A consolidated migration profile for Mali:
who arrives, who leaves, how many people are hosted or displaced, and the national context behind those numbers.
Every figure below is a reported value from an official source — nothing is estimated or filled in.
CapitalBamako
RegionSub-Saharan Africa
SubregionSub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Population25,198,821
Refugees hosted286,715People protected here
Refugees from here—Fled abroad
Migrants living here545,323Foreign-born stock
Net migration-48,019Net outflow
Asylum-seekers322Awaiting a decision
Reporting year2025Most recent data
Latest figures · 2025
Key migration numbers
The headline counts for the most recent reporting year. Refugees hosted are people this country protects; asylum-seekers are still awaiting a decision; applications are new asylum claims lodged during the year.
2025Reporting year
286,715Refugees hosted
322Asylum-seekers
25Applications (year)
Migration balance
Incoming vs outgoing
Annual estimates
Net migration is arrivals minus departures over the year. Positive means more people moved in than out. Migrant stock is the total foreign-born people living here now.
Net migration (year)-48,019Net outflow
Migrants living here545,323Migrant stock
Missing / dead migrants
No data available
IOM Missing Migrants Project
Historical series
Statistics
Recorded migrant, refugee and asylum populations over time. Each line is one category; gaps mean a year the source did not report a figure (the line bridges the gap rather than dropping to zero).
Population profile
Sex, age, religion & more
How the population breaks down across reported dimensions, grouped by the year each figure was reported (most recent first). Bars show each group’s share of the total; where only headcounts were published, the raw number is shown instead.
Religion
Religious make-up over time
National shares
Share of the population by faith across the recorded years. Each line is a stored national value; nothing is estimated.
Displaced population by age cohort for the most recent reported year. Age is summed across sexes in the source data, so this is a single series per cohort — not a male/female split.
Displaced population by sex over the reported years, stacked so the top line reads as the total.
Sex
Female49.5%
Male37.9%
Unknown12.6%
Age
0-42.2%
12-172.9%
18-599.1%
5-115.8%
60+1.1%
Sex
Female14.0%
Male11.2%
Unknown74.8%
Age
0-42.9%
12-173.1%
18-5911.1%
5-116.7%
60+1.3%
Sex
Female56.2%
Male43.8%
Age
0-41.1%
12-171.9%
18-596.0%
5-113.6%
60+0.6%
Sex
Female13.8%
Male11.3%
Unknown74.9%
Age
0-41.8%
12-171.6%
18-595.2%
5-113.1%
60+0.5%
Sex
Female54.6%
Male45.4%
Age
0-42.0%
12-171.5%
18-594.3%
5-112.7%
60+0.4%
Sex
Female55.4%
Male44.4%
Age
0-41.8%
12-172.4%
18-594.9%
5-113.5%
60+0.5%
Sex
Female46.3%
Male40.8%
Unknown12.9%
Age
0-41.2%
12-171.8%
18-595.0%
5-113.1%
60+0.6%
Sex
Female10.3%
Male10.2%
Unknown79.5%
Age
0-42.3%
12-173.2%
18-598.7%
5-115.4%
60+0.8%
Sex
Female13.5%
Male13.3%
Unknown73.2%
Age
0-43.6%
12-174.5%
18-5910.8%
5-117.0%
60+0.9%
Sex
Female13.4%
Male13.1%
Unknown73.5%
Age
0-43.9%
12-174.3%
18-5910.4%
5-116.9%
60+1.0%
Sex
Female7.3%
Male7.3%
Unknown85.4%
Age
0-42.1%
12-172.3%
18-596.0%
5-113.6%
60+0.5%
Sex
Female6.3%
Male6.3%
Unknown87.4%
Age
0-42.2%
12-171.8%
18-594.9%
5-113.2%
60+0.5%
Sex
Female4.4%
Male4.5%
Unknown91.1%
Age
0-41.7%
12-171.3%
18-593.4%
5-112.2%
60+0.3%
Sex
Female2.8%
Male3.0%
Unknown94.2%
Age
0-41.2%
12-171.0%
18-592.0%
5-111.5%
60+0.1%
Sex
Female43.9%
Male56.1%
Age
0-417.0%
12-1714.7%
18-5944.9%
5-1121.3%
60+2.1%
Sex
Female43.6%
Male56.4%
Age
0-412.9%
12-1712.3%
18-5951.1%
5-1121.1%
60+2.6%
Sex
Female43.7%
Male56.3%
Age
0-412.8%
12-1711.7%
18-5951.1%
5-1121.9%
60+2.6%
Sex
Female39.3%
Male59.7%
Unknown1.0%
Age
0-413.3%
12-1718.1%
18-5948.5%
5-1116.6%
60+2.6%
Sex
Female39.0%
Male60.8%
Age
0-413.4%
12-1718.2%
18-5949.2%
5-1116.6%
60+2.3%
Sex
Female39.7%
Male60.2%
Age
0-413.1%
12-1717.9%
18-5949.9%
5-1116.7%
60+2.3%
Sex
Female39.7%
Male59.9%
Age
0-413.3%
12-1715.6%
18-5949.8%
5-1118.7%
60+2.3%
Sex
Female40.1%
Male59.9%
Age
0-413.9%
12-1716.5%
18-5947.5%
5-1119.7%
60+2.4%
Sex
Female41.1%
Male58.8%
Age
0-414.6%
12-1717.4%
18-5943.9%
5-1120.6%
60+3.4%
Sex
Female29.7%
Male39.4%
Unknown30.9%
Age
0-412.1%
12-1715.0%
18-5922.2%
5-1117.4%
60+2.3%
Sex
Female28.3%
Male37.8%
Unknown33.9%
Age
0-412.2%
12-1715.0%
18-5919.2%
5-1117.4%
60+2.3%
Country context
National indicators
Economy
GDP (current US$)30,069,148,580.77 USD2025GDP per capita (current US$)1,193.28 USD2025Unemployment (% of labour force)2.83 %2025Personal remittances received (US$)1,068,935,477.12 USD2024Personal remittances received (% of GDP)3.99 %2024
Returned refugees16.00 people2024Returned IDPs153,133.00 people2025
Other
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)60.68 years2024Current health expenditure (% of GDP)3.81 %2023Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)48.43 %2023Gini index35.70 2021Poverty headcount ratio at $2.15 a day (% of population)36.10 %2021
Context
Migration & quality of life
These charts place migration next to quality-of-life indicators over time. Correlation is not causation — a relationship here does not prove migration caused the change, or that a change caused the migration.
Economy
Gross domestic product
World Bank
GDP (current US$)
$30.07B
Reported 2025
GDP per capita (current US$)
$1,193
Reported 2025
Migrant stock as a share of the population (left axis, in percent) shown against life expectancy (right axis, in years) over the years.
Each point is one year: migrant share of population (x, in percent) versus life expectancy (y, in years).
Public safety
Recorded crime
Not migrant offending
National crime figures for context only — they describe the whole resident population and are not a measure of migrant offending.
Recorded crime by type
rate / 100k where available
Crime
Rate / 100k
1,008.00
Crime
Rate / 100k
1,238.00
Crime
Rate / 100k
1,440.00
Crime
Rate / 100k
726.00
Crime
Rate / 100k
583.00
Crime
Rate / 100k
603.00
Crime
Rate / 100k
521.00
Crime
Rate / 100k
359.00
Crime
Rate / 100k
97.00
Crime
Rate / 100k
172.00
Crime
Rate / 100k
189.00
Crime
Rate / 100k
805.00
Crime
Rate / 100k
218.00
Crime
Rate / 100k
28.00
Crime
Rate / 100k
126.00
Crime
Rate / 100k
112.00
Crime
Rate / 100k
39.00
Crime
Rate / 100k
12.00
Crime
Rate / 100k
106.00
Crime
Rate / 100k
59.00
Crime
Rate / 100k
457.00
Public expenditure
Expenses
Migration-related public spending only — Official Development Assistance received and provided (which, for donor countries, includes in-donor refugee costs), in US dollars, stacked so the top line reads as the combined total for each year.
Year
Amount (USD)
Category
2023
$1,292,478,638
ODA received
2022
$1,201,138,916
ODA received
2021
$1,439,193,237
ODA received
2020
$1,567,402,466
ODA received
2019
$1,816,762,207
ODA received
2018
$1,556,926,758
ODA received
2017
$1,360,057,983
ODA received
2016
$1,205,116,943
ODA received
2015
$1,201,644,409
ODA received
2014
$1,235,838,135
ODA received
2013
$1,397,521,362
ODA received
2012
$995,577,637
ODA received
2011
$1,267,623,901
ODA received
2010
$935,510,010
ODA received
2009
$984,660,767
ODA received
2008
$967,752,808
ODA received
2007
$1,021,013,916
ODA received
2006
$869,202,820
ODA received
2005
$724,588,318
ODA received
2004
$585,304,138
ODA received
2003
$556,226,013
ODA received
2002
$420,479,828
ODA received
2001
$351,743,347
ODA received
2000
$288,035,980
ODA received
1999
$354,390,015
ODA received
1998
$346,820,038
ODA received
1997
$429,334,045
ODA received
1996
$490,170,013
ODA received
1995
$540,409,973
ODA received
1994
$440,149,994
ODA received
1993
$369,959,991
ODA received
1992
$429,690,002
ODA received
1991
$449,679,993
ODA received
1990
$479,170,013
ODA received
1989
$447,179,993
ODA received
1988
$435,380,005
ODA received
1987
$360,149,994
ODA received
1986
$378,690,002
ODA received
1985
$378,649,994
ODA received
1984
$319,570,007
ODA received
1983
$218,369,995
ODA received
1982
$208,839,996
ODA received
1981
$228,009,995
ODA received
1980
$266,420,013
ODA received
1979
$187,529,999
ODA received
1978
$157,080,002
ODA received
1977
$110,199,997
ODA received
1976
$87,040,001
ODA received
1975
$143,970,001
ODA received
1974
$115,889,999
ODA received
1973
$70,610,001
ODA received
1972
$37,810,001
ODA received
1971
$29,840,000
ODA received
1970
$22,090,000
ODA received
1969
$23,219,999
ODA received
1968
$27,889,999
ODA received
1967
$17,200,001
ODA received
1966
$24,950,001
ODA received
1965
$21,610,001
ODA received
1964
$17,240,000
ODA received
1963
$7,110,000
ODA received
1962
$9,560,000
ODA received
1961
$2,440,000
ODA received
1960
$80,000
ODA received
Sources & notes
Figures are consolidated from the UNHCR Refugee Data Finder and the World Bank / UNODC. Only reported values are shown — blanks mean a source did not publish a figure, never a fabricated estimate. Statistics describe recorded populations and movements and should not be read as causal relationships.
