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Niger

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Niger is a country. The capital city is Niamey, located in the Western Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 1,266,700 km², a population of 26,159,867 people and uses the currency West African CFA franc. The President is Mahamadou Issoufou.

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currency: West African CFA franc
capital city: Niamey
region: Western Africa
continent: Africa
land area: 1,266,700 km²
population: 26,159,867 people
political leader: Mahamadou Issoufou (President)

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expense: 10.16 % of GDP
GDP: 16,819,170,420.57 current US$
inflation: 3.70 annual %
self-employed workers: 90.27 % of total employment
tax revenue: 11.76 % of GDP
unemployment: 0.42 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 84.49 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 10,000 people
democracy score: 3.76
democracy type: Authoritarian
internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 347,000 people
individuals using the Internet: 23.20 % of population
military expenditure: 2.07 % of GDP
net migration: 995 people
press freedom: 2.67
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 25.90 %
birth rate: 45.03 per 1,000 people
death rate: 7.83 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 34.34 current US$
health expenditure: 5.81 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.06 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 0.27 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 62
suicide mortality rate: 5.30 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 465,950.00 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 0.01 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 2.82 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 19.50 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 41.62 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 57.63 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.75 % of total
net energy imports: -5.81 % of energy use
fertility rate: 6.75 births per woman
forest area: 10,548 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 24.06 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 42.33 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 11.30
methane emissions: 28.53 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 10.47 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 12,877,706 people
male population: 13,282,161 people
renewable energy consumption: 79.60 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 1,187,981.38 km²
rural population: 21,698,563 people
urban land area: 1,313.95 km²
urban population: 4,461,304 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.00 % of total population

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