| People | Mali |
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Population:
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14,159,904 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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12 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 36% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 4.4% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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BAMAKO (capital) 1.628 million (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 47.3% (male 3,372,717/female 3,325,188)
15-64 years: 49.7% (male 3,438,687/female 3,605,143)
65 years and over: 3% (male 199,862/female 218,307) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 16.3 years
male: 15.9 years
female: 16.7 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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2.61% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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45.62 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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14.29 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-5.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.92 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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830 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 111.35 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 118.15 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 104.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 52.61 years
male: 51.01 years
female: 54.26 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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6.44 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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7.5% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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0.049 physicians/1,000 population (2008) |
Hospital bed density:
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0.57 beds/1,000 population (2008) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 81% of population
rural: 44% of population
total: 56% of population
unimproved:
urban: 19% of population
rural: 56% of population
total: 44% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 54% of population
rural: 32% of population
total: 36% of population
unimproved:
urban: 46% of population
rural: 68% of population
total: 54% of population (2008) |
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 (2009) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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1% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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76,000 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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4,400 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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27.9% (2006) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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void |
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.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 8 years
male: 9 years
female: 7 years (2009) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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4.4% of GDP (2009) |
People - note:
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void |
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