Western Africa
Niger
Republic of Niger
Core facts
- Capital
- Niamey
- Population
- 26,312,034
- Area
- 1,267,000 km^2
- Country code
- NER
- Flag emoji
- 🇳🇪
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Population density
- 20.8 per km^2
- Calling code
- +227
Culture and society
- Languages
- French
- Religions
- Christianity (49.0%), Islam (42.0%), Folk religions (6.0%), Unaffiliated (2.0%), Other religions (100.0%)
- Native names
- Niger
- Demonyms (EN)
- Nigerien / Nigerien
- Start of week
- monday
- Driving side
- right
- Timezones
- UTC+01:00
- Alternative spellings
- NE, Nijar
Geography and map
- Continents
- Africa
- Coordinates
- 16.00, 8.00
- Landlocked
- Yes
- Borders
- DZA, BEN, BFA, TCD, LBY, MLI, NGA
- Border countries count
- 7
Economy and identity
- Currencies
- West African CFA franc (Fr)
- Top-level domain
- .ne
- FIFA code
- NIG
- Capital coordinates
- 13.52, 2.12
- Postal code format
- ####
- Gini index
- 34.3 (2014)
- Coat of arms
