🇳🇪Niger

Niamey

Africa

Low income

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Population

27.9M

3.3%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

5.94

births/woman

Life Expectancy

61.4y

GDP / capita

$775.4

Pop. Growth

3.22%

Net Migration

-7.7K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Niger by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇳🇬Nigeria199.7K(46.4%)

10×

🇲🇱Mali140.4K(32.6%)

+215%

🇧🇫

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male14.2MTotal 27.9M13.7MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Society, housing & beliefs

Family, crime, housing and religion indicators

Homicide rate

4.4

per 100,000

Divorce rate

—

per 1,000

Births outside marriage

—

of births

Home ownership

—

of households

Homicide rate over time

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people

Source: World Bank / UNODC

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇧🇯Benin29.5K(6.9%)

+67%

🇹🇬Togo16K(3.7%)

+67%

🇬🇭Ghana2.8K(0.6%)

+67%

🇨🇮Cote d'Ivoire2.3K(0.5%)

+97%

🇸🇩Sudan2.3K(0.5%)

+337%

🇸🇳Senegal1.9K(0.4%)

+67%

🇹🇩Chad1.9K(0.4%)

+152%

🇩🇿Algeria758(0.2%)

+67%

🇨🇲Cameroon685(0.2%)

+66%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the Niger diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Niger who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇳🇬Nigeria129.5K(29.5%)

+39%

🇨🇮Cote d'Ivoire97.8K(22.3%)

+15%

🇧🇯Benin82.9K(18.9%)

+21%

🇹🇬Togo66.8K(15.2%)

+9%

🇲🇱Mali15K(3.4%)

+62%

🇨🇲Cameroon13.6K(3.1%)

+62%

🇧🇫Burkina Faso13.5K(3.1%)

+11%

🇬🇭Ghana7.8K(1.8%)

+58%

🇹🇩Chad4.1K(0.9%)

+62%

🇧🇪Belgium2.7K(0.6%)

+97%

🇸🇳Senegal1.8K(0.4%)

+13%

🇮🇹Italy1.5K(0.3%)

+209%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024