Mali

摘要

Area: 1,240,000 sq.km (478,900 sq.miles); 2% arable, 35% meadows and pastures, 7% forest and woodland, 66% other. Coastline: None, landlocked. Population: 13,796,354 (July 2010 est.); annual growth rate 2.607% (2010 est.). The population is 50% Mande, 17% Peul, 12% Voltaic, 6% Songhai, 5% Tuareg and Moor and 10% other. Religions: 90% Muslim, 9% indigenous beliefs, 1% Christian. Languages: French (official); Bambara spoken by about 80% of population. Literacy rate: 46%.