2016, Mali's population was an estimated 18 million[7]. The population is predominantly rural (68 percent in 2002), and 5–10 percent of Malians are nomadic.[84] More than 90 percent of the population lives in the southern

In 2007, about 48 percent of Malians were younger than 12 years old, 49 percent were 15–64 years old, and 3 percent were 65 and older.[71] The median age was 15.9
years.[71]