Population growth — all countries

Population growth — Mali

Population growth in Mali in 2025 — 2.9%. Ranked 14 in the world out of 217. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 1.43 pp.

2025 2.9% −0.04 pp vs 2024
World rank 14of 217
Period maximum 3.29%2007
Period minimum 1.47%1961

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % per year

Population growth — Mali, 1961–202511.522.533.519611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 1.47%1963: 1.48%1965: 1.48%1967: 1.49%1969: 1.55%1971: 1.6%1973: 1.73%1975: 1.8%1977: 1.85%1979: 1.99%1981: 2.13%1983: 2.19%1985: 2%1987: 1.74%1989: 1.86%1991: 1.99%1993: 2.08%1995: 2.17%1997: 2.27%1999: 2.78%2001: 3.01%2003: 3.18%2005: 3.28%2007: 3.29%2009: 3.26%2011: 3.23%2013: 2.92%2015: 3.13%2017: 3.19%2019: 3.02%2021: 3.06%2023: 2.97%2025: 2.9%
Change over the period: +1.43 pp Annual average: 0.02 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Mali 2.9%
World 0.91%
Western Africa computed 2.23%
Low-income countries computed 2.66%
Population growth — Mali, by year Mali All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 2.9 −0.04 pp
2024 2.94 −0.03 pp
2023 2.97 −0.04 pp
2022 3.01 −0.05 pp
2021 3.06 +0.04 pp
2020 3.02 −0 pp
2019 3.02 −0.11 pp
2018 3.13 −0.06 pp
2017 3.19 +0.02 pp
2016 3.17 +0.04 pp
2015 3.13 −0.03 pp
2014 3.16 +0.24 pp
2013 2.92 +0 pp
2012 2.92 −0.31 pp
2011 3.23 −0.02 pp
2010 3.25 −0.01 pp
2009 3.26 −0.03 pp
2008 3.29 −0 pp
2007 3.29 +0.01 pp
2006 3.28 +0.01 pp
2005 3.28 +0.04 pp
2004 3.24 +0.06 pp
2003 3.18 +0.07 pp
2002 3.11 +0.1 pp
2001 3.01 +0.09 pp
2000 2.91 +0.13 pp
1999 2.78 +0.25 pp
1998 2.53 +0.26 pp
1997 2.27 +0.12 pp
1996 2.16 −0.01 pp
1995 2.17 +0.01 pp
1994 2.15 +0.07 pp
1993 2.08 +0.07 pp
1992 2.02 +0.03 pp
1991 1.99 +0.02 pp
1990 1.97 +0.11 pp
1989 1.86 +0.12 pp
1988 1.75 +0 pp
1987 1.74 −0.11 pp
1986 1.85 −0.15 pp
1985 2 −0.14 pp
1984 2.14 −0.05 pp
1983 2.19 +0.04 pp
1982 2.15 +0.02 pp
1981 2.13 +0.05 pp
1980 2.08 +0.09 pp
1979 1.99 +0.06 pp
1978 1.94 +0.09 pp
1977 1.85 +0.06 pp
1976 1.79 −0 pp
1975 1.8 +0.02 pp
1974 1.78 +0.04 pp
1973 1.73 +0.09 pp
1972 1.64 +0.04 pp
1971 1.6 +0.02 pp
1970 1.59 +0.04 pp
1969 1.55 +0.02 pp
1968 1.53 +0.03 pp
1967 1.49 +0.01 pp
1966 1.48 +0 pp
1965 1.48 +0.01 pp
1964 1.47 −0.01 pp
1963 1.48 −0 pp
1962 1.48 +0.01 pp
1961 1.47

About the indicator

The annual population growth rate is the change in population size over a year as a percent of the previous year. It takes in both natural increase (births minus deaths) and net migration. Negative values mean the population is shrinking; at 1% a year population doubles in about 70 years, at 2% in about 35.

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