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Also Known As | République du Mali • Republic of Mali |
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Head Of State And Government | President: Col. Assimi Goita (interim), assisted by Prime Minister: Maj. Gen. Abdoulaye Maïga (interim)1 |
Capital | Bamako |
Population | (2024 est.) 23,948,000 |
Form Of Government | transitional government with one legislative body (transitional council [121])1 |
Official Language | See footnote 2. |
Official Religion | none |
Official Name | République du Mali (Republic of Mali) |
Total Area (Sq Km) | 1,241,238 |
Total Area (Sq Mi) | 479,242 |
Monetary Unit | CFA franc (CFAF) |
Population Rank | (2023) 61 |
Population Projection 2030 | 28,020,000 |
Density: Persons Per Sq Mi | (2024) 50 |
Density: Persons Per Sq Km | (2024) 19.3 |
Urban-Rural Population | Urban: (2020) 42.7% • Rural: (2020) 57.3% |
Life Expectancy At Birth | Male: (2022) 60.2 years • Female: (2022) 64.7 years |
Literacy: Percentage Of Population Age 15 And Over Literate | Male: (2020) 40% • Female: (2020) 22% |
Gni (U.S.$ ’000,000) | (2023) 20,056 |
Gni Per Capita (U.S.$) | (2023) 860 |
1On August 18, 2020, military troops arrested Pres. Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta and Prime Minister Boubou Cissé. Keïta dissolved the government and the National Assembly and resigned. The National Committee for the Salvation of the People, a military junta, assumed control of the government. In September a transitional charter was created that provided for a transitional government to rule for no more than 18 months. The government was to be led by an interim president and prime minister and would have a 121-member transitional council to serve as the legislative body. The president was inaugurated on September 25, and he appointed the prime minister, who took office on September 28. The leader of the military junta, Col. Assimi Goita, became interim vice president. On May 24, 2021, the interim president and prime minister were detained by the military and resigned two days later. Goita assumed the presidency. He appointed a new interim prime minister, Choguel Maïga, a civilian, who took office on June 7. He was dismissed on November 20, 2024, and replaced by Maj. Gen. Abdoulaye Maïga, who took office on November 22.2Under Mali’s 2023 constitution, the country’s 13 national languages (Bambara, Bobo, Bozo, Dogon, Fula, Hasanya, Kassonke, Malinke, Mamara, Senufo, Songhai, Soninke, and Tamasheq) were deemed official languages. The status of the country’s previous official language, French, was changed to that of a working language. |
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