Geography - note:
landlocked; divided into three natural zones: the southern,
cultivated Sudanese; the central, semiarid Sahelian; and the
northern, arid Saharan
People Mali
Population:
11,626,219 (July 2003 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 47.2% (male 2,759,802; female 2,727,226)
15-64 years: 49.8% (male 2,771,532; female 3,017,348)
65 years and over: 3% (male 161,983; female 188,328) (2003 est.)
Median age:
total: 16.3 years
male: 15.7 years
female: 16.9 years (2002)
Population growth rate:
2.82% (2003 est.)
Birth rate:
47.79 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Death rate:
19.21 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.86 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2003 est.)