City profile · Mali · Africa
Timbuktu
Tombouctou · Mali
City population
84,208
#12
in Mali
#1
in Tombouctou
#6,867
worldwide
16.773, -3.007 · 707 km from Bamako
About Timbuktu
Timbuktu is a city in Tombouctou, Mali with a population of 84,208. It is the 12th largest of the 60 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Mali, and the 6,867th largest worldwide. It lies 707 km from Bamako.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Tombouctou
Rank in region
#1of 3
Elevation
274 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Bamako
Coordinates
16.773, -3.007
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 60 in MaliClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.