Mali

Graeme Villeret

8 years ago

Official name	Republic of Mali
Name in local language	République du Mali (fr)
Continent	Africa
Subcontinent	Sub-Saharan Africa
Population (ranking: 62^e)	20,933,072 inhabitants (2020)
Population growth	3.36 % / year
Area	1,246,814 km²
Density	16.79 inhabitants / km²
GDP (ranking: 125^e)	17.280 billions $USD (2019)
GDP/capita (ranking)	879 $USD (2019)
GDP growth	4.80 % / year (2019)
Life expectancy (ranking)	58.90 years (2018)
Birth rate	38.70 ‰ (2013)
Fertility rate	6.10 children / woman (2013)
Death rate (ranking)	13.80 ‰ (2012)
Infant mortality rate (ranking)	74.50 ‰ (2015)
Literacy rate	31.00 % (2016)
Official languages	French
Currency	West African CFA franc (XOF)
HDI (ranking: 222^e)	0.434 / 1 (2019)
EPI (ranking)	43.71 (2018)
Government	Unitary semi-presidential republic currently under a military junta
Head of State	Interim president Assimi Goïta
National Day	22 September (independence of 1960)
ISO Codes	ML, MLI
Demonym	Malian
Tourists (ranking)	203,000 people (2018)

Mali is a West African country without access to the sea, sharing borders with Mauritania and Algeria to the north, Niger to the east, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast to the south, Guinea to the southwest and Senegal to the west.
The extreme poverty of a large part of the population clearly hampers the development of the country.

Urban areas	Population
Bamako Maps: Bamako – satellite Bamako – routière	4,347,997 inhabitants
Sikasso	345,578 inhabitants
Koutiala	217,072 inhabitants
Mopti Maps: Mopti – satellite Mopti – routière	206,098 inhabitants
Kayes	184,973 inhabitants
Ségou	156,418 inhabitants
Niono	148,699 inhabitants
Gao	124,695 inhabitants
San	94,464 inhabitants
Tombouctou	85,118 inhabitants