Demographics of Niger

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date13 May 2024

There are 14.32 million males and 13.92 million females in Niger. The percentage of the male population is 50.72%, compared to 49.28% of the female population. Niger has 405k more males than females. The sex ratio in Niger in 2024 will be 102.916 males per 100 females. Niger is in the 197th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Niger population

Year Population Growth (%)
19502,569,1913.54
19553,018,5553.00
19603,497,4312.95
19654,053,5242.90
19704,669,7082.73
19755,339,4972.74
19806,173,1773.08
19857,187,6183.02
19908,370,6483.11
19959,813,9183.39
200011,622,6653.45
200513,855,2213.60
201016,647,5433.75
201520,128,1243.86
202024,333,6393.71
202125,252,7223.70
202226,207,9773.73
202327,202,8433.73
202428,238,9723.75
  • Total
  • Crude

Niger death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195068,386152,60826.60759.376
195583,534177,42627.65258.732
196096,484203,42927.56658.121
1965110,486230,28227.24456.784
1970130,478260,30127.92955.718
1975147,863297,30727.67855.651
1980157,217352,58525.44857.072
1985185,651409,19825.81356.895
1990201,502461,87724.06755.165
1995201,428530,67720.52354.068
2000202,722612,41217.43152.659
2005193,016701,95213.92250.630
2010176,396808,09210.58948.510
2015177,125937,1618.79946.558
2020201,6221,109,9228.28145.588
2021205,6941,144,3718.14145.293
2022205,4141,180,6547.83445.029
2023204,4411,216,9277.51244.717
2024198,2261,256,0017.01644.458
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Niger

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
1950124,3162,435,3874.857
1955156,8072,798,7345.306
1960196,3273,192,4375.793
1965266,4873,647,4476.809
1970396,6464,113,8338.794
1975592,0684,592,74311.419
1980805,0915,183,81313.443
19851,005,2935,910,63414.536
19901,231,4486,781,41315.368
19951,494,8497,982,48415.773
20001,837,6049,515,36916.186
20052,211,93411,406,51516.242
20102,664,32113,761,25716.221
20153,232,58316,664,38216.247
20204,002,63820,072,05516.626
20214,188,87620,817,29316.751
20224,387,62921,584,00116.894
20234,599,73622,372,01917.054
20244,826,09923,181,10217.232
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Niger population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 2,790,174 2,703,062 5,493,236 19.45 103.223
05-09 2,292,506 2,220,234 4,512,740 15.98 103.255
10-14 1,895,901 1,833,484 3,729,385 13.21 103.404
15-19 1,563,711 1,512,608 3,076,319 10.89 103.378
20-24 1,259,657 1,216,248 2,475,905 8.77 103.569
25-29 1,001,106 963,973 1,965,079 6.96 103.852
30-34 782,982 751,483 1,534,465 5.43 104.192
35-39 636,257 608,598 1,244,855 4.41 104.545
40-44 535,250 509,507 1,044,756 3.70 105.053
45-49 427,912 408,365 836,278 2.96 104.787
50-54 338,144 329,817 667,961 2.37 102.525
55-59 274,216 273,315 547,532 1.94 100.330
60-64 212,596 217,649 430,245 1.52 97.678
65-69 150,793 160,357 311,151 1.10 94.036
70-74 94,083 106,258 200,341 0.71 88.542
75-79 43,325 64,138 107,463 0.38 67.550
80-84 18,885 28,819 47,704 0.17 65.530
85-89 4,381 7,533 11,914 0.04 58.157
90-94 506 1,052 1,558 0.01 48.099
95-99 22 64 86 0.00 34.375
100+ 0 1 1 0.00 0.000
Total 14,322,407 13,916,565 28,238,974 102.916