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Last reviewed: 03-09-2007

Niger
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BASIC FACTS

Capital
Niamey

Area size
1266700 sq. km

Area comparison
Slightly larger than western Europe

 

PEOPLE

Language
French is the official language, but several local languages are also spoken.
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population
2007 13.6 million U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006 13.5 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2005 13.3 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2004 12.8 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2003 12.4 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2002 11.9 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2001 11.5 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2000 11.1 million U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
21.8 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2006)

Ethnic groups
Niger's herding peoples vary in ethnic origins from Berber Tuareg to Fulani, including the Tibu. The south is dominated by the Hausa, Djerma, Songhai and Kamuri, among others.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Islam, though traditional African religions and a Christian minority are also present in the south.
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population
2007 17.2 percent U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006 17.0 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2005 16.8 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2004 16.7 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2003 16.5 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2002 16.4 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2001 16.3 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2000 16.2 percent U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1948
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
33 (2005)
Source: U.N. Educational~ Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)

Percentage of population under 15
2004 49.0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 49.0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 50 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 49.9 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 49.9 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002


USEFUL INFORMATION

Time zone
GMT +1

Climate description
Dry season from October to May. Dry and cooling from November to January but dusty "harmattan" blowing from the east.

Currency
CFA Franc

Telephone dialling code
(+) 227

Driving (left/right)
Right


STANDARD OF LIVING

Average life expectancy
2004 44.6 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 44.4 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 46.2 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 45.6 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 45.2 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - male
2004 44.6 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 44.3 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 45.7 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 45.3 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 44.9 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - female
2004 44.7 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 44.4 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 46.3 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 45.9 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 45.5 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Infant mortality
2005 150 per 1,000 live births U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004 152 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003 154 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 156 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 156 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 159 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five
2005 256 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004 259 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003 262 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 265 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000 270 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Births attended by skilled personnel
1996-2004 16 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1995-2003 16 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002 16 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001 16 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000 16 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Maternal mortality
1600 per 100,000 live births (2000)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2006

Human development index (HDI rank)
2004 177 UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 177 UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 176 UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 174 UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 172 UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)
1996-2005 40 percent UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
1996-2004 40 percent UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
1995-2003 40 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002 40 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001 40 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000 40 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of undernourished population
2002-2004 average 32 percent U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006
2001-2003average 32 percent FAO 2006

Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.
Population with access to improved water
2004 46 percent UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002 46 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000 59 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Population with access to improved sanitation
2004 13 percent UNICEF and WHO 2006
2002 12 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000 20 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Literacy - average
2004 28.7 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 14.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 17.1 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 16.5 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 15.9 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - male
2004 42.9 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 19.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 25.1 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 24.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 23.8 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - female
2004 15.1 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 9.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 9.3 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 8.9 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 8.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Landlines telephones
2006 2 per 1,000 people International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 2007
2005 2 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2004 2 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2003 2 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2002 2 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2001 2 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2000 2 per 1,000 people ITU 2007

Cellular telephone subscribers
2005 22 per 1,000 people ITU 2006
2004 12 per 1,000 people ITU 2006
2003 7 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2002 5 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2001 0.2 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2000 0.2 per 1,000 people ITU 2007

Internet users
2005 2 per 1,000 people ITU 2006
2004 2 per 1,000 people ITU 2006
2003 2 per 1,000 people ITU 2006
2002 1 per 1,000 people ITU 2006
2001 1 per 1,000 people ITU 2006
2000 No data available per 1,000 people

Transparency International corruption ranking (1=least corrupt, 145=most corrupt)
2006 138 (joint) Transparency International
2005 126 (joint) Transparency International
2004 122 (joint) Transparency International
2003 Not ranked
2002 Not ranked
2001 Not ranked
2000 Not ranked

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
No (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Yes (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report


ECONOMY & AID

International humanitarian aid flows
Access the Financial Tracking Service, a global real-time database which records all reported humanitarian aid - including that for NGOs, the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid and private donations - searchable by country.
Source: Financial Tracking Service, ReliefWeb

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day
1990-2004 60.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003 61.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1990-2002 61.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2001 61.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

GNI per capita, Atlas method
2005 240 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2004 210 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2003 180 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2002 160 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2001 160 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2000 160 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country’s exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.
GDP
2005 3.4 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2004 3.1 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2003 2.7 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2002 2.2 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2001 1.9 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2000 1.8 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007

Annual GDP growth
2005 4.5 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2004 0 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2003 5.3 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2002 3 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2001 7.1 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2000 -1.4 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007

Annual inflation
2005 6.6 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2004 1.6 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2003 -0.4 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2002 3 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2001 4 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2000 4.5 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
0.8 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2006

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
35.4 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2006


HEALTH

Physicians
1990-2004 3 per 100,000 people UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003 3 per 100,000 people UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2002 4 per 100,000 people UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)
2005 1.1 percent U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2006
2003 1.1 percent UNAIDS 2006

Malaria
Risk from P.falciparum throughout the year in the whole country. Chloroquine resistance reported.
Source: WHO

TB cases
2005 164 per 100,000 people WHO 2007
2004 161 per 100,000 people WHO 2007
2003 155 per 100,000 people WHO 2006
2002 156 per 100,000 people WHO 2007
2001 151 per 100,000 people WHO 2006
2000 151 per 100,000 people WHO 2007


DISASTERS, CONFLICT & MIGRATION

Chronology of natural disasters
Access EM-DAT, a database of natural disasters from 1900 to the present - death tolls and numbers of affected people - searchable by country.
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Number of refugees originating here
2005 655 Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2004 689 UNHCR
2003 728 UNHCR
2002 834 UNHCR
2001 483 UNHCR
2000 493 UNHCR

Number of refugees residing here
2006 317 UNHCR
2005 301 UNHCR
2004 344 UNHCR
2003 328 UNHCR
2002 296 UNHCR
2001 83 UNHCR
2000 58 UNHCR

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate
No data available

Landmine casualties per year
2004 0 Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003 4 Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Yes (1997 )
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military
2004 1.1 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 No data available percent

Percentage of GDP spent on education
2002-2004 2.3 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2000-2002 2.3 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1999-2001 2.3 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1998-2000 2.7 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage of GDP spent on health
2003-2004 2.5 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002 2.0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001 1.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000 1.8 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

AlertNet makes every effort to ensure statistics are updated from the relevant sources as soon as they are available.


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Onlookers watch as rescue workers (C) remove bodies from a minivan that plunged into a river after a bridge collapsed during heavy rains at the village of Soudoure near the town of Boubon, 15 km (9 miles) northwest of the capital Niamey, August 5, 2007. Torrential rains in Niger caused two bus crashes early on Sunday, killing at least 20 people, witnesses and officials said.


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