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  • Population......................................................................11,995,402 (July 2007 est.)
  • Population growth rate ..............................................................2.681% (2007 est.)
  • Birth rate....................................................49.61 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
  • Death rate.................................................16.51 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
  • Net migration rate...............................-6.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
  • Ethnic groups..........Mande 50% (Bambara, Malinke, Soninke), Peul 17%, Voltaic 12%, Songhai 6%, Tuareg and Moor 10%, other 5%
Country Profile
Mali: Seeking Opportunity Abroad
Sally E. Findley of Columbia University examines Malians' age-old solution to their economic difficulties: migration.
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Other Resources

Mali National Directorate of Statistics and Informatics
http://www.dnsi.gov.ml/

US Census Bureau International Data Base
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/
Neighboring Countries

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Mauritania
Senegal
Guinea
Côte d'Ivoire
Burkina Faso
Niger
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