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Niger

Country

Member state of the United Nations.[1]

Capital
Population
27,917,831 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 21,477,348in 2017[4]
Land area
1,266,700 km²[5]
Total area
1,267,000 km²[6] land and water
Official language
Currency
Land borders
Libya, Nigeria, Algeria, Chad, Mali, Benin, Burkina Faso[10]
Coast
No ocean coast (landlocked)[11][10]
Continent
Official names

Parts of Niger

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Through time

Population over time[3]
1960202527.9M

3,505,050 in 1960, 27,917,831 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
19603,505,050
19613,608,162
19623,714,520
19633,823,873
19643,935,814
19654,049,695
19664,165,544
19674,283,590
19684,403,637
19694,525,725
19704,650,275
19714,776,225
19724,904,845
19735,037,865
19745,174,953
19755,317,019
19765,464,962
19775,619,716
19785,782,932
19795,955,556
19806,135,971
19816,322,006
19826,512,732
19836,708,644
19846,909,971
19857,118,457
19867,335,811
19877,561,150
19887,793,748
19898,034,780
19908,286,059
19918,546,900
19928,817,633
19939,100,789
19949,398,258
19959,714,529
199610,044,852
199710,383,969
199810,741,413
199911,117,411
200011,509,630
200111,920,647
200212,349,144
200312,796,984
200413,265,836
200513,756,192
200614,268,581
200714,803,610
200815,361,915
200915,943,675
201016,548,835
201117,176,283
201217,836,769
201318,519,898
201419,215,909
201519,939,498
201620,685,753
201721,435,446
201822,188,069
201922,947,757
202023,717,613
202124,502,140
202225,311,973
202326,159,867
202427,032,412
202527,917,831

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
NE[15]
ISO alpha-3
NER[16]
ISO numeric
562[17]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Niger (Q1032), capital: Niamey (revision 2564284968) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: Niger (Q1032), population (revision 2564284968) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: Niger (Q1032), area (revision 2564284968) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: The World Factbook
  7. Wikidata: Niger (Q1032), official language: Hausa (revision 2564284968) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  8. Wikidata: Niger (Q1032), currency: West African CFA franc (revision 2564284968) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  9. Wikidata: Niger (Q1032), continent: Africa (revision 2564284968) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  10. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  11. Wikidata: Niger (Q1032), instance of (revision 2564284968) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  12. Wikidata: Niger (Q1032), official name (revision 2564284968) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  13. Wikidata: Niger (Q1032), official name (revision 2564284968) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  14. Wikidata: Niger (Q1032), official name (revision 2564284968) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  15. Wikidata: Niger (Q1032), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2564284968) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  16. Wikidata: Niger (Q1032), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2564284968) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  17. Wikidata: Niger (Q1032), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2564284968) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

Flag image: Flag of Niger.svg, Public domain, Made by: Philippe Verdy User:verdy_p , see also fr:Utilisateur:verdy_p ., via Wikimedia Commons.