Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Mali

Total fertility rate in Mali in 2024 — 5.51 births. Ranked 6 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 21.5%.

2024 5.51 births −1.85% vs 2023
World rank 6of 217
Period maximum 7.37 births1980
Period minimum 5.51 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Mali, 1960–20245.566.577.519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 7.02 births1962: 7.04 births1964: 7.06 births1966: 7.11 births1968: 7.16 births1970: 7.18 births1972: 7.22 births1974: 7.23 births1976: 7.27 births1978: 7.32 births1980: 7.37 births1982: 7.32 births1984: 7.26 births1986: 7.31 births1988: 7.32 births1990: 7.31 births1992: 7.24 births1994: 7.12 births1996: 7.01 births1998: 6.94 births2000: 6.89 births2002: 6.82 births2004: 6.74 births2006: 6.68 births2008: 6.62 births2010: 6.58 births2012: 6.52 births2014: 6.44 births2016: 6.32 births2018: 6.12 births2020: 5.85 births2022: 5.69 births2024: 5.51 births
Change over the period: −1.51 (−21.5%) Average annual rate: -0.38 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Mali

Mali 5.51 births
World 2.19 births
Sub-Saharan Africa 4.26 births
Western Africa computed 4.37 births
Low-income countries computed 4.48 births
Total fertility rate — Mali, by year Mali All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 5.51 −0.1 −1.85%
2023 5.61 −0.08 −1.37%
2022 5.69 −0.09 −1.51%
2021 5.78 −0.07 −1.21%
2020 5.85 −0.04 −0.71%
2019 5.89 −0.23 −3.69%
2018 6.12 −0.13 −2.13%
2017 6.25 −0.07 −1.08%
2016 6.32 −0.07 −1.03%
2015 6.39 −0.06 −0.87%
2014 6.44 −0.05 −0.77%
2013 6.49 −0.03 −0.49%
2012 6.52 −0.02 −0.34%
2011 6.55 −0.03 −0.52%
2010 6.58 −0.01 −0.2%
2009 6.59 −0.03 −0.48%
2008 6.62 −0.02 −0.35%
2007 6.65 −0.03 −0.45%
2006 6.68 −0.03 −0.46%
2005 6.71 −0.03 −0.49%
2004 6.74 −0.04 −0.62%
2003 6.78 −0.04 −0.53%
2002 6.82 −0.03 −0.48%
2001 6.85 −0.03 −0.49%
2000 6.89 −0.02 −0.36%
1999 6.91 −0.03 −0.36%
1998 6.94 −0.04 −0.5%
1997 6.97 −0.04 −0.56%
1996 7.01 −0.04 −0.6%
1995 7.05 −0.07 −0.94%
1994 7.12 −0.06 −0.85%
1993 7.18 −0.06 −0.79%
1992 7.24 −0.04 −0.59%
1991 7.28 −0.03 −0.42%
1990 7.31 −0.02 −0.27%
1989 7.33 +0.01 +0.1%
1988 7.32 +0.01 +0.16%
1987 7.31 +0 +0.01%
1986 7.31 +0.05 +0.69%
1985 7.26 +0 +0.07%
1984 7.26 −0.02 −0.27%
1983 7.28 −0.04 −0.6%
1982 7.32 −0.04 −0.61%
1981 7.37 +0 +0%
1980 7.37 +0.02 +0.23%
1979 7.35 +0.03 +0.4%
1978 7.32 +0.02 +0.27%
1977 7.3 +0.03 +0.37%
1976 7.27 +0.02 +0.26%
1975 7.25 +0.03 +0.35%
1974 7.23 +0 +0.07%
1973 7.22 +0 +0.06%
1972 7.22 +0.02 +0.22%
1971 7.2 +0.02 +0.31%
1970 7.18 +0.01 +0.08%
1969 7.18 +0.02 +0.22%
1968 7.16 +0.02 +0.32%
1967 7.14 +0.03 +0.35%
1966 7.11 +0.03 +0.42%
1965 7.08 +0.03 +0.37%
1964 7.06 +0.01 +0.13%
1963 7.05 +0.01 +0.11%
1962 7.04 +0.01 +0.1%
1961 7.03 +0.01 +0.17%
1960 7.02

About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.