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Niger
Niger, officially the Republic of the Niger, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is a unitary state bordered by Libya to the northeast, Chad to the east, Nigeria to the south, Benin and Burkina Faso to the southwest, Mali to the west and Algeria to the northwest. It covers a land area of almost 1.27 million km2 (490,000 mi2), making it the sixth-largest country in Africa and the second-largest landlocked nation in Africa behind Chad. Over 80% of its land area lies in the Sahara. Its predominantly Muslim population of about 29 million lives mostly in clusters in the south and west of the country. The capital Niamey is located in the southwest corner along the namesake Niger River.
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WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED
Nigerien
These are English demonyms for people from Niger. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.
Demonym source: mledoze/countries · Download the attributed dataset (ODbL)SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS
Civilizations, flags & standards
Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.
A sourced civilization and flag trail has not been added for Niger yet. No ancient flag is inferred from the modern one.
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Turning points
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Read the historical overview →Religion: state & society
An official religion is a legal status. The largest religious group is a population measure. Neither describes every person's beliefs.
Official status and a dated affiliation breakdown have not been checked for this country. The atlas's religion tags are not a population ranking.
BEYOND THE MAP
Niger in the study desk
Places and things the general-knowledge library connects to Niger. Open one to follow its connections, then practise them with typed recall.
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Where it is
Languages
Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.
What it sells, and to whom
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Trades with
Farms and fisheries
- millet
- cowpeas
- sorghum
- onions
- milk
- sugarcane
Wars and conflicts
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Money, belief and alliances
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Climate and geography
desert; mostly hot, dry, dusty; tropical in extreme south
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Landmarks and landscapes
Landlocked. Northern hemisphere.
In charge right now
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Checked facts
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Languages
— Article 12 of the Charter of Refoundation: Hausa is the national language, French and English are working languages, and there is no official language.
The import marked French official. Do not collapse national / official / working back into one flag.
Source · true as of 2025-03-26 · checked 2026-09-11
Corrected in an AI-assisted review of the imported data (2026-09-22), not yet checked against a named source: government type, leaders, population.