965	195,906	279,555	35.13	50.14
1970	190,695	300,627	31.94	50.36
1975	184,799	325,537	28.48	50.21
1980	179,099	353,363	25.17	49.67
1985	174,239	381,099	22.36	48.97
1990	174,970	416,345	20.49	48.77
1995	189,823	467,924	19.74	48.83
2000	201,294	536,919	18.29	48.78
2005	193,778	621,899	15.11	48.44
2010	188,183	697,189	12.48	46.38
2015	186,478	756,411	10.65	43.23
2020	186,144	823,027	9.16	40.56
2021	186,949	838,212	8.94	40.11

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Mali

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	7,823	4,309,531	-	8.472
1955	8,680	4,493,191	3.88	9.692
1960	10,043	4,681,225	3.82	11.066
1965	11,775	4,866,415	3.83	12.608
1970	13,768	5,096,548	4.11	14.330
1975	23,623	5,429,326	4.35	16.244
1980	35,241	5,779,556	4.62	18.484
1985	48,340	6,186,177	4.40	21.013
1990	57,679	6,490,895	3.76	23.322
1995	65,143	7,153,520	4.53	25.519
2000	77,683	7,857,672	5.49	28.356
2005	107,606	8,695,429	5.79	32.060
2010	132,805	9,648,158	5.55	35.999
2015	161,207	10,482,312	5.07	39.991
2020	186,634	11,377,544	4.87	43.909
2021	191,444	11,558,498	4.80	44.677

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Mali population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	1,874,153	1,811,772	3,685,925	17.67	103.443
05-09	1,639,116	1,584,608	3,223,724	15.46	103.440
10-14	1,441,841	1,394,762	2,836,603	13.60	103.375
15-19	1,186,898	1,153,582	2,340,480	11.22	102.888
20-24	932,218	914,570	1,846,788	8.86	101.930
25-29	739,884	736,173	1,476,057	7.08	100.504
30-34	600,032	600,892	1,200,924	5.76	99.857
35-39	505,382	511,080	1,016,462	4.87	98.885
40-44	421,350	431,338	852,688	4.09	97.684
45-49	335,674	350,578	686,252	3.29	95.749
50-54	246,266	267,977	514,243	2.47	91.898
55-59	173,615	201,148	374,763	1.80	86.312
60-64	128,500	156,983	285,483	1.37	81.856
65-69	100,345	124,607	224,952	1.08	80.529
70-74	63,423	82,450	145,873	0.70	76.923
75-79	39,242	51,165	90,407	0.43	76.697
80-84	17,430	22,371	39,801	0.19	77.913
85-89	5,311	6,578	11,889	0.06	80.739
90-94	1,000	1,217	2,217	0.01	82.169
95-99	80	106	186	0.00	75.472
100+	3	4	7	0.00	75.000
Total	10,451,763	10,403,961	20,855,724		100.459