ltivated Sudanese; the central, semiarid Sahelian; and the
northern, arid Saharan

People
Mali

Population:

12,324,029 (July 2008 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years: 48.2% (male 3,004,003/female 2,937,138)
15-64 years: 48.7% (male 2,976,314/female 3,028,433)
65 years and over: 3.1% (male 150,597/female 227,544) (2008 est.)

Median age:

total: 15.8 years
male: 15.4 years
female: 16.2 years (2008 est.)

Population growth rate:

2.725% (2008 est.)

Birth rate:

49.38 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Death rate:

16.16 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate:

-5.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.66 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2008 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

total: 103.83 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 113.41 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 93.97 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 49.94 years
male: 48 years
female: 51.94 years (2008 est.)

Total fertility rate:

7.34 children born/woman (2008 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

1.9% (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

140,000 (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:

12,000 (2003 est.)

Major infectious diseases:

degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea,
hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: malaria
water contact disease: schistosomiasis
respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis (2008)

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%

Religions:

Muslim 90%, Christian 1%, indigenous beliefs 9%

Languages:

French (official), Bambara 80%, numerous African languages

Literacy:

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 46.4%
male: 53.5%
female: 39.6% (2003 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):

total: 7 years
male: 8 years
female: 5 years (2005)

Education expenditures:

4.5% of GDP (2006)

Government
Mali

Country name:

conventional long form: Republic of Mali
conventional short form: Mali
local long form: Republique de Mali
local short form: Mali
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