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Mali: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
25.2 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+2.9%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+3.1%a year

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
203129.9Forecast
203029.0Forecast
202928.2Forecast
202827.4Forecast
202726.7Forecast
202625.9Forecast
202525.2
202424.5
202323.8
202223.1
202122.4
202021.7
201921.1
201820.4
201719.8
201619.2

Sources

  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Albers, Jerven & Suesse1900–2015
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1950–2014
  • Maddison Project Database1950–2022
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • Penn World Table1960–2019
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2023
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2023–2031

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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