Australia vs Mali
Australia has 10% more people than Mali: 27,614,411 vs 25,198,821, a gap of 2.4 million. Mali is growing faster (+2.90% vs +1.53% a year), adding about 730,719 people a year against +423,354. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Mali would overtake Australia in about 7 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2032) — a projection, not a forecast. Australia is the older society: 18.1% aged 65+ against 2.4% in Mali, while Mali has more children (45.8% under 15 vs 17.7%). Mali is 5.6× as densely populated (19.5 vs 3.5 people per km²). People in Australia live 22.4 years longer on average (83.1 vs 60.7). GDP per capita is 54.6× higher in Australia ($65,130 vs $1,193).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Australia) and 2025 (Mali); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Australia vs Mali — side by side
 Australia |  Mali | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 27,614,4112025 | 25,198,8212025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +1.53%2025 | +2.90%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 10.72024 | 39.52024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 6.92024 | 8.52024 |
| Children per woman | 1.482024 | 5.512024 |
| Life expectancy | 83.1 yrs2024 | 60.7 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 17.7%2025 | 45.8%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 18.1%2025 | 2.4%2025 |
| Density | 3.5 /km²2023 | 19.5 /km²2023 |
| Area | 7,741,220 km²2023 | 1,240,190 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 87.7%2025 | 32.2%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | +137,1092025 | -48,0192025 |
| GDP per capita | $65,1302025 | $1,1932025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #55 | #58 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.34% | 0.31% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Australia: 2.7× from 1960 to 2025; Mali: 4.7× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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