Africa · Capital Bamako

Mali

Mali's best placing is 23rd of 194 for land area.

Best placing: #23Land area
Top 10 placings: 0 / 16
Population: 25.2 million
Land area: 1.2 million km²

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Land area

#23 of 194

1,220,190 km² of land

8th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Land area per person

#30 of 194

0.048 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Forest

#47 of 194

132,960 km² of forest

16th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Population

#58 of 195

25,198,821 people

19th in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Forest per person

#66 of 194

0.0053 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

GDP

#110 of 182

30,069,148,581 US$ (current prices)

20th in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Airports

#118 of 193

30 airports

29th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Forest by area

#150 of 194

10.9 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Railways

#109 of 135

593 km of railway

29th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Population by area

#165 of 194

20.65 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Rainfall

#154 of 179

282 mm of precipitation per year

44th in Africa · World Bank · 2022

Airports per person

#166 of 192

1.19 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

GDP per person

#164 of 182

1,193 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Railways per person

#123 of 134

23.53 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Railways by area

#129 of 133

0.49 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Airports by area

#187 of 191

0.25 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

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