Timbuktu has a population of 84,208, making it the 12th largest place we list in Mali. It is in Tombouctou.
Timbuktu holds 0.32% of Mali's 25,932,275 people. Bamako, the largest place we list there, is 50 times its size.
84,208
population
#12
in Mali
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Kati | Koulikoro | 130,254 |
| San | Ségou | 103,227 |
| Bougouni | Sikasso | 90,234 |
| Kita | Kayes | 75,598 |
| Dialakorodji | Koulikoro | 70,619 |
| Koulikoro | Koulikoro | 64,128 |
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.