Environment-international agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Nuclear Test Ban
Geography-note: landlocked
@Mali:People
Population: 10,108,569 (July 1998 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 47% (male 2,405,624; female 2,383,728) 15-64 years: 49% (male 2,367,538; female 2,628,399) 65 years and over: 4% (male 152,999; female 170,281) (July 1998 est.)
Population growth rate: 3.24% (1998 est.)
Birth rate: 49.88 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Death rate: 19.04 deaths/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Net migration rate: 1.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.9 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.89 male(s)/female (1998 est.)