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🇲🇱 Mali

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3MLI
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2ML
UN M49 numeric466
IOC codeMLI
Official nameRepublic of Mali
Native name(s)fra: official: République du Mali; common: Mali
Alt spellingsML, Republic of Mali, République du Mali
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAfrica
SubregionWestern Africa
UN regional groupAfrican Group
CapitalBamako
Area (km²)1,240,192
Lat / Lng17.0000, -4.0000
LandlockedYes
Borders (ISO3)DZA, BFA, GIN, CIV, MRT, NER, SEN
Top-level domain.ml
Calling coderoot: +2; suffixes: 23

Demographics

Population (World Bank)25,198,821 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)60.675 (2024)
Languagesfra: French
Demonymseng: f: Malian; m: Malian; fra: f: Malienne; m: Malien
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)30,069,148,580.769 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)1,193.276 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)2.831 (2025)
CurrenciesXOF: name: West African CFA franc; symbol: Fr

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19504,696,911
19514,766,701
19524,836,363
19534,904,800
19544,972,910
19555,041,934
19565,111,976
19575,183,130
19585,253,468
19595,325,639
19605,402,550
19615,482,283
19625,563,917
19635,646,605
19645,730,125
19655,815,487
19665,902,204
19675,990,906
19686,082,979
19696,177,704
19706,276,472
19716,377,944
19726,483,726
19736,597,106
19746,715,436
19756,837,261
19766,960,979
19777,090,979
19787,229,651
19797,375,266
19807,530,515
19817,692,766
19827,860,194
19838,034,400
19848,208,599
19858,374,663
19868,531,277
19878,681,164
19888,833,996
19898,999,938
19909,178,830
19919,362,888
19929,553,540
19939,754,786
19949,967,031
199510,185,365
199610,407,278
199710,646,495
199810,919,573
199911,227,415
200011,559,290
200111,912,158
200212,288,050
200312,684,955
200413,102,409
200513,538,647
200613,990,139
200714,457,775
200814,940,782
200915,435,539
201015,945,198
201116,469,049
201216,957,033
201317,459,615
201418,020,267
201518,593,022
201619,191,289
201719,813,011
201820,442,030
201921,068,405
202021,713,836
202122,388,630
202223,072,640
202323,769,127

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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