Algeria vs Mali: Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

Algeria
3.00 million
in 2025
Mali
3.18 million
in 2025
Algeria rank
74th
Mali rank
71st

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million over time

  • Algeria
  • Mali
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How they compare

Mali currently reports 3.18 million against 3.00 million in Algeria, a difference of 176,210.

That makes Mali's figure about 1.1 times Algeria's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Algeria ahead.

Algeria ranks 74th and Mali ranks 71st of 121 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Algeria averaged higher in 6 and Mali in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Algeria Mali Difference Ahead
1960s 1.06 million 158,251 899,696 Algeria
1970s 1.47 million 347,262 1.12 million Algeria
1980s 1.68 million 598,510 1.08 million Algeria
1990s 1.96 million 899,874 1.06 million Algeria
2000s 2.27 million 1.46 million 805,697 Algeria
2010s 2.58 million 2.19 million 384,793 Algeria
2020s 2.88 million 2.88 million 3,217 Mali

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, Algeria or Mali?
Mali, at 3.18 million against 3.00 million in Algeria as of 2025.
What is the difference in population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million between Algeria and Mali?
176,210, with Mali ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Mali?
66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Algeria and Mali rank globally for population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million?
Algeria ranks 74th and Mali ranks 71st of 121 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Urbanization Prospects 2018, United Nations (UN), published as Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million
Source
World Urbanization Prospects 2018, United Nations (UN)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
121 places, 7,986 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.