Country scorecard
Mali
Africa · 22.6M people
ALPS
1.74
languages per person
#55 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
8%
globally connected
Multilingual — the average person here speaks 1.7 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from Mali is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
- 🇬🇳 Guinea98%
- 🇨🇲 Cameroon98%
- 🇸🇳 Senegal98%
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- French99%
- Bambara50%
- Fula20%
- English5%
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