Mali Population Pyramid 1989
Mali in 1989
As of 1989, Mali counted 8,999,938 inhabitants. That is 22.0% more than in 1979, when the population stood at 7,375,265.
The median age was 16.6 years, and for every 100 people of working age (15–64) there were 94.0 children under 15 and 7.5 people aged 65 or over. This is an expansive pyramid — each cohort of children is larger than the one above it, the signature of high birth rates and rapid growth.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
In 2023 women in Mali had on average 5.61 children, above the replacement level of 2.1.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
A child born there in 2023 could expect to live 60.4 years on average (61.9 years for girls, 59.0 for boys).
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
516,263 immigrants live in Mali, 2.1% of the population.
| Côte d'Ivoire | 219,185 |
| Burkina Faso | 69,919 |
| Guinea | 47,098 |
| Senegal | 27,227 |
| Mauritania | 27,160 |
1,292,519 people born in Mali live in other countries.
| Côte d'Ivoire | 403,646 |
| Nigeria | 184,965 |
| Niger | 140,431 |
| Mauritania | 122,945 |
| France | 120,393 |
Source: United Nations International Migrant Stock 2024.
| Country | Population | Median age | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 8,999,938 | 16.6 | |
| Burkina Faso | 8,921,175 | 16.6 | |
| Niger | 8,034,781 | 16.5 | |
| Senegal | 7,502,207 | 16.5 | |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 11,719,771 | 16.0 |





