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Niger

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Key facts

  • currency: West African CFA franc
  • capital city: Niamey
  • region: Western Africa
  • continent: Africa
  • land area: 1,266,700 km²
  • population: 27,202,843
  • political leader: Mahamadou Issoufou (President)

Location on a map: [16°0′N, 8°0′E]

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Profile

Niger is a country in Western Africa, Africa. It has a land area of 1,266,700 km² and a population of 27,202,843. The capital city is Niamey. The political leader is Mahamadou Issoufou whose title is President.

In the news

Niger has been mentioned 1036 times in the news, here is the latest (trend):

US says its troops will complete Niger withdrawal in early August
Read: France 24 link
Death penalty fears for Niger ex-president - lawyer
Read: BBC link
A year after Niger's coup, split political loyalties test family ties
Read: Al Jazeera link
Niger: One year after coup, junta remains vague on future
Read: Deutsche Welle link

Politics

Environment

Niger is one of the countries in Africa and one of the countries in Western Africa.
There are cities in Niger. There are wildfires in Niger.
  • Agricultural land: 465,950.00 km²
  • Alternative and nuclear energy: 0.01 % of total energy use
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 2,197.95 kt
  • 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: 10,672 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 24.06 % of total
  • Other greenhouse gas emissions, hfc, pfc and sf6: 431.53 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 10.60 years
  • Methane emissions: 28,579.35 kt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 13,245.90 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 13,405,554.00
  • Male population: 13,797,289.00
  • Renewable energy consumption: 79.60 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 1,187,981.38 km²
  • Rural population: 22,563,670.00
  • Urban land area: 1,313.95 km²
  • Urban population: 4,639,173.00
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.00 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Niger by population

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Niger

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy (% of total energy use) in Niger

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Niger

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Niger

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Niger (% of total)

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Niger

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Niger

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Niger (% of total)

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Niger

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources in Niger

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Niger

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Niger

Evolution of historical forest area in Niger

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption (% of total) in Niger

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Niger

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Niger

Evolution of historical internet access in Niger

Evolution of historical land area in Niger

Evolution of historical median age in Niger

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Niger

Evolution of historical net migration in Niger

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Niger

Evolution of historical population in Niger

Evolution of historical female population in Niger

Evolution of historical male population in Niger

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Niger

Evolution of historical total rural land area in Niger

Evolution of historical rural population in Niger

Evolution of historical total urban land in Niger

Evolution of historical urban population in Niger

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Niger

Distribution of sites in Niger by inscription year

Geographical distribution of sites in Niger by area

Distribution of transboundary sites in Niger

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Niger by total fire area

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Source

This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

Updated: 1 day ago

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