Live population of Mali

According to official figures released by the United Nations and World Bank Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, the population of Mali as of 2021 Sep 21 was 20,998,718

According to the 2020 Census, Mali's share of the world population is 0.260%

Mali population (2020) and previous data

Year	Over-all-population	Male	Female	Rural-population	Density- /km2	fertility-rate /women	Death-rate		Life-expectancy
Year	Over-all-population	Male	Female	Rural-population	Density- /km2	fertility-rate /women	M	F	M	F
2020	20,250,834	10,145,174	10,105,660	11,377,544	16.59	5.92	485,085	458,958	59.69	61.39
2015	17,438,772	8,720,125	8,718,647	10,482,312	14.29	5.92	472,889	452,526	57.96	59.46
2010	15,049,352	7,517,023	7,532,329	9,648,158	12.33	6.35	479,055	463,753	55.59	56.87
2005	12,775,509	6,358,115	6,417,394	8,695,429	10.47	6.70	480,454	463,448	53.39	54.65
2000	10,946,448	5,428,430	5,518,018	7,857,672	8.97	6.85	505,703	487,783	49.32	50.60
1995	9,585,660	4,740,470	4,845,190	7,153,520	7.85	6.95	508,095	489,076	46.02	47.48
1990	8,449,915	4,171,132	4,278,783	6,490,895	6.92	7.15	457,605	438,784	45.80	47.35
1985	7,831,888	3,892,622	3,939,266	6,186,177	6.41	7.15	442,602	427,391	43.82	45.20
1980	7,090,124	3,531,231	3,558,893	5,779,556	5.81	7.15	452,652	428,883	40.69	42.41
1975	6,482,282	3,237,544	3,244,738	5,429,326	5.31	7.15	470,107	441,663	36.84	38.62
1970	5,949,042	2,977,674	2,971,368	5,096,548	4.87	7.15	484,680	451,800	33.34	35.10
1965	5,568,495	2,799,071	2,769,424	4,866,415	4.56	7.10	503,951	464,476	29.94	31.71
1960	5,263,727	2,660,859	2,602,868	4,681,225	4.31	7	514,461	467,322	27.75	29.54
1955	4,975,400	2,528,521	2,446,879	4,493,191	4.07	6.95	500,002	454,922	27.31	28.70
1950	4,708,425	2,409,220	2,299,205	4,309,531	3.85	6.95	499,655	448,869	26.30	27.71