Mali vs Niger: Population

Mali

23.77 million people

in 2023

Niger

26.16 million people

in 2023

Mali rank

57th

Niger rank

56th

Population over time

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 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Mali ahead.

Mali ranks 57th and Niger ranks 56th of 238 countries.

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.