What is the difference in total number of international immigrants between Cameroon and Mali?

97,625 immigrants, with Cameroon ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Mali?

8 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Total number of international immigrants. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Cameroon vs Mali: Total number of international immigrants

Cameroon

642,948 immigrants

in 2024

Mali

545,323 immigrants

in 2024

Cameroon rank

76th

Mali rank

78th

Total number of international immigrants over time

Cameroon
Mali

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 642,948 immigrants against 545,323 immigrants in Mali, a difference of 97,625 immigrants.

That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.2 times Mali's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 8 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 76th and Mali ranks 78th of 232 countries.

Cameroon has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	Mali	Difference	Ahead
1990s	255,379 immigrants	168,462 immigrants	86,918 immigrants	Cameroon
2000s	246,372 immigrants	224,052 immigrants	22,320 immigrants	Cameroon
2010s	399,910 immigrants	380,791 immigrants	19,119 immigrants	Cameroon
2020s	611,078 immigrants	515,576 immigrants	95,502 immigrants	Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher total number of international immigrants, Cameroon or Mali?: Cameroon, at 642,948 immigrants against 545,323 immigrants in Mali as of 2024.
What is the difference in total number of international immigrants between Cameroon and Mali?: 97,625 immigrants, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Mali?: 8 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Cameroon and Mali rank globally for total number of international immigrants?: Cameroon ranks 76th and Mali ranks 78th of 232 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Total number of international immigrants. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Total number of international immigrants
Unit: immigrants
Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 232 places, 1,856 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

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