Niger · Population

On this page you can find past, current and future population statistics for Niger (from 1950-2100), population map, demographics, live population counter etc. . Question: What is the population of Niger? Answer: Current population of Niger is: 28 757 924*^[1], area 1267000 km², population density 22.7 p/km². Capital of Niger is Niamey. Continent: Africa.

Niger · Population 1950-2100

Niger · historical and predicted populations (both sexes) for the period 1950-2100 (millions) De facto population in Niger as of 1 July of the year indicated. Source United Nations Population Division [1].

What was the Niger population at your birthday?*

Enter your birth date to find out. [1]

year:***	month:	day:

Current Niger population

28 757 924

Today	This year
Population growth Today xx Changes every 38.745 sec.	Population growth This year xx
Births Today xx Changes every 31.583 sec.	Births This year xx [x]
Deaths Today xx Changes every 170.858 sec.	Deaths This year xx [x]

Sources: [1]
Today's statistic since midnight 00:00.
This year, statistic changes since 1st January
Population = Births** - Deaths

Niger population map

City density ^[2] • population density ^[3] • Legend (Click on marker to hide it)

• Population Growth rate: 2230 / day = 92.91 / hour = 1.549 / minute = 0.0258 / seconds
• Births Growth rate**: 2736 / day = 113.97 / hour = 1.901 / minute = 0.0319 / seconds
• Deaths Growth rate: 506 / day = 21.07 / hour = 0.351 / minute = 0.0059 / seconds.

Current Niger population by age and sex for 2026-05-16*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	3 069 320	⇐+4.1%	2 949 073
5-9	2 476 830	⇐+4.1%	2 379 293
10-14	1 920 533	⇐+1.9%	1 884 161
15-19	1 524 806	⇐+0.5%	1 516 676
20-24	1 239 361	⇐+2.9%	1 204 438
25-29	889 422	+2.2%⇒	909 255
30-34	651 047	+8.5%⇒	706 256
35-39	558 578	+6.1%⇒	592 524
40-44	535 853	⇐+5.9%	505 881
45-49	321 795	+25.3%⇒	403 358
50-54	277 434	+20.1%⇒	333 202
55-59	398 280	⇐+41.2%	282 166
60-64	276 734	⇐+39.7%	198 097
65-69	176 645	⇐+28.8%	137 130
70-74	105 819	+8.4%⇒	114 676
75-79	57 739	+27.8%⇒	73 766
80-84	24 452	+41.6%⇒	34 618
85-89	10 260	+27%⇒	13 030
90-94	2 472	+12.2%⇒	2 774
95-99	43	+183.7%⇒	122
100+	1	+100%⇒	2

Sources: [1]

Sources, Notices

* Value is calculated with linear interpolation from 2 nearest estimated (date->population) data (unofficial).
** Net migration is included in Births with this calculation: Births = Population[1] + Deaths[1].
*** For years before 1950 we dont have population data. Value is approximate calculation using function: 1900 population = 70% of 1950 population.
[1] United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2015). World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision. Data are estimates and projections according to a medium-fertility variant. Reused with the permission of the United Nations. Downloaded: 2015-11-15 (un.org)
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).