Businesses in Sikasso

Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Sikasso

Industry Description	Number of Establishments
Education	42
Shopping	35
Mosques	21
Public administration	21
Pharmacies and drug stores	18
Apartments	18
Other accommodation	17
Restaurants	17
Gas station	16
Banks	13
Electronics stores	12
Corporate management	11
Clothing stores	9
Religion	9

Sikasso Facts

Area	13201.5 km²
Population	1,089,394
Male Population	535,318 (49.1%)
Female Population	554,076 (50.9%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+224.1%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+86.9%
Median Age	15 years (Male: 14.4, Female: 15.7)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$1,418 (2022)
Neighborhoods	Tiefinbougou, Centre Commercial, Kaboila II
Local Time
Timezone	Greenwich Mean Time
Lat & Lng	11.31755, -5.66654

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Sikasso Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	336,086	454,572	582,973	857,335	1,089,394	1,277,993	1,483,590
Population Density	25.5 / km²	34.4 / km²	44.2 / km²	64.9 / km²	82.5 / km²	96.8 / km²	112.4 / km²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Sikasso Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 86.9% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Sikasso	+224.1%	+139.7%	+86.9%
Sikasso Region	—	—	—
Mali	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Sikasso Median Age

Median Age: 15 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Sikasso	15 yrs	15.7 yrs	14.4 yrs
Sikasso Region	15 yrs	15.7 yrs	14.4 yrs
Mali	16.1 yrs	16.6 yrs	15.5 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Sikasso Population Density

Population Density: 82.5 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Sikasso	1.1 million	13,201.5 km²	82.5 / km²
Sikasso Region	3.2 million	71,721.7 km²	44 / km²
Mali	17.7 million	1,252,394 km²	14.1 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Sikasso Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 700 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Area Codes

Percentage Area Codes used by businesses in Sikasso

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Sikasso Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$736	$961	$942	$1,138	$1,121	$1,131	$1,317	$1,418
Total GDP	$340.1M	$503M	$556.5M	$773.3M	$877M	$1B	$1.4B	$1.6B

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Kosonen, M. & Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S. Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022. Sci Data 12, 178 (2025) doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04487-x

Sikasso CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Sikasso	150,146 tn	0.14 tn	11.4 tons/km²
Sikasso Region	434,423 tn	0.14 tn	6.1 tons/km²
Mali	2,464,946 tn	0.14 tn	2 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Sikasso CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	150,146 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	0.14 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	11.4 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Drought	Low (2)
Flood	Medium (4)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and International Research Institute for Climate and Society - IRI - Columbia University. 2005. Global Drought Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4VX0DFT.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Flood Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4668B3D.

Sikasso

Sikasso is a city in the south of Mali and the capital of the Sikasso Cercle and the Sikasso Region. It is Mali's second largest city with 225,753 residents in the 2009 census.

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