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Mali — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition

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Mali had an estimated population of 10,587,269 in 2005, with 37 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.

About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.

For current figures: Mali today — population now 25,932,275, against 10,587,269 in 2005.

Source2005NowChange
World Gazetteer (the work cited)10,587,269
UN World Population Prospects13,538,64725,932,275+92%

The two sources differ by 22% for 2005. The Gazetteer figure is the one the citation you followed refers to; the UN pair is the like-for-like comparison.

Agglomerations, 2005

#NamePopulation (2005)
1Bamako1,621,288

Cities and towns, 2005

#PlaceRegionPopulation (2005)Today
1BamakoBamako1,297,281
2SikassoSikasso144,786349,324 now
3MoptiMopti108,456186,187 now
4KoutialaSikasso99,353218,031 now
5KayesKayes97,464194,716 now
6SégouSégou92,552205,787 now
7NioroKayes72,08051,933 now
8MarkalaSégou53,73853,738 now
9KolokaniKoulikoro48,77448,774 now
10KatiKoulikoro42,922
11GaoGao38,190
12BougouniSikasso35,45090,234 now
13NionoSégou32,51352,584 now
14TombouctouTombouctou32,460
15BanambaKoulikoro30,59130,591 now
16NaraKoulikoro27,78723,599 now
17BafoulabéKayes26,82326,823 now
18SanSégou24,811
19KoulikoroKoulikoro23,91964,128 now
20DjennéMopti22,38240,489 now
21YorossoSikasso17,447
22KangabaKoulikoro17,232
23KidalKidal11,643
24DiréTombouctou10,94331,348 now
25KolondiébaSikasso10,041
26Ké-MassinaSégou9,848
27GoundamTombouctou8,456
28DouentzaMopti8,054
29TenenkouMopti7,471
30NiafunkéTombouctou6,901
31BandiagaraMopti6,853
32KimparanaSégou6,014
33KitaKayes5,769
34SokoloSégou4,374
35AraouaneTombouctou4,026
36TaoudenniTombouctou3,019
37TessalitKidal2,788

The Today column links to our current page for the same place, where one matches by name and plausible size; the figure shown there is today's, never 2005's. A dash means no confident match, which is more honest than a guessed link.

Administrative divisions, 2005

#NamePopulation (2005)
1Ségou1,877,885
2Kayes1,805,959
3Koulikoro1,798,311
4Sikasso1,773,516
5Mopti1,493,339
6Bamako971,351
7Tombouctou463,009
8Gao369,733
9Kidal34,166

The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.