Mali
Africa · Western Africa
Key facts
- Capital
- Bamako
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Western Africa
- Population (2025)
- 25.2 million (25,198,821) · rank 58 of 193
- Area (2023)
- 1,240,190 km² · rank 23 of 193
- People per km²
- 20 (calculated from the two figures above)
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (2025, 2023), CC BY 4.0. data.worldbank.org
Test yourself
The first question is always Mali, then four more countries of the same region.
Unfolding the map…
Neighbours on the map
Countries whose outline shares a border with Mali in the map data: 7.
- Algeria capitals 2,900 km apart
- Burkina Faso capitals 700 km apart
- Côte d’Ivoire capitals 710 km apart
- Guinea capitals 720 km apart
- Mauritania capitals 1,050 km apart
- Niger capitals 1,100 km apart
- Senegal capitals 1,040 km apart
Based on the Natural Earth 1:110m outlines. The 29 states drawn as dots are not counted as neighbours.
The flag
Flags with a similar colour layout, used as wrong options on Hard: Senegal, Belgium, Romania, Chad.
In the quizzes
The levels on which Mali is asked in each selection:
| Selection | Map | Flag | Capital |
|---|---|---|---|
| World | Easy · Medium · Hard | Medium · Hard | Medium · Hard |
| Africa | Easy · Medium · Hard | Easy · Medium · Hard | Easy · Medium · Hard |
| Giants by area | Hard | Hard | Hard |
In four languages
| Country | Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Mali | Bamako |
| Italiano | Mali | Bamako |
| Magyar | Mali | Bamako |
| Suomi | Mali | Bamako |