MigrantoMigration trends in Mali
Africa
Mali loses more people than it takes in: 1.3M emigrants against 519.7K immigrants. Net balance −772.9K — 3% of the country's population
24.5M
Population
519.7K
Immigrants
1.3M
Emigrants
−772.9K
Outflow
1 in 47 residents of Mali was born abroad — and 1 in 20 people born in Mali lives abroad
#57 in the world by net migration loss
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in Mali
Where people come from
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
142.9K immigrants · 587.6K emigrants
2005
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 58%
2015
- Surge of departures to Mauritania — 99.2K people left
- The diaspora passed 1M people
Today
- The foreign-born population passed 500K residents
- Since 1990: 376.7K more foreign-born residents and 704.9K more emigrants
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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