Population15,494,466 (July 2012 est.) Age structure0-14 years: 47.8% (male 3,718,591/female 3,689,889) Median agetotal: 16.4 years Population growth rate3.02% (2012 est.) Birth rate46.6 births/1,000 population (2012 est.) Death rate13.9 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.) Net migration rate-5.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.) Urbanizationurban population: 36% of total population (2010) Major cities - populationBAMAKO (capital) 1.628 million (2009) Sex ratioat birth: 1.03 male(s)/female Infant mortality ratetotal: 108.7 deaths/1,000 live births Life expectancy at birthtotal population: 53.06 years Total fertility rate6.35 children born/woman (2012 est.) HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate1% (2009 est.) HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS76,000 (2009 est.) HIV/AIDS - deaths4,400 (2009 est.) Sanitation facility accessimproved: Major infectious diseasesdegree of risk: very high Nationalitynoun: Malian(s) Ethnic groupsMande 50% (Bambara, Malinke, Soninke), Peul 17%, Voltaic 12%, Songhai 6%, Tuareg and Moor 10%, other 5% ReligionsMuslim 94.8%, Christian 2.4%, Animist 2%, none 0.5%, unspecified 0.3% (2009 Census) LanguagesFrench (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% Literacydefinition: age 15 and over can read and write School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)total: 8 years Education expenditures4.4% of GDP (2009) Maternal mortality rate540 deaths/100,000 live births (2010) Children under the age of 5 years underweight27.9% (2006) Health expenditures7.5% of GDP (2009) Physicians density0.049 physicians/1,000 population (2008) Hospital bed density0.57 beds/1,000 population (2008) |
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Source: CIA World Factbook | |