| People | Mali |
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Population:
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12,666,987 (July 2009 est.) |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 32% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 4.8% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) |
Population density:
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11 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 48.3% (male 3,089,406/female 3,023,341)
15-64 years: 48.7% (male 3,065,167/female 3,101,914)
65 years and over: 3.1% (male 151,718/female 235,441) (2009 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 15.8 years
male: 15.5 years
female: 16.2 years (2009 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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2.765% (2009 est.) |
Birth rate:
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49.15 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Death rate:
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16.16 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-5.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 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: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.64 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2009 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 102.05 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 111.56 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 92.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 50.35 years
male: 48.38 years
female: 52.38 years (2009 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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7.29 children born/woman (2009 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 (2009) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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1.5% (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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100,000 (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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5,800 (2007 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.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 7 years
male: 8 years
female: 5 years (2005) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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4.5% of GDP (2006) |
People - note:
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