Rural population rose 1.80% to 12.1 mil in Mali in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, rural population in Mali reached an all time high of 12.1 mil in 2021 and an all time low of 4.76 mil in 1960. When compared to Mali's main peers, rural population in Algeria amounted to 11.4 mil, 15.2 mil in Burkina Faso, 2.02 mil in Mauritania and 21.0 mil in Niger in 2021.
Mali has been ranked 46th within the group of 171 countries we follow in terms of rural population, 2 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Rural Population | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Algeria | mil | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | mil | 13.6 | 13.9 | 14.1 | 14.4 | 14.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | mil | 11.0 | 11.3 | 11.6 | 12.0 | 12.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | mil | 13.3 | 13.4 | 13.5 | 13.6 | 13.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | mil | 11.9 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 12.5 | 12.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | mil | 1.28 | 1.29 | 1.29 | 1.29 | 1.29 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | mil | 10.9 | 11.1 | 11.3 | 11.5 | 11.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | mil | 1.93 | 1.95 | 1.96 | 1.98 | 1.99 | ||||||||||||||||
| Morocco | mil | 13.6 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 13.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | mil | 16.9 | 17.5 | 18.2 | 18.9 | 19.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | mil | 7.77 | 7.92 | 8.07 | 8.22 | 8.38 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | mil | 9.47 | 9.37 | 9.28 | 9.21 | 9.16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | mil | 3.69 | 3.70 | 3.70 | 3.71 | 3.70 |
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