Editing Demographics of Mali (section)

== Population ==
In {{UN_Population|Year}}, Mali's population was an estimated {{#expr:{{replace|{{UN_Population|Mali}}|,||}}/1e6 round 1}} million{{UN_Population|ref}}, with an annual growth rate of 2.7%.<ref name=cia>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070613025059/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/ml.html CIA world factbook].</ref> This figure can be  compared to 4,638,000 in 1950.<ref name="WPP 2010"/> The population is predominantly [[rural]] (68% in 2002), and 5–10% of Malians are [[nomad]]ic.<ref name=cp>[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles/Mali.pdf Mali country profile]. [[Library of Congress]] [[Federal Research Division]] (January 2005). ''This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the [[public domain]].''</ref> More than 90% of the population lives in the southern part of the country, especially in [[Bamako]], which has over 1 million residents.<ref name=cp/>

In 2007, about 48% of Malians were less than 15 years old, 49% were 15–64 years old, and 3% were 65 and older.<ref name=cia/> The median age was 15.9 years.<ref name=cia/> The [[birth rate]] in 2007 was 49.6 births per 1,000, and the [[total fertility rate]] was 7.4 children per woman.<ref name=cia/>

The [[death rate]] in 2007 was 16.5 deaths per 1,000.<ref name=cia/> [[Life expectancy]] at birth was 49.5 years total (47.6 for males and 51.5 for females).<ref name=cia/> Mali has one of the [[List of countries by infant mortality rate|world's highest rates]] of [[infant mortality]],<ref name=cp/> with 106 deaths per 1,000 live births.<ref name=cia/>

The proportion of the population aged below 15 in 2010 was 47.2%.<ref name="WPP 2010"/> 50.6%  of the population were aged between 15 and 65 years of age. 2.2% of the population were aged 65 years or older.<ref name="WPP 2010">[http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506065230/http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm |date=May 6, 2011 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
!
! width="80" |Total population
! width="80" |Population aged 0–14 (%)
! width="80" |Population aged 15–64 (%)
! width="80" |Population aged 65+ (%)
|-
| 1950
|4 638 000||38.9||58.3||2.8
|-
| 1955
|4 928 000||40.1||57.4||2.5
|-
| 1960
|5 248 000||40.5||57.2||2.3
|-
| 1965
|5 597 000||41.5||56.2||2.3
|-
| 1970
|6 034 000||42.3||55.2||2.4
|-
| 1975
|6 604 000||43.3||54.1||2.6
|-
| 1980
|7 246 000||44.6||52.6||2.8
|-
| 1985
|8 010 000||45.8||51.3||2.9
|-
| 1990
|8 673 000||47.5||49.5||3.0
|-
| 1995
|9 825 000||47.4||49.9||2.8
|-
| 2000
|11 295 000||47.2||50.3||2.5
|-
| 2005
|13 177 000||47.1||50.6||2.3
|-
| 2010
|15 370 000||47.2||50.6||2.2
|}

=== Structure of the population ===
Structure of the population (census January 2009):<ref name="unstats.un.org">{{Cite web|url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm|title=United Nations Statistics Division - Demographic and Social Statistics|website=unstats.un.org|access-date=2017-08-27}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80" |Age Group
! width="80" |Male
! width="80" |Female
! width="80" |Total
! width="80" |%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 7 204 990
| align="right" | 7 323 672
| align="right" | 14 528 662
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0-4
| align="right" | 1 328 871
| align="right" | 1 294 514
| align="right" | 2 623 385
| align="right" | 18.06
|-
| align="right" | 5-9
| align="right" | 1 202 875
| align="right" | 1 154 948
| align="right" | 2 357 823
| align="right" | 16.23
|-
| align="right" | 10-14
| align="right" | 918 866
| align="right" | 865 138
| align="right" | 1 784 004
| align="right" | 12.28
|-
| align="right" | 15-19
| align="right" | 732 526
| align="right" | 783 620
| align="right" | 1 516 146
| align="right" | 10.44
|-
| align="right" | 20-24
| align="right" | 529 535
| align="right" | 612 368
| align="right" | 1 141 903
| align="right" | 7.86
|-
| align="right" | 25-29
| align="right" | 449 099
| align="right" | 546 603
| align="right" | 995 702
| align="right" | 6.85
|-
| align="right" | 30-34
| align="right" | 385 003
| align="right" | 427 795
| align="right" | 812 798
| align="right" | 5.59
|-
| align="right" | 35-39
| align="right" | 325 005
| align="right" | 326 894
| align="right" | 651 949
| align="right" | 4.49
|-
| align="right" | 40-44
| align="right" | 271 239
| align="right" | 275 364
| align="right" | 546 603
| align="right" | 3.76
|-
| align="right" | 45-49
| align="right" | 228 626
| align="right" | 217 261
| align="right" | 445 887
| align="right" | 3.07
|-
| align="right" | 50-54
| align="right" | 189 424
| align="right" | 192 382
| align="right" | 381 806
| align="right" | 2.63
|-
| align="right" | 55-59
| align="right" | 148 594
| align="right" | 134 083
| align="right" | 282 677
| align="right" | 1.95
|-
| align="right" | 60-64
| align="right" | 127 557
| align="right" | 123 461
| align="right" | 251 018
| align="right" | 1.73
|-
| align="right" | 65-69
| align="right" | 88 292
| align="right" | 77 082
| align="right" | 165 374
| align="right" | 1.14
|-
| align="right" | 70-74
| align="right" | 67 319
| align="right" | 66 063
| align="right" | 133 382
| align="right" | 0.92
|-
| align="right" | 75-79
| align="right" | 40 904
| align="right" | 36 197
| align="right" | 77 101
| align="right" | 0.53
|-
| align="right" | 80+
| align="right" | 41 992
| align="right" | 43 602
| align="right" | 85 594
| align="right" | 0.59
|-
| align="right" | unknown
| align="right" | 129 213
| align="right" | 146 297
| align="right" | 275 510
| align="right" | 1.90
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80" |Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0-14
| align="right" | 3 450 612
| align="right" | 3 314 600
| align="right" | 6 765 212
| align="right" | 46.56
|-
| align="right" | 15-64
| align="right" | 3 386 658
| align="right" | 3 639 831
| align="right" | 7 026 489
| align="right" | 48.36
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 238 507
| align="right" | 222 944
| align="right" | 461 451
| align="right" | 3.18
|-
|}

Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (January 2018):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2020/|title=UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 9 631 376
| align="right" | 9 786 721
| align="right" | 19 418 097
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 1 824 718
| align="right" | 1 854 149
| align="right" | 3 678 867
| align="right" | 18.95
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 1 481 610
| align="right" | 1 505 507
| align="right" | 2 987 117
| align="right" | 15.38
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 1 235 790 
| align="right" | 1 255 722
| align="right" | 2 491 512
| align="right" | 12.83
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 1 027 744
| align="right" | 1 044 321
| align="right" | 2 072 065
| align="right" | 10.67
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 872 370
| align="right" | 886 440
| align="right" | 1 758 810
| align="right" | 9.06
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 740 900
| align="right" | 752 850
| align="right" | 1 493 750
| align="right" | 7.69
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 608 309
| align="right" | 618 121
| align="right" | 1 226 430
| align="right" | 6.32
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 481 340
| align="right" | 489 104
| align="right" | 970 444
| align="right" | 5.00
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 363 798
| align="right" | 369 665
| align="right" | 733 463
| align="right" | 3.78
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 270 771
| align="right" | 275 138
| align="right" | 545 909
| align="right" | 2.81
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 211 869
| align="right" | 215 287
| align="right" | 427 156
| align="right" | 2.20
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 172 475
| align="right" | 175 257
| align="right" | 347 731
| align="right" | 1.79
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 127 886
| align="right" | 129 949
| align="right" | 257 835
| align="right" | 1.33
|-
| align="right" | 65-69
| align="right" | 103 184
| align="right" | 104 848
| align="right" | 208 033
| align="right" | 1.07
|-
| align="right" | 70-74
| align="right" | 60 828
| align="right" | 61 809
| align="right" | 122 637
| align="right" | 0.63
|-
| align="right" | 75-79
| align="right" | 31 964
| align="right" | 32 479
| align="right" | 64 443
| align="right" | 0.33
|-
| align="right" | 80+
| align="right" | 15 820
| align="right" | 16 075
| align="right" | 31 895
| align="right" | 0.16
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 4 542 118
| align="right" | 4 615 378
| align="right" | 9 157 496
| align="right" | 47.16
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 4 877 462
| align="right" | 4 956 132
| align="right" | 9 833 594
| align="right" | 50.64
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 211 796
| align="right" | 215 211
| align="right" | 427 007
| align="right" | 2.20
|-
|}