The country south of Algeria is Mali, which is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the north, Niger to the east, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast to the south, Guinea to the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania to the west. Mali is the eighth-largest country in Africa, with an area of just over 1, 240, 000 square kilometers. The population of Mali is estimated to be around 19 million people.