Mali Demographics Profile 2013

Population

15,494,466 (July 2012 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 47.8% (male 3,718,591/female 3,689,889)
15-24 years: 18.9% (male 1,390,246/female 1,536,477)
25-54 years: 26.6% (male 1,921,537/female 2,195,883)
55-64 years: 3.7% (male 288,373/female 285,356)
65 years and over: 3% (male 235,366/female 232,748) (2012 est.)

Median age

total: 16.4 years
male: 16 years
female: 16.7 years (2012 est.)

Population growth rate

3.02% (2012 est.)

Birth rate

46.6 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)

Death rate

13.9 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)

Net migration rate

-5.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 36% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 4.4% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Major cities - population

BAMAKO (capital) 1.628 million (2009)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.91 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 108.7 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 115.5 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 101.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 53.06 years
male: 51.43 years
female: 54.73 years (2012 est.)

Total fertility rate

6.35 children born/woman (2012 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

1% (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

76,000 (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

4,400 (2009 est.)

Sanitation facility access

improved:
urban: 54% of population
rural: 32% of population
total: 36% of population
unimproved:
urban: 46% of population
rural: 68% of population
total: 54% of population

Major infectious diseases

degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: malaria
water contact disease: schistosomiasis
respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis (2009)

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%

Religions

Muslim 94.8%, Christian 2.4%, Animist 2%, none 0.5%, unspecified 0.3% (2009 Census)

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%

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 27.7%
male: 36.1%
female: 19.8% (2009 census)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 8 years
male: 9 years
female: 7 years (2009)

Education expenditures

4.4% of GDP (2009)

Maternal mortality rate

540 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

27.9% (2006)

Health expenditures

7.5% of GDP (2009)

Physicians density

0.049 physicians/1,000 population (2008)

Hospital bed density

0.57 beds/1,000 population (2008)