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Sikasso, Mali's second largest city, 2008
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Ségou, Mali's fifth largest city, 2008

This list of cities in Mali tabulates all the largest communes in the country of Mali (including those in the north-eastern portion where the Mali Government no longer exercises de facto control). Besides the largest cities and towns (all urban communes are shown), 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 (at the 2009 Census). 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 (région) and second-level unit (cercle) in which each is situated. The population figures refer to the real city (i.e. commune) 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 (not individually listed in the table below), which are numbered rather than named.

Name Region Cercle Urban or
rural
commune
Pop.
1998
Census
Pop.
2009
Census
Average
Annual
Change
Bamako Bamako Bamako Six Urban
communes
1,016,296 1,809,106 4.8
Sikasso Sikasso Sikasso Urban 134,774 225,753 4.8
Kalabancoro Koulikoro Kati Rural 35,582 166,722 15.1
Koutiala Sikasso Koutiala Urban 76,914 137,919 5.5
Ségou Ségou Ségou Urban 105,305 130,690 2.0
Kayes Kayes Kayes Urban 67,424 127,368 6.0
Kati Koulikoro Kati Urban 52,714 114,983 7.3
Mopti Mopti Mopti Urban 80,472 114,296 3.2
Niono Ségou Niono Rural 54,251 91,554 4.9
Gao Gao Gao Urban 52,201 86,633 4.7
San Ségou San Urban 46,631 68,067 3.5
Koro Mopti Koro Rural 41,440 62,681 3.8
Bla Ségou Bla Rural 27,568 61,338 7.5
Bougouni Sikasso Bougouni Urban 37,360 59,679 4.3
Mandé Koulikoro Kati Rural 30,577 59,352 6.2
Baguineda-
Camp
Koulikoro Kati Rural 28,371 58,661
Kolondiéba Sikasso Kolondiéba Rural 37,945 57,898 3.9
Kolokani Koulikoro Kolokani Rural 33,558 57,307 5.0
Pelengana Ségou Ségou Rural 19,963 56,259 9.9
Timbuktu Tombouctou Timbuktu Urban 29,732 54,453 5.7
Koury Sikasso Yorosso Rural 33,605 54,435 4.5
Massigui Koulikoro Dioïla Rural 42,665 53,947 2.2
Tonka Tombouctou Goundam Rural 37,821 53,438 3.2
Kadiolo Sikasso Kadiolo Rural 31,292 52,932 4.9
Wassoulou-
Balle
Sikasso Yanfolila Rural 37,498 51,727 3.0
Kaladougou Koulikoro Dioïla Rural 23,823 51,384 7.2
Koumantou Sikasso Bougouni Rural 33,987 51,348 3.8
Ouelesse-
bougou
Koulikoro Kati Rural 36,198 50,056 3.0

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 (région) and second-level unit (cercle) in which each is situated. The population figures refer to the real city (i.e. commune) without any suburbs in neighbouring communes.

Name Region Cercle Popn
1998
Census
Popn
2009
Census
Kita Kayes Kita 31,861 48,947
Koulikoro Koulikoro Koulikoro 28,670 43,174
Nioro Kayes Nioro 22,266 33,486
Djenné Mopti Djenné 19,558 32,944
Douentza Mopti Douentza 13,138 28,005
Bourem Gao Bourem 21,227 27,486
Kidal Kidal Kidal 11,159 25,617
Bandiagara Mopti Bandiagara 21,058 25,564
Diré Tombouctou Diré 13,431 22,365
Goundam Tombouctou Goundam 9,030 15,253
Toya Kayes Yélimané 8,908 12,922
Troungoumbé Kayes Nioro 9,988 11,412
Ténenkou Mopti Ténenkou 7,675 11,310
Fatao Kayes Diéma 4,774 9,239
Kouniakary Kayes Kayes 7,023 8,135
Karan Koulikoro Kangaba 5,669 6,874
Youri Kayes Nioro 4,061 6,721
Somankidi Kayes Kayes 4,784 6,622
Fégui Kayes Kayes 2,688 5,494
Kourounikoto Kayes Kita 3,247 5,335

See also

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