Mali People:
Population:
12,291,529 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 47.1% (male:2,910,944; female:2,876,010)
15-64 years: 50% (male:2,955,496; female:3,185,666)
65 years and over: 3% (male:165,867; female:197,546) (2005)
Median age:
total: 16.35 years
male: 15.79 years
female: 16.92 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
2.74% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
46.77 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
19.05 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.33 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 0.93 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.84 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 116.79 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 123.32 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 110.07 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 45.09 years (2005 est.)
male: 44.69 years
female: 45.51 years
Total fertility rate:
6.5 children born/woman (2005 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 is a high risk in some locations
water contact disease: schistosomiasis
respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis (2004)
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%, indigenous beliefs 9%, Christian 1%
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)
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