| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2022) |
| Date | 07 Jun 2024 |
There are 12.12 million males and 11.89 million females in Mali. The percentage of the male population is 50.48%, compared to 49.52% of the female population. Mali has 229k more males than females. The sex ratio in Mali in 2024 will be 101.922 males per 100 females. Mali is in the 190th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.
| Year | Population | Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 4,694,916 | 1.40 |
| 1955 | 5,014,680 | 1.27 |
| 1960 | 5,346,792 | 1.36 |
| 1965 | 5,726,382 | 1.40 |
| 1970 | 6,153,587 | 1.53 |
| 1975 | 6,687,293 | 1.79 |
| 1980 | 7,372,581 | 2.16 |
| 1985 | 8,187,651 | 1.86 |
| 1990 | 8,945,026 | 1.98 |
| 1995 | 9,921,094 | 2.09 |
| 2000 | 11,239,101 | 2.96 |
| 2005 | 13,180,551 | 3.30 |
| 2010 | 15,529,181 | 3.26 |
| 2015 | 18,112,907 | 3.15 |
| 2020 | 21,224,040 | 3.18 |
| 2021 | 21,904,983 | 3.14 |
| 2022 | 22,593,590 | 3.05 |
| 2023 | 23,293,698 | 3.05 |
| 2024 | 24,015,789 | 3.06 |
| Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
| 1950 | 176,134 | 245,320 | 37.494 | 52.221 |
| 1955 | 179,901 | 253,609 | 35.837 | 50.521 |
| 1960 | 187,194 | 270,294 | 34.973 | 50.498 |
| 1965 | 195,475 | 289,511 | 34.091 | 50.491 |
| 1970 | 198,472 | 310,360 | 32.203 | 50.358 |
| 1975 | 191,635 | 338,126 | 28.595 | 50.454 |
| 1980 | 182,308 | 371,943 | 24.673 | 50.338 |
| 1985 | 183,021 | 398,735 | 22.264 | 48.506 |
| 1990 | 173,067 | 418,930 | 19.272 | 46.651 |
| 1995 | 179,350 | 454,841 | 18.015 | 45.686 |
| 2000 | 179,831 | 530,039 | 15.984 | 47.112 |
| 2005 | 180,345 | 633,226 | 13.669 | 47.996 |
| 2010 | 183,696 | 724,487 | 11.812 | 46.588 |
| 2015 | 185,256 | 804,446 | 10.211 | 44.342 |
| 2020 | 202,371 | 891,864 | 9.529 | 41.995 |
| 2021 | 203,297 | 912,901 | 9.274 | 41.643 |
| 2022 | 202,466 | 932,317 | 8.951 | 41.217 |
| 2023 | 202,137 | 952,503 | 8.668 | 40.846 |
| 2024 | 200,326 | 974,125 | 8.332 | 40.517 |
| Year | Population | Urban (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | ||
| 1950 | 398,898 | 4,309,531 | 8.472 |
| 1955 | 482,207 | 4,493,191 | 9.692 |
| 1960 | 582,508 | 4,681,225 | 11.066 |
| 1965 | 702,069 | 4,866,415 | 12.608 |
| 1970 | 852,497 | 5,096,548 | 14.330 |
| 1975 | 1,052,952 | 5,429,326 | 16.244 |
| 1980 | 1,310,570 | 5,779,556 | 18.484 |
| 1985 | 1,645,712 | 6,186,177 | 21.013 |
| 1990 | 1,974,293 | 6,490,895 | 23.322 |
| 1995 | 2,450,930 | 7,153,520 | 25.519 |
| 2000 | 3,110,018 | 7,857,672 | 28.356 |
| 2005 | 4,103,334 | 8,695,429 | 32.060 |
| 2010 | 5,426,927 | 9,648,158 | 35.999 |
| 2015 | 6,985,593 | 10,482,312 | 39.991 |
| 2020 | 8,906,636 | 11,377,544 | 43.909 |
| 2021 | 9,334,086 | 11,558,498 | 44.677 |
| 2022 | 9,775,868 | 11,739,437 | 45.437 |
| 2023 | 10,232,281 | 11,920,604 | 46.189 |
| 2024 | 10,703,771 | 12,102,417 | 46.934 |
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons | Share (%) | ||||
| 00-04 | 2,171,081 | 2,122,883 | 4,293,965 | 17.88 | 102.270 |
| 05-09 | 1,869,969 | 1,831,414 | 3,701,383 | 15.41 | 102.105 |
| 10-14 | 1,631,181 | 1,593,443 | 3,224,624 | 13.43 | 102.368 |
| 15-19 | 1,373,902 | 1,339,630 | 2,713,532 | 11.30 | 102.558 |
| 20-24 | 1,096,207 | 1,066,187 | 2,162,394 | 9.00 | 102.816 |
| 25-29 | 847,689 | 824,018 | 1,671,707 | 6.96 | 102.873 |
| 30-34 | 701,496 | 680,071 | 1,381,567 | 5.75 | 103.150 |
| 35-39 | 604,984 | 585,487 | 1,190,471 | 4.96 | 103.330 |
| 40-44 | 513,153 | 496,401 | 1,009,553 | 4.20 | 103.375 |
| 45-49 | 402,812 | 391,260 | 794,072 | 3.31 | 102.953 |
| 50-54 | 294,623 | 291,740 | 586,363 | 2.44 | 100.988 |
| 55-59 | 209,089 | 212,331 | 421,420 | 1.75 | 98.473 |
| 60-64 | 150,987 | 159,224 | 310,211 | 1.29 | 94.827 |
| 65-69 | 110,649 | 122,862 | 233,512 | 0.97 | 90.060 |
| 70-74 | 76,808 | 90,019 | 166,827 | 0.69 | 85.324 |
| 75-79 | 43,730 | 54,279 | 98,008 | 0.41 | 80.565 |
| 80-84 | 18,918 | 25,097 | 44,014 | 0.18 | 75.380 |
| 85-89 | 4,351 | 6,287 | 10,637 | 0.04 | 69.206 |
| 90-94 | 530 | 923 | 1,454 | 0.01 | 57.421 |
| 95-99 | 22 | 54 | 76 | 0.00 | 40.741 |
| Total | 12,122,181 | 11,893,610 | 24,015,790 | 101.922 | |