Niger's population rose from 10M in 1996 to 27.9M in 2025.
Niger · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Niger's population growth fell from 3.3 % in 1996 to 3.2 % in 2025.
Niger's population density rose from 7.4 in 1994 to 20.7 in 2023.
Niger's population, female (% of total) fell from 49.7 % in 1996 to 49.2 % in 2025.
Niger's urbanisation rose from 15.8 % in 1996 to 18.4 % in 2025.
Niger's urban population rose from 1.59M in 1996 to 5.13M in 2025.
Niger's rural population rose from 8.46M in 1996 to 22.8M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −2.1 %5th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.1 %4th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −1.6 %68th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −2.6 %214th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.1 yrs215th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.4 pts3rd of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.4 pts213th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.0 pts205th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −1.4 pts5th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.0 pts198th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −90.6 %146th of 217
- Migrant stockup +0.2 pts158th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +37.0 %22nd of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs207th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.3 yrs209th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs202nd of 217