Catholic Church in Mali

Also known as: Malí (español), le Mali (français), Mali (Deutsch, Italiano, polski, Português), 馬里 (正體中文), マリ (日本語), Malium (latine)

Formerly: French Sudan

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Capital: Bamako

Area: 1,220,190 km²

Population: 17,885,245

Religions: Muslim 94.8%, Christian 2.4%, Animist 2%, none 0.5%, unspecified 0.3%

Languages: French (official), Bambara 46.3%, Peul/Foulfoulbe 9.4%, Dogon 7.2%, Maraka/Soninke 6.4%, Malinke 5.6%, Sonrhai/Djerma 5.6%, Minianka 4.3%, Tamacheq 3.5%, Senoufo 2.6%, Bobo 2.1%, unspecified 0.7%, other 6.3%

Ethnic Groups: Bambara 34.1%, Fulani (Peul) 14.7%, Sarakole 10.8%, Senufo 10.5%, Dogon 8.9%, Malinke 8.7%, Bobo 2.9%, Songhai 1.6%, Tuareg 0.9%, other Malian 6.1%, from member of Economic Community of West African States 0.3%, other 0.4%

Motto: Un peuple, un but, une foi (French) (One people, one goal, one faith)

Neighbouring Countries: ↙ Guinea , ← Senegal , ← Mauritania , ↗ Algeria , → Niger , ↓ Burkina Faso , ↓ Cote d’Ivoire