Mali Population Pyramid 2018
Mali in 2018
In 2018, Mali had a total population of 20,442,030 people. That is 36.8% more than in 2008, when the population stood at 14,940,782.
Half of the population was younger than 16.0 years; 47.8% were children under 15 and 2.5% were 65 or older. 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 | 20,442,030 | 16.0 | |
| Burkina Faso | 20,438,288 | 17.4 | |
| Niger | 22,188,069 | 15.7 | |
| Senegal | 15,914,499 | 19.0 | |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 27,464,173 | 18.9 |





