Niger is a vast West African nation, mostly desert. With the world's fastest-growing population and significant uranium reserves, it experienced a military coup in 2023.
Hausa (national language); French and English are working languages
These figures are calculated from the data on this page and compared with the other 195 countries Beelad covers.
| Population density | 21 people per km² rank 165 of 196 (highest first); the average across all 196 countries is 60 per km² |
|---|---|
| Share of world population | 0.323 % world total: 8,091,734,930 (UN, 1 July 2023) |
| Share of Africa | 1.8% of its people, 4.2% of its land area |
| Area in square miles | 489,191 1 km² = 0.386 sq mi |
| Closest in size | Chad (1,284,000 km²) |
| Closest in population | North Korea (26,418,204 people) |
7 other countries in our list also use XOF: Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Senegal, Togo.