Mali#
Present-day Mali is named after the Mali Empire that ruled the region between the 13th and 16th centuries.
Government type: semi-presidential republic. Chief of state: Transition President Assimi GOITA (since 7 June 2021).
Facts#
Capital |
Bamako |
Region |
interior Western Africa, southwest of Algeria, north of Guinea, Cote d’Ivoire, and Burkina Faso, west of Niger |
Area |
total : 1,240,192 sq km; land: 1,220,190 sq km; water: 20,002 sq km |
Population |
22,634,423 (2025 est.) |
Languages |
Bambara (official), French 17.2%, Peuhl/Foulfoulbe/Fulani 9.4%, Dogon 7.2%, Maraka/Soninke 6.4%, Malinke 5.6%, Sonrhai/Djerma 5.6%, Minianka 4.3%, Tamacheq 3.5%, Senoufo 2.6%, Bobo 2.1%, other 6.3%, unspecified 0.7% (2009 est.) |
Currency |
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) |
Time zone |
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ccTLD |
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Refugees#
Camps hosting refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced persons (IDPs) inside the country. Operators use this to track population movement, NGO and UN footprint, humanitarian access corridors, and the political pressure conflict generates on the host. Cross-reference UNHCR Operational Data Portal, IOM DTM, and ReliefWeb before relying on the entry.
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