Mali Population Pyramid 2008
Mali in 2008
The population of Mali in 2008 was 14,940,782. A decade earlier, in 1998, the population was 10,919,573; it has grown by 36.8% since.
With a median age of 16.5 years, Mali had a youth dependency ratio of 92.9 and an old-age dependency ratio of 5.7 per 100 people of working age. The broad-based, expansive shape of the pyramid points to high fertility and strong population 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 | 14,940,783 | 16.5 | |
| Burkina Faso | 15,258,093 | 17.1 | |
| Niger | 15,361,915 | 15.5 | |
| Senegal | 12,048,959 | 18.4 | |
| Guinea | 9,898,870 | 17.3 |





