Demographics of Niger

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Niger is projected at 25.13 million, up by 3.82% compared with 24.21 million in 2020. Niger is ranked 56th in terms of population and 2nd in terms of population growth rate.

There are 1.13 million births in Niger in 2021. That is 3,095 per day, which is ranked 27th. The crude birth rate is 44.81 per 1000 people. There are 0.19 million deaths in Niger in 2021. That is 527 per day, which is ranked 50th. The crude death rate is 7.62 per 1000 people.

4.19 million people are living in urban areas, which is 16.75% of Niger population. Niger is ranked 227th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Niger in 2021 is 101.19 males per 100 females. There are 12.64 million males and 12.49 million females in Niger. The percentage of female population is 49.70% compare to 50.30% male population. Niger has 0.15 million more males than females. Niger is at 149th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Niger population

Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	2,559,706	-
1955	2,955,536	2.79
1960	3,388,774	2.83
1965	3,914,118	2.93
1970	4,510,645	2.84
1975	5,184,940	2.86
1980	5,989,000	2.93
1985	6,915,994	2.93
1990	8,026,592	3.17
1995	9,490,289	3.51
2000	11,331,561	3.67
2005	13,624,474	3.8
2010	16,464,025	3.92
2015	20,001,663	3.96
2016	20,788,789	3.94
2017	21,602,388	3.91
2018	22,442,831	3.89
2019	23,310,719	3.87
2020	24,206,636	3.84
2021	25,130,810	3.82

Total
Crude

Niger death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	75,201	148,629	28.85	57.01
1955	85,354	169,892	28.89	57.51
1960	98,219	197,677	28.89	58.12
1965	113,023	227,454	28.83	58.04
1970	128,476	257,086	28.44	56.95
1975	143,383	292,615	27.56	56.27
1980	156,216	339,795	26.05	56.63
1985	170,889	390,393	24.62	56.37
1990	185,479	447,623	22.97	55.48
1995	192,428	521,386	20.19	54.73
2000	196,526	609,108	17.23	53.54
2005	195,798	708,754	14.30	51.82
2010	188,013	824,057	11.35	49.80
2015	183,921	953,108	9.14	47.50
2020	190,312	1,098,096	7.82	45.21
2021	192,501	1,129,776	7.62	44.81

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Niger

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	124,316	2,435,387	-	4.857
1955	156,807	2,798,734	4.62	5.306
1960	196,327	3,192,437	4.65	5.793
1965	266,487	3,647,447	7.34	6.809
1970	396,646	4,113,833	8.45	8.794
1975	592,068	4,592,743	8.31	11.419
1980	805,091	5,183,813	4.57	13.443
1985	1,005,293	5,910,634	4.52	14.536
1990	1,231,448	6,781,413	3.68	15.368
1995	1,494,849	7,982,484	4.10	15.773
2000	1,837,604	9,515,369	4.24	16.186
2005	2,211,934	11,406,515	3.72	16.242
2010	2,664,321	13,761,257	3.84	16.221
2015	3,232,583	16,664,382	4.09	16.247
2020	4,002,638	20,072,055	4.56	16.626
2021	4,188,876	20,817,293	4.65	16.751

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Niger population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	2,518,974	2,421,629	4,940,603	19.66	104.020
05-09	2,092,334	2,022,255	4,114,589	16.37	103.465
10-14	1,724,963	1,670,116	3,395,079	13.51	103.284
15-19	1,397,294	1,351,742	2,749,036	10.94	103.370
20-24	1,111,359	1,071,748	2,183,107	8.69	103.696
25-29	871,933	836,761	1,708,694	6.80	104.203
30-34	662,143	664,748	1,326,891	5.28	99.608
35-39	476,487	556,391	1,032,878	4.11	85.639
40-44	404,390	457,144	861,534	3.43	88.460
45-49	344,584	369,641	714,225	2.84	93.221
50-54	271,904	304,313	576,217	2.29	89.350
55-59	250,360	244,772	495,132	1.97	102.283
60-64	193,313	187,768	381,081	1.52	102.953
65-69	148,447	135,854	284,301	1.13	109.270
70-74	95,482	99,862	195,344	0.78	95.614
75-79	50,206	61,032	111,238	0.44	82.262
80-84	19,582	26,243	45,825	0.18	74.618
85-89	5,324	7,448	12,772	0.05	71.482
90-94	867	1,221	2,088	0.01	71.007
95-99	68	104	172	0.00	65.385
100+	1	3	4	0.00	33.333
Total	12,640,015	12,490,795	25,130,810		101.195