africa • MLI
Mali
Location marker · geographic overview
17° N / 4° WTHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Bamako
- Population
- 24,478,595 2024
- Area
- 1,240,192 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- French
- Currency
- West African CFA franc (XOF)
- Geography
- Landlocked
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Mali
A landlocked country in the Sahel, Mali remains one of the poorest countries in the world, but it has wonderful musicians and some incredible sights, including four UNESCO World Heritage sites and the historic city of Timbuktu.
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-07-10. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Western Africa
- Calling code
- +223
- Internet domain
- .ml
- Land border codes
- DZA, BFA, GIN, CIV, MRT, NER, SEN
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the right side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .ml. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.