Mali: Fact file
| Country Name | Republic of Mali |
| Area | 1 240 000 sq km |
| Capital | Bamako |
| Major towns | Sikasso, Ségou |
| Boundaries | Algeria, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal |
| Population | 13 124 000, 2004 (UNDP 2006) |
| Pop growth | 2.9%, 2004-15 (UNDP 2006) |
| Urbanisation | 29.9%, 2004 (UNDP 2006) |
| Life Expectancy | Female 48.7 yrs, male 47.4 yrs, 2004 (UNDP 2006) |
| Infant mortality | 121/1000, 2004 (UNDP 2006) |
| HIV/AIDS prevalence | 1.7%, 2006 (UNAIDS 2006) |
| Adult literacy rate | Female 11.9%, male 26.7%, 2004 (UNDP 2006) |
| Legal System | Based on French civil law system and customary law |
| Independence | 22 September 1960 (from France) |
| GDP | US$6.007 billion, 2006 est (IMF 2006) |
| GDP per capita | US$470.58, 2006 est (IMF 2006) |
| GDP growth | 5.1%, 2006 est (IMF 2006) |
| Exports | Tea, horticultural products, coffee, petroleum products, fish, cement |
| Currency | 1 West African CFA franc = 100 centimes |
| Unemployment | No data |
| Inflation | 1.9%, 2006 est (IMF 2006) |
| External debt ratio | 26.7% of GDP, 2006 (IMF 2007) |
| Ethnic groups | Mande (Bambara, Malinke, and Soninke) 50%, Peul 17%, Voltaic 12%, Tuareg and Moor 10%, Songhai 6%, others 5% (Centre for Intercultural Learning 2006) |
| Languages | Official: French; National: Bamanankan, Bomu, Tieyaxo Bozo, Toro So Dogon, Maasina Fulfulde, Hasanya Arabic, Mamara Senoufo, Kita Maninkakan, Soninke, Koyraboro Senni Songhay, Syenara Senoufo, Tamasheq, Xaasongaxango; 36 others (Ethnologue.com Undated) |
| Religion | Muslims 81.9%, African Traditional Religions 16.0%, Christian 2.0% (Religious Freedom 2001) |
References
CENTRE FOR INTERCULTURAL LEARNING 2006 "Mali" IN Country Insights, [www] http://www.intercultures.ca/cil-cai/country_overview-en.asp?lvl=8&ISO=ML [opens new window].
ETHNOLOGUE.COM UNDATED "Languages of Mali" [www] http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=ML [opens new window].
IMF 2007 Regional Economic Outlook: Sub-Saharan Africa, [www] http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/reo/2007/AFR/ENG/sreo0407.pdf, 100 [PDF document, opens new window].
IMF 2006 World Economic Outlook Database, [www] http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2006/02/data/index.aspx [opens new window].
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 2001 "Nation profile: Mali", [www] http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/nationprofiles/Mali/rbodies.html [opens new window].
UNAIDS 2006 "Mali", [www] http://www.unaids.org/en/Regions_Countries/Countries/mali.asp [opens in window].
UNDP 2006 "Mali", IN Human Development Report 2006, [www] http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/statistics/countries/data_sheets/cty_ds_MLI.html [opens new window].