Mali
Republic of Mali
Mali (ML, MLI) is a country in Western Africa, with Bamako as its capital. The currency is the West African CFA Franc (XOF, F CFA). The international dialling code is +223; mobile numbers are written like 65 01 23 45. The time zone is Africa/Bamako. Official language: French.
CurrencyXOFF CFA
Dial code+223e.g. 65 01 23 45
Time zoneBamakoUTC+00:00
LanguageFrench
CapitalBamako
Population22M1.2M km²
Overview
- Official name
- Republic of Mali
- Native name
- Mali
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- ML
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- MLI
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 466
- IOC code
- MLI
- Demonym
- Malian
- Capital
- Bamako
- Region
- Africa › Western Africa
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Western Africa
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .ml
- Coordinates
- 17, -4
- Area
- 1,240,192 km²
- Population
- 21,990,600
- GDP
- $57.2B ($2.6K per person)
- Literacy
- 33.4%
- Landlocked
- Yes
Currency
West African CFA Franc XOF
- Symbol
- F CFA
- Minor units
- None (0 decimals)
- Example
- 1 235 F CFA
Languages
| Language | Status | Share of population | Writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| French fr | Official | 17% (3.7M) | |
| Bambara bm | 46% (10.1M) | ||
| ffm ffm | 7.7% (1.7M) | ||
| Soninke snk | 5.9% (1.3M) | ||
| mwk mwk | 5% (1.1M) | ||
| Koyraboro Senni ses | 3.4% (747.7K) | ||
| Tamashek tmh | 2.1% (461.8K) | ||
| Bambara (N’Ko) bm-Nkoo | 2% (439.8K) | ||
| Koyra Chiini khq | 1.7% (373.8K) | ||
| dtm dtm | 1.1% (241.9K) | ||
| kao kao | 1% (219.9K) | ||
| Arabic ar | 0.9% (197.9K) | ||
| bmq bmq | 0.86% (189.1K) | ||
| bze bze | 0.85% (186.9K) |
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa/Bamako | UTC+00:00 | none | Greenwich Mean Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +223
- Dial-out prefix
- 00
- Trunk prefix
- none
- National number length
- 8 digits
- Emergency number
- 15 pattern 1[578]
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 20 21 23 45 | +223 20 21 23 45 | XX XX XX XX | 8 |
| Mobile | 65 01 23 45 | +223 65 01 23 45 | XX XX XX XX | 8 |
| Toll free | 80 01 23 45 | +223 80 01 23 45 | XX XX XX XX | 8 |
Show the 2 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{4}) | 67[057-9]|74[045] | 67(?:0[09]|[59]9|77|8[89])|74(?:0[02]|44|55) | $1 | $1 |
(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2}) | [24-9] | $1 $2 $3 $4 | $1 $2 $3 $4 |
Address and postal code
No address data.
Calendar, units and conventions
- First day of the week
- Monday
- Weekend
- Saturday to Sunday
- First week of the year
- Contains at least 1 day of the new year
- Hour cycle
- 24-hour (0–23)
- Calendars
- gregorian
- Measurement system
- Metric
- Temperature
- Celsius
- Paper size
- A4
Number and date formats
As written by the French (Mali) locale (fr-ML), amounts in XOF.
- Number
- 1 234 567,891
- Percent
- 45,7 %
- Currency (XOF)
- 1 234 568 F CFA
- Accounting
- (1 234 568 F CFA)
- Currency, name
- 1 234 568 francs CFA (BCEAO)
- Compact short
- 1,2 M
- Compact long
- 1,2 million
- Scientific
- 1,235E6
- Speed
- 88 kilomètres par heure
- Temperature
- 21,5 °C
- Date, full
- vendredi 27 mars 2026
- Date, long
- 27 mars 2026
- Date, medium
- 27 mars 2026
- Date, short
- 27/03/2026
- Time, medium
- 15:04:05
- Time, short
- 15:04
- Date and time
- 27 mars 2026, 15:04
- Month and year
- mars 2026
- Weekday
- vendredi
- Relative time
- hier · dans 3 jours · il y a 2 heures
- List: and
- A, B et C
- List: or
- A, B ou C