Mali  
   
Geography
Location: Western Africa, southwest of Algeria.
Area: total: 1,240,192 sq km
land: 1,220,190 sq km
water: 20,002 sq km
Natural Resources: gold, phosphates, kaolin, salt, limestone, uranium, gypsum, granite, hydropower
note: bauxite, iron ore, manganese, tin, and copper deposits are known but not exploited
Population and Health
Population:  16,455,903 (July 2014 est.)
Age structure:

0-14 years: 47.6% (male 3,931,818/female 3,899,535)
15-24 years: 19% (male 1,489,830/female 1,638,995)
25-54 years: 26.7% (male 2,042,666/female 2,348,337)
55-64 years: 3% (male 307,167/female 306,470)
65 years and over: 3% (male 246,084/female 245,001) (2014 est.)

Population growth rate: 3% (2014 est.)
Birth rate: 45.53 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
Death rate:  13.22 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
Sex ratio: 

at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 0.91 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.87 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 1.01 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2014 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

total: 104.34 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 111.04 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 97.44 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: 

total population: 54.95 years
male: 53.12 years
female: 56.83 years (2014 est.)

Total fertility rate: 6.16 children born/woman (2014 est.)
Current contraceptive use among married women 15-49 years old(any method): 8% (2007-2012)
Unmet need of contraceptive:  27.6% (2006)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  100,300 (2012)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  4,900 (2012)
Literacy:

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 33.4%
male: 43.1%
female: 24.6% (2011 est.)

Economy
GDP (purchasing power parity):  $18.9 billion (2013 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate):  $11.37 billion (2013 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  4.8% (2013 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP):  $1,200 (2009 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:

agriculture: 38.5%
industry: 24.4%
services: 37% (2013 est.)

Labor force - by occupation: 

agriculture: 80%
industry and services: 20% (2005 est.)

Population below poverty line: 36.1% (2005 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 0.1% (2013 est.)
Agriculture - products: cotton, millet, rice, corn, vegetables, peanuts; cattle, sheep, goats
Industries: food processing; construction; phosphate and gold mining
Exports - commodities: cotton, gold, livestock
Currency (code): Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF); note - responsible authority is the Central Bank of the West African States
Others
Nationality: noun: Malian(s)
adjective: Malian

Religions: 

 Muslim 90%, Christian 1%, indigenous beliefs 9%

Languages: 

 French (official), Bambara 80%, numerous African languages
Country name: conventional long form: Republic of Mali conventional short form: Mali
former: French Sudan and Sudanese Republic
Government type:  parliamentary democracy
Capital: name: Bamako
geographic coordinates: 12 39 N, 8 00 W
time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Administrative divisions: 8 regions (regions, singular - region); Gao, Kayes, Kidal, Koulikoro, Mopti, Segou, Sikasso, Tombouctou
Independence:  22 September 1960 (from France)
Legal system: based on French civil law system and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in Constitutional Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
 
 

 
 

Source :

UN_Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and other national surveys; United Nations Population Division
CIA The World Factbook

Update date: August 2014