Mali vs Niger: Natural population growth rate

Mali

3.1%

in 2023

Niger

3.3%

in 2023

Mali rank

6th

Niger rank

3rd

Natural population growth rate over time

Niger currently reports 3.3% against 3.1% in Mali, a difference of 0.2%.

That makes Niger's figure about 1.1 times Mali's.

Across all 74 years both countries report, Niger has been ahead every year.

Mali ranks 6th and Niger ranks 3rd of 236 countries.

Indicator: Natural population growth rate
Unit: %
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Births minus deaths, as a share of the population. This is the part of population change that comes only from births and deaths, ignoring migration.