Mali

• Area: 1,240,192 sq. km (478,841 sq. mi.)
• Population: 17,467,108 (2016 est.)
• Population growth rate: 2.96% (2016 est.)
• Life expectancy: 55.8 years (2016)
• Languages: French (official), Bambara 46.3%, Peul/Foulfoulbe 9.4%, Dogon 7.2%, Maraka/Soninke 6.4%, Malinke 5.6%, Sonrhai/Djerma 5.6%, Minianka 4.3%, Tamacheq 3.5%
• Religions: Muslim 94.8%, Christian 2.4%, Animist 2%, none 0.5%, unspecified 0.3%
• Formal name: Republic of Mali
• Alternate names: French Sudan, Republic of Mali, République du Mali, République Soudanaise, Soudan, Soudan Français, Soudanese Republic, Sudán Francés
• Government type: semi-presidential republic
• Leaders: chief of state: President Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA; head of government: Prime Minister Modibo KEITA
• Capital: Bamako
• Administrative divisions: 8 regions and 1 district
• GDP per capita (PPP): $2,200 (2015 est.)
• Exports: cotton, gold, livestock
• Imports: petroleum, machinery and equipment, construction materials, foodstuffs, textiles
• Currency: West African CFA franc (XOF)

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