Businesses in Koutiala

Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Koutiala

Industry Description	Number of Establishments
Education	35
Shopping	33
Apartments	16
Secondary education	13
Electronics stores	13
Restaurants	12
Gas station	10
Banks	8
Pharmacies and drug stores	8
Car repair	8
Stadiums and arenas	6
Mosques	6
Public administration	6

Koutiala Facts

Area	7772.9 km²
Population	885,614
Male Population	433,772 (49.0%)
Female Population	451,842 (51.0%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+265.1%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+100.7%
Median Age	15 years (Male: 14.4, Female: 15.7)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$1,051 (2022)
Local Time
Timezone	Greenwich Mean Time
Lat & Lng	12.39173, -5.46421

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Koutiala Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	242,538	339,171	441,260	705,270	885,614	1,032,315	1,189,612
Population Density	31.2 / km²	43.6 / km²	56.8 / km²	90.7 / km²	113.9 / km²	132.8 / km²	153 / km²

* Projected

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

Koutiala Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 100.7% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Koutiala	+265.1%	+161.1%	+100.7%
Sikasso Region	—	—	—
Mali	—	—	—

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

Koutiala Median Age

Median Age: 15 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Koutiala	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)

Koutiala Population Density

Population Density: 114 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Koutiala	885,614	7,772.9 km²	114 / 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

Koutiala Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1200 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.

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

Koutiala Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$989	$1,074	$1,110	$1,367	$1,093	$1,025	$965	$1,051
Total GDP	$341.6M	$413.5M	$485.4M	$701.6M	$661.4M	$735.2M	$807.4M	$940.9M

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

Koutiala CO2 Emissions

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

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Koutiala	122,085 tn	0.14 tn	15.7 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

Koutiala CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	122,085 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	0.14 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	15.7 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Drought	Low (2.9)
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.

Koutiala

Koutiala is a city in Mali in the administrative region of Sikasso, and is located 140 km north of the city of Sikasso. Koutiala serves as the capital of its administrative Cercle, home to 575,253 people in 2009. As of the 2009 Census, Koutiala has 1..

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