Life expectancy at birth, total in Mali
Mali: Life expectancy at birth, total was 60.67 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, total in Mali, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN). Measured in years.
Analysis
Mali recorded 60.67 years for life expectancy at birth, total in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, total in Mali peaked at 60.67 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 30.46 years, in 1960.
Mali ranks 209th of 215 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31.51 years | 30.46 years | 32.87 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 36.25 years | 33.4 years | 39.51 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 43.49 years | 40.27 years | 46.24 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 48.17 years | 46.54 years | 50.06 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 53.34 years | 50.6 years | 55.59 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 57.64 years | 55.99 years | 59.22 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 59.82 years | 58.86 years | 60.67 years | 5 |
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- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 379,096 (2025)
- Population, male 50.4% (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 382,974 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 391,249 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 379,272 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 6.46 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 11.54 million (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 387,564 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 371,062 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 350,904 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, total in Mali?
- Life expectancy at birth, total in Mali was 60.67 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN).
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Mali?
- The highest recorded value was 60.67 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Mali?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.46 years in 1960.
- How does Mali rank for life expectancy at birth, total?
- Mali ranks 209th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, total rising or falling in Mali?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mali data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as part of Life expectancy at birth, total (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.