In the 2002 Russian census, 604,298 people identified themselves as "Mari," with 18,515 of those specifying that they were Mountain Mari and 56,119 as Eastern Mari.
2002年俄罗斯人口普查中，认同“马里人”的有604298人，其中18515人认同“山地马里人”，56119人认同“东部马里人”。