Migration trends in Mali
Africa
1.3M people from Mali have built lives abroad. That's 5.3% of the country population, spread across 44 different countries
24.5M
Population
519.7K
Immigrants
1.3M
Emigrants
−772.9K
Outflow
1 in every 20 people born in Mali now lives abroad
The #57 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Mali
Where people move to
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 abroad passed 1M people
Today
- The foreign-born population passed 500K residents
- Since 1990: 376.7K more foreign-born residents and 704.9K more citizens living abroad