Niger Population

Niger at a glance

How Niger's population is changing

Niger's population is growing fast: +3.22% a year, which works out to about +899,764 people per year, or +2,463 a day. Births (41.4 per 1,000) and deaths (8.7 per 1,000) alone would give +3.27% a year; net migration removes about 7,704 people a year (−0.03%). Roughly one in every 294 people on Earth lives in Niger.

Population of Niger since 1960

In 1960, Niger had 3,505,050 people. By 2025 that was 27,917,831 — 8.0× larger. The fastest growth came between 2006 and 2016, when the population rose by 45%.

Niger from 1800 to 2100

Modelled estimates put Niger at about 852,737 people in 1800; the UN estimates 27,917,831 in 2025 (33× 1800) and projects 90,819,273 for 2100 in its medium scenario. That is still 225% growth over the rest of this century.

Country live/base figures use World Bank estimates; this historical/future chart uses a separate UN series and need not match the World Bank base in overlapping years. Before 1950: HYDE 3.3 / Gapminder reconstructions via Our World in Data — historical modelling, not censuses. 1950–2023: UN World Population Prospects 2024. 2024–2100: UN medium projection. Open the time machine to see the whole map in any year.

Largest listed places in Niger

10 records sorted by displayed base population. Definitions vary (province/administrative unit, UN urban centre or GeoNames settlement); this is not a harmonised city ranking. Shares use World Bank 2025 country population 27,917,831. Dates and boundaries may differ. Overlapping entities are not summed.

How Niger compares

Niger has almost the same population as Australia (27,614,411).

Rank	Country	Population	vs Niger
#52	Nepal	29,618,118	+6%	compare →
#53	Venezuela	28,516,896	+2%	compare →
#55	Australia	27,614,411	−1%	compare →
#56	North Korea	26,571,036	−5%	compare →

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Same region (Sub-Saharan Africa): Nigeria, Ethiopia, DR Congo, Tanzania, South Africa, Kenya.

Explore around Niger

Land neighbours (8)

• Nigeria 237,527,782 · 8.5× the population · compare
• Algeria 47,435,312 · 1.7× the population · compare
• Cameroon 29,879,337 · about the same population · compare
• Mali 25,198,821 · about the same population · compare
• Burkina Faso 24,074,580 · 1.2× smaller · compare
• Chad 21,003,705 · 1.3× smaller · compare
• Benin 14,814,460 · 1.9× smaller · compare
• Libya 7,458,555 · 3.7× smaller · compare

Niger's 8 neighbours together hold 407,392,552 people — 14.6× Niger's population. The most populous is Nigeria (237,527,782).

In its region

Niger is the 15th most populous of the 48 economies in Sub-Saharan Africa, holding 2.1% of the region's 1,321,654,217 people.

Rankings featuring Niger

• Fastest-growing countries #9
• Highest birth rates #4
• Highest fertility rates #5
• Youngest populations (share aged 0–14) #3

Cities

Niamey, Zinder, Maradi, Tahoua, Agadez, Dosso, Birni N Konni, Tessaoua — all Niger's cities on the map.

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