Mali

Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
19,107,706 1
Urban
42.40% 1
Rural
57.60% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
2.1% 2
Homicides
10.82 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
116 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
138 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5
Fertility Rate
6.14 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
11.50% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
51 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
31.10% 6
Internet Users
7% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$610 6
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
49.3% 6
  • 1 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition.
  • 2 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2015 revision.
  • 3 United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Homicide Statistics 2015.
  • 4 Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index 2016.
  • 5 World Economic Forum, The Global Gender Gap Report, 2016.
  • 6 UNICEF, State of the World's Children, 2016.

These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022). The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.

Baptized Catholics
453,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
2.54
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
2,174
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
1,945
First Communions per Year
2,449
Confirmations per Year
2,383
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
22,274
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
17,184
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
901
Church Marriages per Year
802
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
483
Priests
177
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
275
Catholics per Priest
2,557
Parishes
48
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
117
Catholic Hospitals
7
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
2