Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Mali

Urban population share in Mali in 2025 — 32.2%. Ranked 190 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 25.2 pp.

2025 32.2% +0.6 pp vs 2024
World rank 190of 217
Period maximum 32.2%2025
Period minimum 7%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Mali, 1960–202501020304019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 7%1962: 7.7%1964: 8.5%1966: 9.2%1968: 10%1970: 10.8%1972: 11.5%1974: 12.2%1976: 12.8%1978: 13.4%1980: 14%1982: 14.6%1984: 15.2%1986: 15.7%1988: 16.2%1990: 16.6%1992: 17%1994: 17.4%1996: 17.8%1998: 18.4%2000: 19%2002: 19.7%2004: 20.5%2006: 21.3%2008: 22.2%2010: 23.1%2012: 24.2%2014: 25.3%2016: 26.4%2018: 27.7%2020: 29%2022: 30.4%2024: 31.6%2025: 32.2%
Change over the period: +25.2 pp Annual average: 0.39 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Mali

Mali 32.2%
World 57.8%
Western Africa computed 54.2%
Low-income countries computed 35.6%
Urban population share — Mali, by year Mali All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 32.2 +0.6 pp
2024 31.6 +0.6 pp
2023 31 +0.6 pp
2022 30.4 +0.7 pp
2021 29.7 +0.7 pp
2020 29 +0.7 pp
2019 28.4 +0.7 pp
2018 27.7 +0.6 pp
2017 27.1 +0.6 pp
2016 26.4 +0.6 pp
2015 25.8 +0.6 pp
2014 25.3 +0.6 pp
2013 24.7 +0.5 pp
2012 24.2 +0.5 pp
2011 23.6 +0.5 pp
2010 23.1 +0.5 pp
2009 22.7 +0.5 pp
2008 22.2 +0.5 pp
2007 21.7 +0.4 pp
2006 21.3 +0.4 pp
2005 20.9 +0.4 pp
2004 20.5 +0.4 pp
2003 20.1 +0.4 pp
2002 19.7 +0.4 pp
2001 19.3 +0.3 pp
2000 19 +0.3 pp
1999 18.7 +0.3 pp
1998 18.4 +0.3 pp
1997 18.1 +0.2 pp
1996 17.8 +0.2 pp
1995 17.6 +0.2 pp
1994 17.4 +0.2 pp
1993 17.2 +0.2 pp
1992 17 +0.2 pp
1991 16.8 +0.2 pp
1990 16.6 +0.2 pp
1989 16.4 +0.2 pp
1988 16.2 +0.2 pp
1987 16 +0.2 pp
1986 15.7 +0.3 pp
1985 15.5 +0.3 pp
1984 15.2 +0.3 pp
1983 14.9 +0.3 pp
1982 14.6 +0.3 pp
1981 14.3 +0.3 pp
1980 14 +0.3 pp
1979 13.8 +0.3 pp
1978 13.4 +0.3 pp
1977 13.1 +0.3 pp
1976 12.8 +0.3 pp
1975 12.5 +0.3 pp
1974 12.2 +0.3 pp
1973 11.8 +0.4 pp
1972 11.5 +0.4 pp
1971 11.1 +0.4 pp
1970 10.8 +0.4 pp
1969 10.4 +0.4 pp
1968 10 +0.4 pp
1967 9.6 +0.4 pp
1966 9.2 +0.4 pp
1965 8.9 +0.4 pp
1964 8.5 +0.4 pp
1963 8.1 +0.4 pp
1962 7.7 +0.4 pp
1961 7.4 +0.3 pp
1960 7

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.