Nationality:
noun: Malian(s)
adjective:
Malian
Ethnic groups:
Mande 50% (Bambara, Malinke, Soninke), Peul 17%, Voltaic 12%, Songhai 6%, Tuareg and Moor 10%, other 5%
Languages:
French (official), Bambara 46.3%, Peul/foulfoulbe 9.4%, Dogon 7.2%, Maraka/soninke 6.4%, Malinke 5.6%, Sonrhai/djerma 5.6%, Minianka 4.3%, Tamacheq 3.5%, Senoufo 2.6%, unspecified 0.6%, other 8.5%
note:
Mali has 13 national languages in addition to its official language
Religions:
Muslim 94.8%, Christian 2.4%, Animist 2%, none 0.5%, unspecified 0.3% (2009 Census)
Population: Age structure:
Dependency ratios:
Median age:
Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Urbanization:
Major urban areas - population: Sex ratio:
Mother's mean age at first birth: Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate:
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: Contraceptive prevalence rate: Health expenditures: Physicians density: Hospital bed density: Drinking water source:
Sanitation facility access:
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Major infectious diseases:
Obesity - adult prevalence rate: Children under the age of 5 years underweight: Education expenditures: Literacy:
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
Child labor - children ages 5-14:
16,455,903 (July 2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 67
[see also: Population country ranks ]
0-14 years:
47.6% (male 3,931,818/female 3,899,535)
15-24 years:
19% (male 1,489,830/female 1,638,995)
25-54 years:
26.7% (male 2,042,666/female 2,348,337)
55-64 years:
3.7% (male 307,167/female 306,470)
65 years and over:
3% (male 246,084/female 245,001) (2014 est.)
population pyramid:
total dependency ratio:
100.9 %
youth dependency ratio:
95.4 %
elderly dependency ratio:
5.5 %
potential support ratio:
18.2 (2014 est.)
total:
16 years
male:
15.4 years
female:
16.7 years (2014 est.)
3% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 12
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
45.53 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 2
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
13.22 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 18
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
-2.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 171
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
urban population:
34.9% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization:
4.77% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
BAMAKO (capital) 2.037 million (2011)
at birth:
1.03 male(s)/female
0-14 years:
1.01 male(s)/female
15-24 years:
0.91 male(s)/female
25-54 years:
0.87 male(s)/female
55-64 years:
0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
1.01 male(s)/female
total population:
0.95 male(s)/female (2014 est.)
18.6
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2006 est.)
[see also: Mother's mean age at first birth country ranks ]
540 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 18
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total:
104.34 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 2
male:
111.04 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
97.44 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)
total population:
54.95 years
country comparison to the world: 206
male:
53.12 years
female:
56.83 years (2014 est.)
6.16 children born/woman (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 2
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
8.2% (2006)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]
6.8% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 88
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
0.08 physicians/1,000 population (2010)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
0.1 beds/1,000 population (2010)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
improved:
urban: 90.9% of population
rural: 54.2% of population
total: 67.2% of population
unimproved:
urban: 9.1% of population
rural: 45.8% of population
total: 32.8% of population (2012 est.)
improved:
urban: 35.3% of population
rural: 14.5% of population
total: 21.9% of population
unimproved:
urban: 64.7% of population
rural: 85.5% of population
total: 78.1% of population (2012 est.)
0.9% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 50
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
100,300 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 44
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
4,900 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 41
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
degree of risk:
very high
food or waterborne diseases:
bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases:
malaria and dengue fever
water contact disease:
schistosomiasis
respiratory disease:
meningococcal meningitis
animal contact disease:
rabies (2013)
4.3% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 166
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
27.9% (2006)
country comparison to the world: 23
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
4.8% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 83
[see also: Education expenditures - percent of GDP country ranks ]
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
33.4%
male:
43.1%
female:
24.6% (2011 est.)
total:
9 years
male:
10 years
female:
8 years (2012)
total number:
1,485,027
percentage:
36 % (2010 est.)