Mali Population Pyramid 2020
Mali in 2020
As of 2020, Mali counted 21,713,836 inhabitants. A decade earlier, in 2010, the population was 15,945,198; it has grown by 36.2% since.
With a median age of 16.2 years, Mali had a youth dependency ratio of 94.3 and an old-age dependency ratio of 5.0 per 100 people of working age. The pyramid is expansive: its wide base of young cohorts reflects high fertility and a rapidly growing population.
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 | 21,713,836 | 16.2 | |
| Burkina Faso | 21,478,690 | 17.7 | |
| Niger | 23,717,614 | 15.9 | |
| Senegal | 16,789,220 | 19.4 | |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 28,915,450 | 18.9 |





