CIA World Fact Book, 2004/Mali


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!| Background:
 * The Sudanese Republic and Senegal became independent of France in 1960 as the Mali Federation. When Senegal withdrew after only a few months, what formerly made up the Sudanese Republic was renamed Mali. Rule by dictatorship was brought to a close in 1991 with a transitional government and in 1992 when Mali's first democratic presidential election was held. After his reelection in 1997, President Alpha KONARE continued to push through political and economic reforms and to fight corruption. In keeping with Mali's two-term constitutional limit, he stepped down in 2002 and was succeeded by Amadou TOURE.
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!| Location: !| Geographic coordinates: !| Map references: !| Area: water: 20,000 sq km land: 1.22 million sq km !| Area - comparative: !| Land boundaries: border countries: Algeria 1,376 km, Burkina Faso 1,000 km, Guinea 858 km, Cote d'Ivoire 532 km, Mauritania 2,237 km, Niger 821 km, Senegal 419 km !| Coastline: !| Maritime claims: !| Climate: !| Terrain: !| Elevation extremes: highest point: Hombori Tondo 1,155 m !| Natural resources: note: bauxite, iron ore, manganese, tin, and copper deposits are known but not exploited !| Land use: permanent crops: 0.03% other: 96.15% (2001) !| Irrigated land: !| Natural hazards: !| Environment - current issues: !| Environment - international agreements: signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements !| Geography - note:
 * Western Africa, southwest of Algeria
 * 17 00 N, 4 00 W
 * Africa
 * total: 1.24 million sq km
 * slightly less than twice the size of Texas
 * total: 7,243 km
 * 0 km (landlocked)
 * none (landlocked)
 * subtropical to arid; hot and dry February to June; rainy, humid, and mild June to November; cool and dry November to February
 * mostly flat to rolling northern plains covered by sand; savanna in south, rugged hills in northeast
 * lowest point: Senegal River 23 m
 * gold, phosphates, kaolin, salt, limestone, uranium, hydropower
 * arable land: 3.82%
 * 1,380 sq km (1998 est.)
 * hot, dust-laden harmattan haze common during dry seasons; recurring droughts; occasional Niger River flooding
 * deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; inadequate supplies of potable water; poaching
 * party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
 * landlocked; divided into three natural zones: the southern, cultivated Sudanese; the central, semiarid Sahelian; and the northern, arid Saharan
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!| Population: !| Age structure: 15-64 years: 49.9% (male 2,862,075; female 3,101,009) 65 years and over: 3% (male 163,927; female 192,821) (2004 est.) !| Median age: male: 15.7 years female: 16.9 years (2004 est.) !| Population growth rate: !| Birth rate: !| Death rate: !| Net migration rate: !| Sex ratio: under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.85 male(s)/female total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2004 est.) !| Infant mortality rate: female: 111.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) male: 124.51 deaths/1,000 live births !| Life expectancy at birth: male: 44.7 years female: 45.87 years (2004 est.) !| Total fertility rate: !| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: !| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: !| HIV/AIDS - deaths: !| Major infectious diseases: overall degree of risk: very high (2004) !| Nationality: adjective: Malian !| Ethnic groups: !| Religions: !| Languages: !| Literacy: total population: 46.4% male: 53.5% female: 39.6% (2003 est.)
 * 11,956,788 (July 2004 est.)
 * 0-14 years: 47.1% (male 2,835,378; female 2,801,578)
 * total: 16.3 years
 * 2.78% (2004 est.)
 * 47.29 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 * 19.12 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 * -0.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 * at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
 * total: 117.99 deaths/1,000 live births
 * total population: 45.28 years
 * 6.58 children born/woman (2004 est.)
 * 1.9% (2003 est.)
 * 140,000 (2003 est.)
 * 12,000 (2003 est.)
 * typhoid fever, malaria, schistosomiasis
 * noun: Malian(s)
 * Mande 50% (Bambara, Malinke, Soninke), Peul 17%, Voltaic 12%, Songhai 6%, Tuareg and Moor 10%, other 5%
 * Muslim 90%, indigenous beliefs 9%, Christian 1%
 * French (official), Bambara 80%, numerous African languages
 * definition: age 15 and over can read and write
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!| Country name: conventional short form: Mali local short form: Mali former: French Sudan and Sudanese Republic local long form: Republique de Mali !| Government type: !| Capital: !| Administrative divisions: !| Independence: !| National holiday: !| Constitution: !| Legal system: !| Suffrage: !| Executive branch: head of government: Prime Minister Ousmane Issoufi MAIGA (since 30 April 2004) cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the prime minister elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term (two-term limit); election last held 12 May 2002 (next to be held NA May 2007); prime minister appointed by the president election results: Amadou Toumani TOURE elected president; percent of vote - Amadou Toumani TOURE 64.4%, Soumaila CISSE 35.6% !| Legislative branch: elections: last held 14 July and 28 July 2002 (next to be held NA July 2007) election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Hope 2002 coalition 66, ADEMA 51, other 30 !| Judicial branch: !| Political parties and leaders: !| Political pressure groups and leaders: !| International organization participation: !| Diplomatic representation in the US: FAX: [1] (202) 332-6603 telephone: [1] (202) 332-2249, 939-8950 chancery: 2130 R Street NW, Washington, DC 20008 !| Diplomatic representation from the US: embassy: Rue Rochester NY and Rue Mohamed V, Bamako mailing address: B. P. 34, Bamako telephone: [223] (2) 223-833 FAX: [223] (2) 223-712 !| Flag description:
 * conventional long form: Republic of Mali
 * republic
 * Bamako
 * 8 regions (regions, singular - region); Gao, Kayes, Kidal, Koulikoro, Mopti, Segou, Sikasso, Tombouctou
 * 22 September 1960 (from France)
 * Independence Day, 22 September (1960)
 * adopted 12 January 1992
 * based on French civil law system and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in Constitutional Court (which was formally established on 9 March 1994); has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
 * 18 years of age; universal
 * chief of state: President Amadou Toumani TOURE (since 8 June 2002)
 * unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (147 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
 * Supreme Court or Cour Supreme
 * Alliance for Democracy or ADEMA [Diounconda TRAORE, party chairman]; Block of Alternative for the Renewal of Africa or BARA [Yoro DIAKITE]; Democratic and Social Convention or CDS [Mamadou Bakary SANGARE, chairman]; Hope 2002 [leader NA]; Movement for the Independence, Renaissance and Integration of Africa or MIRIA [Mohamed Lamine TRAORE, Mouhamedou DICKO]; National Congress for Democratic Initiative or CNID [Mountaga TALL, chairman]; Party for Democracy and Progress or PDP [Me Idrissa TRAORE]; Party for National Renewal or PARENA [Yoro DIAKITE, chairman; Tiebile DRAME, secretary general]; Rally for Democracy and Labor or RDT [Ali GNANGADO]; Rally for Democracy and Progress or RDP [Almamy SYLLA, chairman]; Rally for Mali or RPM [Ibrahim Bonbasor KEITA, chairman]; Sudanese Union/African Democratic Rally or US/RDA [Mamadou Bamou TOURE, secretary general]; Union of Democratic Forces for Progress or UFDP [Youssouf TOURE, secretary general]; Union for Democracy and Development or UDD [Moussa Balla COULIBALY]
 * Patriotic Movement of the Ghanda Koye or MPGK; United Movement and Fronts of Azawad or MFUA
 * ACCT, ACP, AfDB, AU, ECOWAS, FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ITU, MIGA, MONUC, NAM, OIC, ONUB, OPCW, UN, UNAMSIL, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIL, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTO
 * chief of mission: Ambassador Abdoulaye DIOP
 * chief of mission: Ambassador Vicki HUDDLESTONE
 * three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), yellow, and red; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia
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!| Economy - overview: !| GDP: !| GDP - real growth rate: !| GDP - per capita: !| GDP - composition by sector: industry: 17% services: 38% (2001 est.) !| Population below poverty line: !| Household income or consumption by percentage share: highest 10%: 40.4% (1994) !| Distribution of family income - Gini index: !| Inflation rate (consumer prices): !| Labor force: !| Labor force - by occupation: !| Unemployment rate: !| Budget: expenditures: $828 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2002 est.) !| Agriculture - products: !| Industries: !| Industrial production growth rate: !| Electricity - production: !| Electricity - consumption: !| Electricity - exports: !| Electricity - imports: !| Oil - production: !| Oil - consumption: !| Oil - exports: !| Oil - imports: !| Exports: !| Exports - commodities: !| Exports - partners: !| Imports: !| Imports - commodities: !| Imports - partners: !| Debt - external: !| Economic aid - recipient: !| Currency: !| Currency code: !| Exchange rates: !| Fiscal year:
 * Mali is among the poorest countries in the world, with 65% of its land area desert or semidesert and with a highly unequal distribution of income. Economic activity is largely confined to the riverine area irrigated by the Niger. About 10% of the population is nomadic and some 80% of the labor force is engaged in farming and fishing. Industrial activity is concentrated on processing farm commodities. Mali is heavily dependent on foreign aid and vulnerable to fluctuations in world prices for cotton, its main export, along with gold. The government has continued its successful implementation of an IMF-recommended structural adjustment program that is helping the economy grow, diversify, and attract foreign investment. Mali's adherence to economic reform and the 50% devaluation of the African franc in January 1994 have pushed up economic growth to a sturdy 5% average in 1996-2002. Worker remittances and external trade routes have been jeopardized by continued unrest in neighboring Cote d'Ivoire.
 * purchasing power parity - $10.53 billion (2003 est.)
 * 0.5% (2003 est.)
 * purchasing power parity - $900 (2003 est.)
 * agriculture: 45%
 * 64% average; 30% of the total population living in urban areas; 70% of the total population living in rural areas) (2001 est.)
 * lowest 10%: 1.8%
 * 50.5 (1994)
 * 4.5% (2002 est.)
 * 3.93 million (2001 est.)
 * agriculture and fishing 80% (2001 est.)
 * 14.6% urban areas; 5.3% rural areas (2001 est.)
 * revenues: $764 million
 * cotton, millet, rice, corn, vegetables, peanuts; cattle, sheep, goats
 * food processing; construction; phosphate and gold mining
 * NA (FY96/97)
 * 480.2 million kWh (2001)
 * 446.6 million kWh (2001)
 * 0 kWh; note - recent hydropower developments may be providing electricity to Senegal and Mauritania (2001)
 * 0 kWh (2001)
 * 0 bbl/day (2001 est.)
 * 4,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)
 * NA (2001)
 * NA (2001)
 * $915 million f.o.b. (2002 est.)
 * cotton, gold, livestock
 * Thailand 14%, China 12.1%, India 7.9%, Italy 7.5%, Bangladesh 6.1%, UK 6.1% (2003)
 * $927 million f.o.b. (2002 est.)
 * petroleum, machinery and equipment, construction materials, foodstuffs, textiles
 * France 15.4%, Senegal 7.7%, Cote d'Ivoire 7.1% (2003)
 * $3.3 billion (2000)
 * $596.4 million (2001)
 * Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF); note - responsible authority is the Central Bank of the West African States
 * XOF
 * Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar - 581.2 (2003), 696.988 (2002), 733.039 (2001), 711.976 (2000), 615.699 (1999)
 * calendar year
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!| Telephones - main lines in use: !| Telephones - mobile cellular: !| Telephone system: domestic: network consists of microwave radio relay, open-wire, and radiotelephone communications stations; expansion of microwave radio relay in progress international: country code - 223; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) !| Radio broadcast stations: note: the shortwave station in Bamako has seven frequencies and five transmitters and relays broadcasts for China Radio International (2001) !| Radios: !| Television broadcast stations: !| Televisions: !| Internet country code: !| Internet hosts: !| Internet Service Providers (ISPs): !| Internet users:
 * 56,600 (2002)
 * 250,000 (2003)
 * general assessment: domestic system unreliable but improving; provides only minimal service
 * AM 1, FM 28, shortwave 1
 * 570,000 (1997)
 * 1 (plus repeaters) (2001)
 * 45,000 (1997)
 * .ml
 * 187 (2003)
 * 13 (2001)
 * 25,000 (2002)
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!| Railways: narrow gauge: 729 km 1.000-m gauge (2003) !| Highways: paved: 1,827 km unpaved: 13,273 km (1999 est.) !| Waterways: !| Ports and harbors: !| Airports: !| Airports - with paved runways: 2,438 to 3,047 m: 4 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2004 est.) !| Airports - with unpaved runways: 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 5 914 to 1,523 m: 5 under 914 m: 8 (2004 est.)
 * total: 729 km
 * total: 15,100 km
 * 1,815 km (2004)
 * Koulikoro
 * 27 (2003 est.)
 * total: 9
 * total: 19
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!| Military branches: !| Military manpower - military age and obligation: !| Military manpower - availability: !| Military manpower - fit for military service: !| Military expenditures - dollar figure: !| Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
 * Army, Air Force, National Guard
 * 18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation - 2 years (2004)
 * males age 15-49: 2,529,147 (2004 est.)
 * males age 15-49: 1,450,795 (2004 est.)
 * $51.1 million (2003)
 * 1.3% (2003)
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