Life expectancy in Mali

Life expectancy in Mali: 28.7 years in 1950 and 60.4 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 60.4 years
Since 1950: +31.7 years
Rank, 2023: 223 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 73.2 years
Projected, 2100: 71.5 years; UN projection (medium variant)

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years · UN

Estimates, UNUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 71.5 years in 2100, between 59.3 years and 83.6 years (95% prediction interval).

Every year

years · UN

Year	Mali	World
2023	60.4	73.2
2022	60	72.6
2021	59.1	70.9
2020	58.9	71.9
2019	59.2	72.6
2018	58.9	72.4
2017	58.6	72.1
2016	58.3	71.9
2015	57.9	71.6
2014	57.5	71.4
2013	57.1	71.1
2012	56.7	70.8
2011	56.4	70.4
2010	56	70.1
2009	55.6	69.7
2008	55.2	69.3
2007	54.8	69
2006	54.3	68.6
2005	53.8	68.1
2004	53.3	67.7
2003	52.6	67.4
2002	52	67.1
2001	51.3	66.8
2000	50.6	66.4
1999	50.1	66
1998	49.6	65.7
1997	49.1	65.5
1996	48.5	65.2
1995	48.3	64.9
1994	47.9	64.3
1993	47.6	64.4
1992	47.2	64.3
1991	46.9	64.1
1990	46.5	64
1989	46.2	63.8
1988	45.7	63.4
1987	45.2	63.2
1986	44.6	62.7
1985	43.9	62.2
1984	43.4	61.9
1983	42.8	61.5
1982	41.8	61.3
1981	41	60.9
1980	40.3	60.5
1979	39.5	60.2
1978	38.8	59.5
1977	38	59.2
1976	37.2	58.6
1975	36.5	58.3
1974	35.8	58.1
1973	35.1	57.7
1972	34.5	57.2
1971	33.8	56
1970	33.4	56.3
1969	32.9	56
1968	32.6	55.6
1967	32.2	55.1
1966	31.8	54.6
1965	31.5	54
1964	31.2	54.3
1963	31	53.7
1962	30.8	53.2
1961	30.6	50.4
1960	30.5	47.8
1959	30.3	49.6
1958	30.2	51.6
1957	30.1	51.1
1956	29.9	50.7
1955	29.7	50.2
1954	29.5	49.7
1953	29.4	48.8
1952	29.1	48.2
1951	28.9	47.1
1950	28.7	46.4

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Mali	World
2024	60.759–62.1	73.3
2025	60.958.8–63.1	73.5
2026	61.158.4–63.7	73.8
2027	61.358.2–64.3	73.9
2028	61.558–64.9	74.1
2029	61.758–65.4	74.2
2030	61.957.9–65.9	74.4
2031	62.157.8–66.3	74.5
2032	62.357.7–66.7	74.7
2033	62.557.7–67.3	74.8
2034	62.757.7–67.7	75
2035	62.957.7–68.1	75.1
2036	63.157.6–68.4	75.3
2037	63.257.7–68.8	75.4
2038	63.457.5–69.3	75.5
2039	63.657.5–69.6	75.7
2040	63.857.5–69.9	75.8
2041	6457.7–70.2	75.9
2042	64.157.8–70.6	76.1
2043	64.357.6–71	76.2
2044	64.557.7–71.2	76.3
2045	64.657.6–71.7	76.5
2046	64.858–71.9	76.6
2047	64.957.9–72	76.7
2048	65.157.9–72.2	76.8
2049	65.257.7–72.5	76.9
2050	65.457.5–72.7	77
2051	65.557.8–73.1	77.1
2052	65.757.5–73.2	77.2
2053	65.857.7–73.5	77.3
2054	6657.6–73.9	77.4
2055	66.157.8–74.1	77.6
2056	66.257.8–74.3	77.7
2057	66.457.7–74.8	77.8
2058	66.558–75	77.9
2059	66.658.1–75.4	78
2060	66.857.9–75.5	78.1
2061	66.958.3–75.9	78.2
2062	6758.1–76.1	78.3
2063	67.158.3–76.3	78.4
2064	67.358.3–76.5	78.5
2065	67.458.3–76.6	78.6
2066	67.558.1–76.9	78.7
2067	67.758.2–77.3	78.8
2068	67.858.1–77.4	78.9
2069	67.958.4–77.7	79
2070	68.158.1–77.8	79.1
2071	68.258.3–78	79.2
2072	68.358.1–78.2	79.3
2073	68.458.4–78.3	79.4
2074	68.558.4–78.6	79.4
2075	68.758.2–78.5	79.5
2076	68.858.4–78.9	79.6
2077	68.958.3–79.1	79.7
2078	6958.2–79.2	79.8
2079	69.158.6–79.6	79.9
2080	69.258.7–79.8	80
2081	69.458.3–80	80.1
2082	69.558.6–80.2	80.2
2083	69.658.4–80.5	80.3
2084	69.758.8–80.6	80.3
2085	69.858.5–80.6	80.4
2086	69.958.7–81	80.5
2087	70.158.9–81.2	80.6
2088	70.258.8–81.5	80.7
2089	70.358.7–81.7	80.8
2090	70.458.9–81.9	80.9
2091	70.558.8–81.9	81
2092	70.658.8–82	81
2093	70.758.9–82.5	81.1
2094	70.958.9–82.7	81.2
2095	7159.3–82.9	81.3
2096	71.159.3–82.8	81.4
2097	71.259.2–83.2	81.5
2098	71.359.3–83.3	81.6
2099	71.459.2–83.5	81.7
2100	71.559.3–83.6	81.7

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How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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