List of cities in Mali


This list of cities in Mali tabulates all the largest communes in the country of Mali. Besides the largest cities and towns, this table also includes other large rural communes with a population in excess of 50,000.
By far the largest agglomeration in Mali is the capital, Bamako, with a population of 1,809,106. Thus about 12½ percent of Mali's population lives in Bamako.

Cities

The following table lists all communes with over 50,000 population from the 1 April 2009 census, together with the higher-level administrative unit and second-level unit in which each is situated. The population figures refer to the real city without any suburbs in neighbouring communes.
Bamako is a separate capital district and is not within any région or cercle; it comprises six urban communes, which are numbered rather than named.
NameRegionCercleUrban or
rural
commune		Popn
1998
Census		Popn
2009
Census		Average
Annual
Change
BamakoBamakoBamakoSix Urban
communes		1,016,2961,809,1064.8
SikassoSikassoSikassoUrban134,774225,7534.8
KalabancoroKoulikoroKatiRural35,582166,72215.1
KoutialaSikassoKoutialaUrban76,914137,9195.5
SégouSégouSégouUrban105,305130,6902.0
KayesKayesKayesUrban67,424127,3686.0
KatiKoulikoroKatiUrban52,714114,9837.3
MoptiMoptiMoptiUrban80,472114,2963.2
NionoSégouNionoRural54,25191,5544.9
GaoGaoGaoUrban52,20186,6334.7
SanSégouSanUrban46,63168,0673.5
KoroMoptiKoroRural41,44062,6813.8
BlaSégouBlaRural27,56861,3387.5
BougouniSikassoBougouniUrban37,36059,6794.3
MandéKoulikoroKatiRural30,57759,3526.2
Baguineda-
Camp		KoulikoroKatiRural28,37158,661
KolondiébaSikassoKolondiébaRural37,94557,8983.9
KolokaniKoulikoroKolokaniRural33,55857,3075.0
PelenganaSégouSégouRural19,96356,2599.9
TombouctouTombouctouTombouctouUrban29,73254,4535.7
KourySikassoYorossoRural33,60554,4354.5
MassiguiKoulikoroDioïlaRural42,66553,9472.2
TonkaTombouctouGoundamRural37,82153,4383.2
KadioloSikassoKadioloRural31,29252,9324.9
Wassoulou-
Balle		SikassoYanfolilaRural37,49851,7273.0
KaladougouKoulikoroDioïlaRural23,82351,3847.2
KoumantouSikassoBougouniRural33,98751,3483.8
Ouelesse-
bougou		KoulikoroKatiRural36,19850,0563.0

The next table lists all the remaining urban communes with under 50,000 population from the 1 April 2009 census, together with the higher-level administrative unit and second-level unit in which each is situated. The population figures refer to the real city without any suburbs in neighbouring communes.
NameRegionCerclePopn
1998
Census		Popn
2009
Census		-
KitaKayesKita31,86148,947
KoulikoroKoulikoroKoulikoro28,67043,174
NioroKayesNioro22,26633,486
DjennéMoptiDjenné19,55832,944
DouentzaMoptiDouentza13,13828,005
BouremGaoBourem21,22727,486
KidalKidalKidal11,15925,617
BandiagaraMoptiBandiagara21,05825,564
DiréTombouctouDiré13,43122,365
GoundamTombouctouGoundam9,03015,253
ToyaKayesYélimané8,90812,922
TroungoumbéKayesNioro9,98811,412
TénenkouMoptiTénenkou7,67511,310
FataoKayesDiéma4,7749,239
KouniakaryKayesKayes7,0238,135
KaranKoulikoroKangaba5,6696,874
YouriKayesNioro4,0616,721
SomankidiKayesKayes4,7846,622
FéguiKayesKayes2,6885,494
KourounikotoKayesKita3,2475,335