Mali People 2007

Population:
11,995,402 (July 2007 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 48.2% (male 2,921,914/female 2,853,976)
15-64 years: 48.8% (male 2,891,494/female 2,959,142)
65 years and over: 3.1% (male 149,301/female 219,575) (2007 est.)

Median age:
total: 15.9 years
male: 15.4 years
female: 16.3 years (2007 est.)

Population growth rate:
2.681% (2007 est.)

Birth rate:
49.61 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Death rate:
16.51 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Net migration rate:
-6.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.024 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.977 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.68 male(s)/female
total population: 0.988 male(s)/female (2007 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 105.65 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 115.29 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 95.72 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 49.51 years
male: 47.6 years
female: 51.46 years (2007 est.)

See also: Healthy Life Expectancy

See also: Health Performance

Total fertility rate:
7.38 children born/woman (2007 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 (2007)

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%, Christian 1%, indigenous beliefs 9%

Languages:
French (official), Bambara 80%, numerous African languages