Mali Population Pyramid 2024
Mali in 2024
In 2024, Mali had a total population of 24,478,596 people. Over the previous ten years the population grew by 35.8%, up from 18,020,266 in 2014.
Half of the population was younger than 16.7 years; 46.1% were children under 15 and 2.4% were 65 or older. 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 | 24,478,596 | 16.7 | |
| Burkina Faso | 23,548,781 | 18.6 | |
| Niger | 27,032,413 | 16.5 | |
| Senegal | 18,501,985 | 20.4 | |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 31,934,230 | 19.3 |





