Mali
Mali
Capital Bamako
1,240,192 km² · 25,198,821 people (2025) · West African CFA franc
The Niger River bends north into the Sahara here and spreads into the Inner Niger Delta, a seasonal wetland of up to 30,000 km² in the middle of dry country. Timbuktu sits at its northern edge, where the river comes closest to the desert caravan routes.
The facts
- Capital
- Bamako
- Area
- 1,240,192 km² — 478,841 sq mi
- Population
- 25,198,821 (2025)
- Density
- 20.3 people per km²
- Currency
- West African CFA franc (XOF, Fr)
- Official language
- French
- Time zone
- UTC+00:00
- Calling code
- +223
- Drives on the
- right
- ISO codes
- ML · MLI
- Continent
- Africa
How it compares
- By area
- 24 of 200
- By population
- 58 of 200
Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.
Countries of a similar size
| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Niger | 1,267,000 | 27,917,831 |
| Angola | 1,246,700 | 39,040,039 |
| Mali ← | 1,240,192 | 25,198,821 |
| South Africa | 1,219,090 | 64,747,319 |
| Colombia | 1,138,910 | 53,425,635 |
Common questions
- What is the capital of Mali?
- Bamako
- What currency does Mali use?
- The West African CFA franc (XOF).
- How big is Mali?
- 1,240,192 km², or 478,841 square miles — 24 of 200 by area.
- Which side of the road does Mali drive on?
- The right.
Related pages
- Niger 1,267,000 km²
- Angola 1,246,700 km²
- South Africa 1,219,090 km²
- Colombia 1,138,910 km²
- Nigeria Africa
- Ethiopia Africa
- Egypt Africa
- Democratic Republic of the Congo Africa
- Tanzania Africa
- South Africa Africa
- Kenya Africa
- Sudan Africa
Sources
- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)