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Mali — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Mali, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
2.90%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · +97.9% since 1961
Population growth for Mali was 2.90% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 3.29% in 2007. The lowest was 1.47% in 1961 (about 2.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.07% per year.
Mali ranks 14 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 6%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 2.30%, so Mali sits above it. It peaked in 2007 and has fallen 12% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 7%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
2.90%
First (1961)
1.47%
Change
+97.9%
Highest
3.29%
in 2007
Lowest
1.47%
in 1961
Average
2.37%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.07%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.9% |
| 2024 | 2.94% |
| 2023 | 2.97% |
| 2022 | 3.01% |
| 2021 | 3.06% |
| 2020 | 3.02% |
| 2019 | 3.02% |
| 2018 | 3.13% |
| 2017 | 3.19% |
| 2016 | 3.17% |
| 2015 | 3.13% |
| 2014 | 3.16% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.