Mali People - 2005

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 est.)

Median age:
total: 16.35 years
male: 15.79 years
female: 16.92 years (2005 est.)

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
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.93 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.84 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2005 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 116.79 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 123.32 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 110.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 45.09 years
male: 44.69 years
female: 45.51 years (2005 est.)

See also: Healthy Life Expectancy

See also: Health Performance

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