Basic facts about Mali
| Country name: | Mali |
| Capital: | Bamako |
| Country code: | 331 |
| Continent: | Africa |
| Currency name: | West African CFA franc |
| Independence: | 1960-09-22 00:00:00 |
| Independent from: | from France |
| Total area (km2): | 1,240,192 |
| Land area (km2): | 1,220,190 |
| Water area (km2): | 20,002 |
| Population: | 15,968,882 |
| Population note: | 15,968,882 (July 2013 est.) |
| Official language: | French |
| All languages: | French (official), Bambara 46.3%, Peul/foulfoulbe 9.4%, Dogon 7.2%, Maraka/soninke 6.4%, Malinke 5.6%, Sonrhai/djerma 5.6%, Minianka 4.3%, Tamacheq 3.5%, Senoufo 2.6%, unspecified 0.6%, other 8.5% |
| Time zone: | GMT (UTC+0) - Summer (DST) not observed (UTC+0) |
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| Drive on: | right |
| Calling code: | +223 |
| Domain: | .ml |