| People | Mali |
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Population:
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12,324,029 (July 2008 est.) |
Population density:
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11 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 48.2% (male 3,004,003/female 2,937,138)
15-64 years: 48.7% (male 2,976,314/female 3,028,433)
65 years and over: 3.1% (male 150,597/female 227,544) (2008 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 15.8 years
male: 15.4 years
female: 16.2 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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2.725% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate:
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49.38 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate:
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16.16 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-5.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.66 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2008 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 103.83 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 113.41 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 93.97 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 49.94 years
male: 48 years
female: 51.94 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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7.34 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
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degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: malaria
water contact disease: schistosomiasis
respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis (2008) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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1.9% (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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140,000 (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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12,000 (2003 est.) |
Nationality:
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noun: Malian(s)
adjective: Malian |
Ethnic groups:
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Mande 50% (Bambara, Malinke, Soninke), Peul 17%, Voltaic 12%, Songhai 6%, Tuareg and Moor 10%, other 5% |
Religions:
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Muslim 90%, Christian 1%, indigenous beliefs 9% |
Languages:
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French (official), Bambara 80%, numerous African languages |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 46.4%
male: 53.5%
female: 39.6% (2003 est.) |
People - note:
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