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<text>
<title>
Mali: People
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Mali
People</hdr><body>
<p>Population: 8,868,617 (July 1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Population growth rate: 2.66% (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Birth rate: 51.73 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Death rate: 20.81 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Net migration rate: -4.35 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Infant mortality rate: 108 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)
</p>
<list>
<l>Life expectancy at birth:</l>
<l> total population: 45.45 years</l>
<l> male: 43.89 years</l>
<l> female: 47.06 years (1993 est.)</l>
</list>
<p>Total fertility rate: 7.33 children born/woman (1993 est.)
</p>
<list>
<l>Nationality:</l>
<l> noun: Malian(s)</l>
<l> adjective: Malian</l>
</list>
<p>Ethnic divisions: Mande 50% (Bambara, Malinke, Sarakole), Peul 17%,
Voltaic 12%, Songhai 6%, Tuareg and Moor 10%, other 5%
</p>
<p>Religions: Muslim 90%, indigenous beliefs 9%, Christian 1%
</p>
<p>Languages: French (official), Bambara 80%, numerous African
languages
</p>
<list>
<l>Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990)</l>
<l> total population: 32%</l>
<l> male: 41%</l>
<l> female: 24%</l>
</list>
<p>Labor force: 2.666 million (1986 est.)
</p>
<p> by occupation: agriculture 80%, services 19%, industry and
commerce 1% (1981)
</p>
<p>note: 50% of population of working age (1985)
</p></body></article></text>