Ancient Mali Family Portrait

Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is the eighth-largest country in Africa, with an area of over 1,240,192 square kilometres. The country is bordered to the north by Algeria, to the east by Niger, to the northwest by Mauritania, to the south by Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast, and to the west by Guinea and Senegal. The popula…
Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is the eighth-largest country in Africa, with an area of over 1,240,192 square kilometres. The country is bordered to the north by Algeria, to the east by Niger, to the northwest by Mauritania, to the south by Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast, and to the west by Guinea and Senegal. The population of Mali is about 23.29 million 47.19% of which are estimated to be under the age of 15 in 2024. Its capital and largest city is Bamako. The country has 13 official languages, of which Bambara is the most commonly spoken.
  • Official languages: 13 national languages · Bambara · Bobo · Hassaniya Arabic · Bozo · Dogon, Toro So · Fula · Kassonke · Maninke · Minyanka · Senufo, Senara · Songhay, Koyraboro Senni · Soninke · Tamasheq
  • Spoken languages: Bambara · Fula · Arabic · Soninke · Songhay · Mandinka · Minyanka · Tamasheq · Senufo · Bobo · Bozo · Kassonke · Samogo · Dafing · Dogon
  • Ethnic groups: 33.3% Bambara · 13.3% Fula · 9.6% Soninke · 9.6% Senufo / Bwa · 8.8% Malinke · 8.7% Dogon · 5.9% Songhai · 3.5% Tuareg · 2.1% Bobo · 4.5% other
  • Government: Unitary presidential republic under a military junta
  • Legislature: National Assembly
  • Capital and largest city: Bamako
  • Currency: West African CFA franc (XOF)

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Data from: en.wikipedia.org