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Nationality:
noun: Malian(s)
adjective:
Malian
Ethnic groups:
Mande 50% (Bambara, Malinke, Soninke), Peul 17%, Voltaic 12%, Songhai 6%, Tuareg and Moor 10%, other 5%
Languages:
French (official), Bambara 46.3%, Peul/foulfoulbe 9.4%, Dogon 7.2%, Maraka/soninke 6.4%, Malinke 5.6%, Sonrhai/djerma 5.6%, Minianka 4.3%, Tamacheq 3.5%, Senoufo 2.6%, unspecified 0.6%, other 8.5%
Religions:
Muslim 94.8%, Christian 2.4%, Animist 2%, none 0.5%, unspecified 0.3% (2009 Census)
Population:
15,494,466 (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 66
[see also: Population country ranks ]
Age structure:
0-14 years: 47.8% (male 3,718,591/female 3,689,889)
[see also: Age structure 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years:
18.9% (male 1,390,246/female 1,536,477)
25-54 years:
26.6% (male 1,921,537/female 2,195,883)
55-64 years:
3.7% (male 288,373/female 285,356)
65 years and over:
3% (male 235,366/female 232,748) (2012 est.)
Median age:
total: 16.4 years
[see also: Median age - total country ranks ]
male:
16 years
female:
16.7 years (2012 est.)
Population growth rate:
3.02% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 11
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Birth rate:
46.6 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 2
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
Death rate:
13.9 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 13
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
Net migration rate:
-5.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 192
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
Urbanization:
urban population: 36% of total population (2010)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization:
4.4% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
Major cities - population:
BAMAKO (capital) 1.628 million (2009)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - at birth country ranks ]
under 15 years:
1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.91 male(s)/female
total population:
0.98 male(s)/female (2011 est.)
Maternal mortality rate:
540 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 16
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Infant mortality rate:
total: 108.7 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 2
male:
115.5 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
101.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 53.06 years
country comparison to the world: 207
male:
51.43 years
female:
54.73 years (2012 est.)
Total fertility rate:
6.35 children born/woman (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 2
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
Health expenditures:
7.5% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 65
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
Physicians density:
0.049 physicians/1,000 population (2008)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
Hospital bed density:
0.57 beds/1,000 population (2008)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
Sanitation facility access:
improved:
urban: 54% of population
rural: 32% of population
total: 36% of population
unimproved:
