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How many babies are born in Mali?

1.01 million babies born in Mali in 2026. That is 0.76% of all births worldwide, and the 31st largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Mali: history and projections

10K100K1M 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Mali’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~9.2K ~220K 41.4 Modelled estimate
1000 ~29K ~720K 40.6 Modelled estimate
1500 ~45K ~1.1M 41.1 Modelled estimate
1800 ~60.7K ~1.4M 43.3 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~101K ~2.33M 43.3 Historical reconstruction
1950 244K 4.7M 52.0 UN estimate
2000 544K 11.6M 47.1 UN estimate
2023 951K 23.8M 40.0 UN estimate
2026 1.01M 25.9M 38.8 UN projection
2050 1.27M 46.2M 27.6 UN projection
2075 1.31M 66.6M 19.6 UN projection
2100 1.2M 79.4M 15.1 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Mali among estimates through 2023 were in 2023, at about 952K. That is roughly 103 times the estimated ~9.24K births a year in 1 CE.

At 5.33 children per woman, fertility in Mali is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Mali each year?

An estimated 1.01 million babies are born in Mali in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 2,750 a day and 0.76% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Mali?

Mali has an estimated 38.8 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 5.33 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.