Mali

Republic of MaliRepublique de Mali

republicIndependence 22 September 1960 (from France)

Mali as the 2004 edition of the CIA World Factbook published it: 114 fields, one of 36 editions from 1990 to 2025.

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CapitalBamako

Position17 00 N, 4 00 W

Area1.24 million sq km

LocationWestern Africa, southwest of Algeria

Populationas each edition published it

11.96 million July 2004 est. · 8.14m in 1990

Population growth% a year

2.78% 2004 est. · 2.66% in 1993

Median ageyears

16.3 years 2004 est. · 16.3 yrs in 2003

Life expectancyyears at birth

45.28 years 2004 est. · 45.45 yrs in 1993

Fertility ratechildren per woman

6.58 children per woman 2004 est. · 7.1 in 1990

Infant mortalitydeaths per 1,000 live births

117.99 deaths per 1,000 live births 2004 est. · 116 in 1990

GDP per capitaeach edition's own dollars

$900 2003 est. · $265 in 1993

GDP real growth% a year

0.5% 2003 est. · -0.2% in 1993

Introduction

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Background

The Sudanese Republic and Senegal became independent of France in 1960 as the Mali Federation. When Senegal withdrew after only a few months, what formerly made up the Sudanese Republic was renamed Mali. Rule by dictatorship was brought to a close in 1991 with a transitional government and in 1992 when Mali's first democratic presidential election was held. After his reelection in 1997, President Alpha KONARE continued to push through political and economic reforms and to fight corruption. In keeping with Mali's two-term constitutional limit, he stepped down in 2002 and was succeeded by Amadou TOURE.

Geography

Western Africa, southwest of Algeria

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Land use(2001)

arable land 3.82%permanent crops 0.03%other 96.15% (2001)irrigated 1,380 sq km (1998 est.)

Area

1.24million sq km

land: 1.22 million sq kmwater: 20,000 sq kmslightly less than twice the size of Texas

Coastline

0km

(landlocked)Maritime claims: none (landlocked)

Highest point

1,155m

Hombori Tondolowest point: Senegal River 23 m

Land boundaries

7,243km

border countries: Algeria 1,376 km, Burkina Faso 1,000 km, Guinea 858 km, Cote d'Ivoire 532 km, Mauritania 2,237 km, Niger 821 km, Senegal 419 km

Location

Western Africa, southwest of Algeria

Geographic coordinates

17 00 N, 4 00 W

Map references

Africa

Climate

subtropical to arid;
hot and dry February to June;
rainy, humid, and mild June to November;
cool and dry November to February

Terrain

mostly flat to rolling northern plains covered by sand; savanna in south, rugged hills in northeast

Natural resources

gold, phosphates, kaolin, salt, limestone, uranium, hydropower note: bauxite, iron ore, manganese, tin, and copper deposits are known but not exploited

Natural hazards

hot, dust-laden harmattan haze common during dry seasons;
recurring droughts;
occasional Niger River flooding

Environment - current issues

deforestation;
soil erosion;
desertification;
inadequate supplies of potable water;
poaching

Environment - international agreements

party to:: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified:: none of the selected agreements

Geography - note

landlocked;
divided into three natural zones: the southern, cultivated Sudanese;
the central, semiarid Sahelian;
and the northern, arid Saharan

People

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Population

11,956,788

(July 2004 est.)growth rate: 2.78% (2004 est.)

Per 1,000 population(2004 est.)

Birth

47.29Death

19.12Net migration

-0.33

Male · female

TotalMale · femaleLife expectancy years (2004 est.)45.28

44.7 · 45.87Infant mortality deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)117.99

124.51 · 111.27

TotalMale · femaleLiteracy (2003 est.)46.4%

53.5% · 39.6%Median age years (2004 est.)16.3

15.7 · 16.9

MaleFemaleLiteracy definition: age 15 and over can read and write

Ethnic groups

Mande 50% (Bambara, Malinke, Soninke)Peul 17%Voltaic 12%Songhai 6%Tuareg and Moor 10%other 5%

Religions

Muslim 90%indigenous beliefs 9%Christian 1%

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

1.9%

(2003 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years:: 47.1% (male 2,835,378; female 2,801,578)
15-64 years:: 49.9% (male 2,862,075; female 3,101,009)
65 years and over:: 3% (male 163,927; female 192,821) (2004 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth:: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years:: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years:: 0.92 male(s)/female
65 years and over:: 0.85 male(s)/female
total population:: 0.96 male(s)/female (2004 est.)

Total fertility rate

6.58 children born/woman (2004 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

140,000 (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

12,000 (2003 est.)

Nationality

noun:: Malian(s)
adjective:: Malian

Languages

French (official), Bambara 80%, numerous African languages

Government

Republic; President Amadou Toumani TOURE (since 8 June 2002); Prime Minister Ousmane Issoufi MAIGA (since 30 April 2004)

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Presidential electionpercent of vote

64.4%

Amadou Toumani TOURE 64.4%Soumaila CISSE 35.6%election last held 12 May 2002 (next to be held NA May 2007)

National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale, 147 seats, elected 14 July and 28 July 2002one dot, one seat

Hope 2002 coalition 66ADEMA 51other 30

Country name

conventional long form:: Republic of Mali
conventional short form:: Mali
local long form:: Republique de Mali
local short form:: Mali
former:: French Sudan and Sudanese Republic

Government type

republic

Capital

Bamako

Administrative divisions

8 regions (regions, singular - region); Gao, Kayes, Kidal, Koulikoro, Mopti, Segou, Sikasso, Tombouctou

Independence

22 September 1960 (from France)

National holiday

Independence Day, 22 September (1960)

Constitution

adopted 12 January 1992

Legal system

based on French civil law system and customary law;
judicial review of legislative acts in Constitutional Court (which was formally established on 9 March 1994);
has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Suffrage

18 years of age; universal

Executive branch

chief of state:: President Amadou Toumani TOURE (since 8 June 2002)
head of government:: Prime Minister Ousmane Issoufi MAIGA (since 30 April 2004)
cabinet:: Council of Ministers appointed by the prime minister
elections:: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term (two-term limit);
election last held 12 May 2002 (next to be held NA May 2007);
prime minister appointed by the president
election results:: Amadou Toumani TOURE elected president; percent of vote - Amadou Toumani TOURE 64.4%, Soumaila CISSE 35.6%

Legislative branch

unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (147 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)

elections:: last held 14 July and 28 July 2002 (next to be held NA July 2007)
election results:: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Hope 2002 coalition 66, ADEMA 51, other 30

Judicial branch

Supreme Court or Cour Supreme

Political parties and leaders

Alliance for Democracy or ADEMA [Diounconda TRAORE, party chairman];
Block of Alternative for the Renewal of Africa or BARA [Yoro DIAKITE];
Democratic and Social Convention or CDS [Mamadou Bakary SANGARE, chairman];
Hope 2002 [leader NA];
Movement for the Independence, Renaissance and Integration of Africa or MIRIA [Mohamed Lamine TRAORE, Mouhamedou DICKO];
National Congress for Democratic Initiative or CNID [Mountaga TALL, chairman];
Party for Democracy and Progress or PDP [Me Idrissa TRAORE];
Party for National Renewal or PARENA [Yoro DIAKITE, chairman; Tiebile DRAME, secretary general];
Rally for Democracy and Labor or RDT [Ali GNANGADO];
Rally for Democracy and Progress or RDP [Almamy SYLLA, chairman];
Rally for Mali or RPM [Ibrahim Bonbasor KEITA, chairman];
Sudanese Union/African Democratic Rally or US/RDA [Mamadou Bamou TOURE, secretary general];
Union of Democratic Forces for Progress or UFDP [Youssouf TOURE, secretary general];
Union for Democracy and Development or UDD [Moussa Balla COULIBALY]

Political pressure groups and leaders

Patriotic Movement of the Ghanda Koye or MPGK; United Movement and Fronts of Azawad or MFUA

International organization participation

ACCT, ACP, AfDB, AU, ECOWAS, FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ITU, MIGA, MONUC, NAM, OIC, ONUB, OPCW, UN, UNAMSIL, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIL, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTO

Diplomatic representation in the US

chief of mission:: Ambassador Abdoulaye DIOP
chancery:: 2130 R Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone:: [1] (202) 332-2249, 939-8950
FAX:: [1] (202) 332-6603

Diplomatic representation from the US

chief of mission:: Ambassador Vicki HUDDLESTONE
embassy:: Rue Rochester NY and Rue Mohamed V, Bamako
mailing address:: B. P. 34, Bamako
telephone:: [223] (2) 223-833
FAX:: [223] (2) 223-712

Flag description

three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), yellow, and red; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia

Economy

Mali is among the poorest countries in the world, with 65% of its land area desert or semidesert and with a highly unequal distribution of income.

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Real growth rate

0.5%

(2003 est.)industrial production growth: NA (FY96/97)

Inflation, consumer prices

4.5%

(2002 est.)

Unemployment rate

14.6%urban areas

5.3% rural areas (2001 est.)

Population below poverty line

64%average

30% of the total population living in urban areas; 70% of the total population living in rural areas) (2001 est.)

GDP - composition by sector(2001 est.)

agriculture 45%industry 17%services 38% (2001 est.)

Trading partnersexports left, imports right

France

15.4%

14%

Thailand

12.1%

China

7.9%

India

Senegal

7.7%

7.5%

Italy

Cote d'Ivoire

7.1%

6.1%

Bangladesh

6.1%

Exports $915 million f.o.b. (2002 est.)Imports $927 million f.o.b. (2002 est.)(2003)

Budget

Revenues

$764 millionExpenditures

$828 million (2002 est.)

expenditures including capital expenditures of NA

Electricity

Electricity production

480.2 million (2001)Electricity consumption

446.6 million (2001)

Economy - overview

Mali is among the poorest countries in the world, with 65% of its land area desert or semidesert and with a highly unequal distribution of income. Economic activity is largely confined to the riverine area irrigated by the Niger. About 10% of the population is nomadic and some 80% of the labor force is engaged in farming and fishing.

Industrial activity is concentrated on processing farm commodities. Mali is heavily dependent on foreign aid and vulnerable to fluctuations in world prices for cotton, its main export, along with gold. The government has continued its successful implementation of an IMF-recommended structural adjustment program that is helping the economy grow, diversify, and attract foreign investment.

Mali's adherence to economic reform and the 50% devaluation of the African franc in January 1994 have pushed up economic growth to a sturdy 5% average in 1996-2002. Worker remittances and external trade routes have been jeopardized by continued unrest in neighboring Cote d'Ivoire.

GDP

purchasing power parity - $10.53 billion (2003 est.)

GDP - per capita

purchasing power parity - $900 (2003 est.)

Distribution of family income - Gini index

50.5 (1994)

Labor force

3.93 million (2001 est.)

Labor force - by occupation

agriculture and fishing 80% (2001 est.)

Agriculture - products

cotton, millet, rice, corn, vegetables, peanuts; cattle, sheep, goats

Industries

food processing;
construction;
phosphate and gold mining

Oil - production

0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - consumption

4,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports

NA (2001)

Oil - imports

NA (2001)

Exports

$915 million f.o.b. (2002 est.)

Exports - commodities

cotton, gold, livestock

Imports

$927 million f.o.b. (2002 est.)

Imports - commodities

petroleum, machinery and equipment, construction materials, foodstuffs, textiles

Debt - external

$3.3 billion (2000)

Economic aid - recipient

$596.4 million (2001)

Currency

Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF); note - responsible authority is the Central Bank of the West African States

Currency code

XOF

Exchange rates

Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar - 581.2 (2003), 696.988 (2002), 733.039 (2001), 711.976 (2000), 615.699 (1999)

Fiscal year

calendar year

Communications

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Mobile cellular

250,000

(2003)

Internet users

187

(2003)

Fixed lines

56,600

(2002) · country code .ml

Telephone system

general assessment:: domestic system unreliable but improving; provides only minimal service
domestic:: network consists of microwave radio relay, open-wire, and radiotelephone communications stations; expansion of microwave radio relay in progress
international:: country code - 223; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations

AM 1, FM 28, shortwave 1 note: the shortwave station in Bamako has seven frequencies and five transmitters and relays broadcasts for China Radio International (2001)