# Population in Mali

Population in Mali was 25.2 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `ml`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/mali
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/mali.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=ml

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 25,198,821 |
| 2024 | 24,478,595 |
| 2023 | 23,769,127 |
| 2022 | 23,072,640 |
| 2021 | 22,388,630 |
| 2020 | 21,713,836 |
| 2019 | 21,068,405 |
| 2018 | 20,442,030 |
| 2017 | 19,813,011 |
| 2016 | 19,191,289 |
| 2015 | 18,593,022 |
| 2014 | 18,020,267 |
| 2013 | 17,459,615 |
| 2012 | 16,957,033 |
| 2011 | 16,469,049 |
| 2010 | 15,945,198 |
| 2009 | 15,435,539 |
| 2008 | 14,940,782 |
| 2007 | 14,457,775 |
| 2006 | 13,990,139 |
| 2005 | 13,538,647 |
| 2004 | 13,102,409 |
| 2003 | 12,684,955 |
| 2002 | 12,288,050 |
| 2001 | 11,912,158 |
| 2000 | 11,559,290 |
| 1999 | 11,227,415 |
| 1998 | 10,919,573 |
| 1997 | 10,646,495 |
| 1996 | 10,407,278 |
| 1995 | 10,185,365 |
| 1994 | 9,967,031 |
| 1993 | 9,754,786 |
| 1992 | 9,553,540 |
| 1991 | 9,362,888 |
| 1990 | 9,178,830 |
| 1989 | 8,999,938 |
| 1988 | 8,833,996 |
| 1987 | 8,681,164 |
| 1986 | 8,531,277 |
| 1985 | 8,374,663 |
| 1984 | 8,208,599 |
| 1983 | 8,034,400 |
| 1982 | 7,860,194 |
| 1981 | 7,692,766 |
| 1980 | 7,530,515 |
| 1979 | 7,375,266 |
| 1978 | 7,229,651 |
| 1977 | 7,090,979 |
| 1976 | 6,960,979 |
| 1975 | 6,837,261 |
| 1974 | 6,715,436 |
| 1973 | 6,597,106 |
| 1972 | 6,483,726 |
| 1971 | 6,377,944 |
| 1970 | 6,276,472 |
| 1969 | 6,177,704 |
| 1968 | 6,082,979 |
| 1967 | 5,990,906 |
| 1966 | 5,902,204 |
| 1965 | 5,815,487 |
| 1964 | 5,730,125 |
| 1963 | 5,646,605 |
| 1962 | 5,563,917 |
| 1961 | 5,482,283 |
| 1960 | 5,402,550 |