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MALI
Republic of Mali
ML · MLI
INDEPENDENT 1960
HOME OF ANCIENT TIMBUKTU
POPULATION
24.5M
AREA
1,240,192 km²
CAPITAL
Bamako
CURRENCY
XOF
GDP / CAPITA
$900
TERRITORY
HIGHEST POINT
Hombori Tondo, 1,155 m
LOWEST POINT
Senegal River, 23 m
COASTLINE
Landlocked, 0 km
LAND BORDERS
7,908 km, 7 countries
TERRAIN
Mostly flat to rolling savanna in the south, Sahara desert plains in the north.
POSITION
CAPITAL COORDINATES
12.65°N, 8.00°W
TIME ZONE
GMT, UTC+0 — no daylight saving
NEIGHBORS
Algeria
Burkina Faso
Guinea
Ivory Coast
Mauritania
Niger
Senegal
GOVERNMENT & SOCIETY
GOVERNMENT
Transitional (military-led)
RELIGION
Islam, ~95%
LIFE EXPECTANCY
60 years
HDI
0.410 — Low (rank 186)
LANGUAGES
FrenchOFFICIAL
BambaraWIDELY SPOKEN
ECONOMY
KEY INDUSTRIES
Gold mining
Cotton ginning
Livestock processing
Food processing
TOP EXPORTS
Gold
Cotton
Livestock
TOP IMPORTS
Machinery
Petroleum products
Foodstuffs
LAND USE
Agricultural, 34%
Forest, 10%
Desert / other, 56%
POPULATION, 1970–2024
5.6M
1970
6.6M
1980
8.6M
1990
11.4M
2000
15.6M
2010
20.7M
2020
23.3M
2024
SOURCES: WORLD BANK · CIA WORLD FACTBOOK · NATURAL EARTH · ISO 4217
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