Mali vs Niger: Has the population peaked?

Mali
23.77 million people
in 2023
Niger
26.16 million people
in 2023
Mali rank
57th
Niger rank
56th

Has the population peaked? over time

  • Mali
  • Niger
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How they compare

Niger currently reports 26.16 million people against 23.77 million people in Mali, a difference of 2.39 million people.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Mali ahead.

Mali ranks 57th and Niger ranks 56th of 236 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Has the population peaked?
Unit
people
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

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown.