Mali: flag, capital & map
Get to know Mali, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Bamako
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Western Africa
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 25,198,821
- Area
- 1,240,192 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- French
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- West African CFA Franc (XOF)
- Land neighbours
- Algeria, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal
Mali is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Its capital is Bamako.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Mali
The flag of Mali is composed of three equal vertical bands of green, yellow and red.
Looks similar to: Senegal.
Where it is
Mali is grouped in Western Africa, within Roam’s Africa region. Its land-border list includes 7 countries in this atlas: Algeria, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal. It is landlocked.
Mali has a recorded area of 1,240,192 square kilometres. Among the 16 countries assigned to Western Africa in this dataset, it ranks 2 by area, from largest to smallest. Niger is immediately above it in that ordering, at 1,267,000 km². Mauritania is immediately below it, at 1,030,700 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 25,198,821 people for Mali in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 20 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are French. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is West African CFA Franc (XOF). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
Cover the facts above and work through these five questions. Open each answer when you are ready to check it. You can use this section without JavaScript.
What is the capital of Mali?
Reveal answer
Bamako. Mali is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Its capital is Bamako.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Mali?
Reveal answer
The flag of Mali is composed of three equal vertical bands of green, yellow and red.
Which land neighbours of Mali are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
Algeria, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire, Mauritania, Niger, and Senegal. Mali is landlocked.
Which languages does the source list for Mali?
Reveal answer
French. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Mali.
Which currency codes are listed for Mali?
Reveal answer
West African CFA Franc (XOF). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
Try it from memory
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