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Mali: map and facts
Mali is in Western Africa. It has about 25.2 million people (2025), the 58th largest population. It covers 1,241,238 km², the 23rd largest by area. That is about 20 people per km². Its highest point is Hombori Tondo, at 1,153 m. The longest river on its map is the Niger, 4,180 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 25,198,821 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 1,241,238 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Bamako
- Highest point: Hombori Tondo, 1,153 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 8.7% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Mali, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Niger: 4,180 km
- Baoulé: 500 km
- Bani: 430 km
- Bakoy: 400 km
Also on the map: Senegal, Bafing, Baoulé and Bagoé.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Hombori Tondo: 1,153 m (its highest point)
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Sahara, Sahel, El Djouf and Erg Chech.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): bare ground 57.7%, grassland 40.7%, farmland 1%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plateaus 50.7%, plains 44.3%, hills 4.9%.
Forests covered 8.7% of its land in 2024, down from 11.5% in 1990 (World Bank).
Minerals and fuels
- World #7 in lithium among the countries USGS lists (2025)
Neighbours
Mali shares land borders with Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 data release (doi:10.5066/P1WKQ63T). Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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