Mali Population Pyramid 2085
Mali in 2085
In 2085, Mali is projected to have a population of 72,981,194 people. Ten years before, in 2075, the projected population is 66,630,542 — 9.5% lower.
With a projected median age of 30.3 years, Mali would have a youth dependency ratio of 38.1 and an old-age dependency ratio of 12.2 per 100 people of working age. The near-vertical sides of the pyramid indicate a stationary age structure, with births roughly balancing the passage of cohorts into older age.
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 | 72,981,195 | 30.3 | |
| Ghana | 64,981,220 | 35.3 | |
| Niger | 83,611,322 | 32.0 | |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 90,946,504 | 29.3 | |
| Burkina Faso | 48,752,491 | 34.4 |





