🇳🇪 Niger Demographics - Population, Culture & Society

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🇳🇪 Niger NE / NER #21

Nomad Score 34.0

Cities 6

Region African Union, Francophone, Sahel, Africa, Africa, Western Africa, Least Developed Countries

Currency XOF

📊 KEY DEMOGRAPHICS

Population 26.3M

Density 17.0/km²

HDI 0.419 (Low)

Gini Index (2014) 34.3

Life Expectancy (2023) 61.2 yrs

Fertility Rate (2023) 6.06

Urban Population (2024) 18.1%

Literacy Rate (2022) 35.6%

Labor Force (2025) 80.5%

Sources: REST Countries v4, World Bank, OWID

🗣 LANGUAGES & CULTURE

Languages

Language	Native Name
French	français

Religions

Religion	Percentage
Islam	99.3%
Christianity	0.3%
Animism	0.2%
Irreligion	0.1%

Ethnicities

Ethnicity	Percentage
Hausa	53.1%
Zarma	21.2%
Tuareg	11.0%
Fulani	6.5%
Kanuri	5.9%
Gurma	0.8%
Toubou	0.4%
Arab	0.4%
Others	0.9%

Demonym (male) Nigerien

Demonym (female) Nigerien

National Anthem L'Honneur de la Patrie

📈 POPULATION STRUCTURE

Age Group	Distribution	Share
0-14 Youth		46.6%
15-64 Working		50.8%
65+ Elderly		2.6%

Dependency Ratio 96.8%

Profile Very Young

Urban Pop. (2024) 18.1%

Birth Rate (2023) 41.9 /1000

Death Rate (2023) 8.9 /1000

Largest City (2025) 30.4%

Fertility Rate (2023) 6.06

Infant Mortality (2023) 67.4 /1000

Slum Pop. (2022) 70.4%

Tourism (2020) 85.0K

Source: World Bank

🏥 HEALTHCARE

Life Expectancy (2023) 61.2 yrs

HALE (2021) 52.6 yrs

Health Spending (2023) 4.1% of GDP

Infant Mortality (2023) 67.4/1000

UHC Index (2021) 35/100

Hospital Beds (2020) 0.3/1000

Physicians (2023) 0.04/1000

Nurses (2023) 0.42/1000

Health Spending/cap (2023) $26

Out-of-Pocket (2023) 51.5%

Source: World Bank, WHO

🎓 EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY

Literacy Rate (2022) 35.6%

Education Spending (2023) 4.1% of GDP

Learning Outcomes (2020) 305

Internet Users (2023) 23.2%

Mobile Subscriptions (2023) 65.7/100

Broadband (2023) 0.1/100

Secure Servers (2024) 5/1M

Source: World Bank, OWID

🌐 BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY

Broadband per 100 (2023) 0.1

Source: ITU / World Bank via OWID. Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people.

🌍 GEOGRAPHY & PRACTICAL

Area 1,267,000 km²

Capital Niamey 📍

Continent Africa

Region Africa

Subregion Western Africa

Landlocked Yes

Driving Side Right

Timezones UTC+01:00

Calling Codes +227

Postal Code ####

TLD .ne

Maps Google Maps | OpenStreetMap

Borders 🇩🇿 Algeria, 🇧🇯 Benin, 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso, 🇹🇩 Chad, 🇱🇾 Libya, 🇲🇱 Mali, 🇳🇬 Nigeria

🏅 NATIONAL SYMBOLS

Flag The flag of Niger features three equal horizontal bands of orange, white and green, with an orange circle centered in the white band.