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People
Population: 8,142,373 (July 1990), growth rate 2.3% (1990).
Birth rate: 51 births/1,000 population (1990).
Death rate: 21 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
Net migration rate: -7 migrants/1,000 population (1990).
Infant mortality rate: 116 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
Life expectancy at birth: 45 years male, 47 years female (1990).
Total fertility rate: 7.1 children born/woman (1990).
Nationality: noun--Malian(s); adjective--Malian.
Ethnic divisions: 50% Mande (Bambara, Malinke, Sarakole),
17% Peul, 12% Voltaic, 6% Songhai, 5% Tuareg and Moor, 10% other.
Religion: 90% Muslim, 9% indigenous beliefs, 1% Christian.
Language: French (official); Bambara spoken by about 80%
of the population; numerous African languages.
Literacy: 18%.
Labor force: 2,666,000 (1986 est.); 80% agriculture, 19% services,
1% industry and commerce (1981); 50% of population of working
age (1985).
Organized labor: National Union of Malian Workers (UNTM)
is umbrella organization for over 13 national unions.