Demographics of Niger
Demographics of Niger | |
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![]() Population pyramid of Niger in 2020 | |
Population | 24,484,587 (2022 est.) |
Growth rate | 3.66% (2022 est.) |
Birth rate | 47.08 births/1,000 population (2022 est.) |
Death rate | 9.87 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.) |
Life expectancy | 60.09 years |
• male | 58.55 years |
• female | 61.68 years |
Fertility rate | 6.82 children born/woman (2022 est.) |
Infant mortality rate | 66.81 deaths/1,000 live births |
Net migration rate | -0.64 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.) |
Age structure | |
0–14 years | 50.58% |
65 and over | 2.68% |
Nationality | |
Nationality | Nigerien |
Language | |
Official | French |
The demographic features of Nigeriens, the people of Niger consist of population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
The largest ethnic groups in Niger are the Hausa, who also constitute the major ethnic group in northern Nigeria, and the Zarma-Songhai (also spelled Djerma-Songhai), who also are found in parts of Mali. Both groups are sedentary farmers who live in the arable, southern tier. The Kanouri (including Beri Beri, Manga) make up the majority of sedentary population in the far southeast of the nation. The remainder of the Nigerien people are nomadic or seminomadic livestock-raising peoples—Tuareg, Fulani,[1] Toubou and Diffa Arabs. With rapidly growing populations and the consequent competition for meager natural resources, lifestyles of these two types of peoples have come increasingly into conflict in Niger in recent years.
Niger's high infant mortality rate is comparable to levels recorded in neighboring countries. However, the child mortality rate (deaths among children between the ages of 1 and 4) is exceptionally high (274 per 1,000) due to generally poor health conditions and inadequate nutrition for most of the country's children. Niger's very high total fertility rate (6.89 children born per woman, which is the highest in the world[2]), nonetheless, means that nearly half (49%) of the Nigerien population is under age 15. School attendance is low (34%), including 38% of males and 27% of females. Additional education occurs through Koranic schools.
Population
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Niger-demography.png/220px-Niger-demography.png)
Year | Population
(persons) |
%+ |
---|---|---|
1960 | 3,240,000 | — |
1970 | 4,210,000 | 29.9% |
1980 | 5,578,000 | 32.5% |
1990 | 7,754,610 | 39.0% |
2000 | 10,492,569 | 35.3% |
2010 | 15,203,822 | 44.9% |
2020 | 22,750,000 | 49.6% |
Source: Institut National de la Statistique - Niger[3]
Census results
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% |
---|---|---|
1 | 100,000 | — |
1500 | 1,000,000 | +900.0% |
1900 | 1,700,000 | +70.0% |
1977 | 5,102,990 | +200.2% |
1988 | 7,251,626 | +42.1% |
2001 | 11,060,291 | +52.5% |
2012 | 17,138,707 | +55.0% |
UN estimates
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According to the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects[4][5] the total population was 25,252,722 in 2021, compared to only 2 462 000 in 1950. The proportion of children and teenagers below the age of 15 in 2010 was 49%, 48.8% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while only 2.2% was 65 years or older.[6]
Total population | Population aged 0–14 (%) | Population aged 15–64 (%) | Population aged 65+ (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | 2 462 000 | 49.5 | 49.6 | 0.9 |
1955 | 2 834 000 | 48.1 | 51.1 | 0.8 |
1960 | 3 250 000 | 47.1 | 51.8 | 1.1 |
1965 | 3 766 000 | 46.9 | 51.7 | 1.3 |
1970 | 4 373 000 | 47.7 | 50.8 | 1.5 |
1975 | 5 071 000 | 48.1 | 50.3 | 1.6 |
1980 | 5 871 000 | 48.0 | 50.3 | 1.7 |
1985 | 6 744 000 | 48.2 | 49.9 | 1.9 |
1990 | 7 788 000 | 48.3 | 49.7 | 2.0 |
1995 | 9 179 000 | 48.3 | 49.6 | 2.1 |
2000 | 10 922 000 | 48.5 | 49.4 | 2.1 |
2005 | 12 994 000 | 48.9 | 49.0 | 2.1 |
2010 | 15 512 000 | 49.0 | 48.8 | 2.2 |
Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2017):[7]
Age Group | Male | Female | Total | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 10 296 315 | 10 354 759 | 20 651 074 | 100 |
0–4 | 2 079 319 | 2 032 648 | 4 111 966 | 19.91 |
5–9 | 1 845 949 | 1 754 522 | 3 600 471 | 17.43 |
10–14 | 1 503 877 | 1 449 930 | 2 953 806 | 14.30 |
15–19 | 1 073 645 | 1 060 174 | 2 133 819 | 10.33 |
20–24 | 820 282 | 878 703 | 1 698 985 | 8.23 |
25–29 | 619 222 | 676 218 | 1 295 439 | 6.27 |
30–34 | 510 322 | 538 449 | 1 048 771 | 5.08 |
35–39 | 420 240 | 455 969 | 876 209 | 4.24 |
40–44 | 339 682 | 369 270 | 708 952 | 3.43 |
45–49 | 274 985 | 286 234 | 561 219 | 2.72 |
50–54 | 230 659 | 244 922 | 475 582 | 2.30 |
55–59 | 181 127 | 185 004 | 366 130 | 1.77 |
60–64 | 134 934 | 140 036 | 274 970 | 1.33 |
65-69 | 96 579 | 100 335 | 196 914 | 0.95 |
70-74 | 70 314 | 76 325 | 146 638 | 0.71 |
75-79 | 48 176 | 51 958 | 100 134 | 0.48 |
80+ | 47 003 | 54 062 | 101 065 | 0.49 |
Age group | Male | Female | Total | Percent |
0–14 | 5 429 145 | 5 237 100 | 10 666 245 | 51.65 |
15–64 | 4 605 098 | 4 834 979 | 9 440 077 | 45.71 |
65+ | 262 072 | 282 680 | 544 752 | 2.64 |
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Vital statistics
[edit]Registration of vital events in Niger is incomplete. The website Our World in Data prepared the following estimates based on statistics from the Population Department of the United Nations.[8]
Mid-year population (thousands) | Live births (thousands) | Deaths (thousands) | Natural change (thousands) | Crude birth rate (per 1000) | Crude death rate (per 1000) | Natural change (per 1000) | Total fertility rate (TFR) | Infant mortality (per 1000 live births) | Life expectancy (in years) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | 2 569 | 153 | 68 | 84 | 59.4 | 26.6 | 32.8 | 7.56 | 130.2 | 36.25 |
1951 | 2 660 | 158 | 72 | 86 | 59.3 | 27.0 | 32.3 | 7.56 | 130.3 | 36.21 |
1952 | 2 750 | 163 | 75 | 88 | 59.2 | 27.4 | 31.8 | 7.56 | 130.4 | 36.17 |
1953 | 2 839 | 168 | 78 | 89 | 59.0 | 27.6 | 31.4 | 7.55 | 130.5 | 36.13 |
1954 | 2 928 | 172 | 81 | 92 | 58.9 | 27.6 | 31.2 | 7.55 | 130.5 | 36.19 |
1955 | 3 019 | 177 | 84 | 94 | 58.7 | 27.7 | 31.1 | 7.55 | 130.5 | 36.22 |
1956 | 3 110 | 182 | 86 | 96 | 58.5 | 27.6 | 30.9 | 7.54 | 130.4 | 36.30 |
1957 | 3 203 | 187 | 88 | 99 | 58.4 | 27.6 | 30.8 | 7.54 | 130.4 | 36.33 |
1958 | 3 298 | 193 | 91 | 101 | 58.3 | 27.6 | 30.7 | 7.54 | 130.3 | 36.35 |
1959 | 3 396 | 198 | 94 | 104 | 58.2 | 27.6 | 30.6 | 7.53 | 130.2 | 36.35 |
1960 | 3 497 | 203 | 96 | 107 | 58.1 | 27.6 | 30.6 | 7.53 | 130.1 | 36.40 |
1961 | 3 603 | 209 | 99 | 110 | 57.9 | 27.4 | 30.5 | 7.51 | 130.0 | 36.56 |
1962 | 3 711 | 214 | 102 | 113 | 57.7 | 27.4 | 30.3 | 7.50 | 129.9 | 36.64 |
1963 | 3 823 | 220 | 104 | 115 | 57.5 | 27.3 | 30.2 | 7.49 | 129.9 | 36.74 |
1964 | 3 937 | 225 | 107 | 118 | 57.2 | 27.3 | 29.9 | 7.48 | 129.9 | 36.74 |
1965 | 4 054 | 230 | 110 | 120 | 56.8 | 27.2 | 29.5 | 7.47 | 129.9 | 36.75 |
1966 | 4 173 | 236 | 113 | 123 | 56.6 | 27.2 | 29.4 | 7.48 | 130.0 | 36.81 |
1967 | 4 294 | 242 | 117 | 125 | 56.3 | 27.1 | 29.2 | 7.49 | 130.0 | 36.83 |
1968 | 4 418 | 247 | 121 | 127 | 56.0 | 27.4 | 28.6 | 7.50 | 131.4 | 36.61 |
1969 | 4 543 | 254 | 126 | 128 | 55.8 | 27.6 | 28.2 | 7.51 | 132.7 | 36.35 |
1970 | 4 670 | 260 | 130 | 130 | 55.7 | 27.9 | 27.8 | 7.51 | 134.2 | 36.06 |
1971 | 4 797 | 267 | 138 | 129 | 55.7 | 28.7 | 27.0 | 7.52 | 136.8 | 35.29 |
1972 | 4 926 | 274 | 140 | 134 | 55.6 | 28.4 | 27.2 | 7.52 | 136.7 | 35.63 |
1973 | 5 059 | 281 | 144 | 138 | 55.6 | 28.4 | 27.2 | 7.53 | 137.6 | 35.70 |
1974 | 5 197 | 289 | 146 | 143 | 55.6 | 28.2 | 27.5 | 7.54 | 138.0 | 36.00 |
1975 | 5 339 | 297 | 148 | 149 | 55.7 | 27.7 | 28.0 | 7.54 | 137.6 | 36.59 |
1976 | 5 489 | 306 | 150 | 155 | 55.6 | 27.3 | 28.3 | 7.56 | 136.7 | 36.98 |
1977 | 5 645 | 315 | 151 | 163 | 55.7 | 26.8 | 28.9 | 7.60 | 135.4 | 37.64 |
1978 | 5 810 | 327 | 152 | 175 | 56.2 | 26.2 | 30.1 | 7.66 | 133.8 | 38.45 |
1979 | 5 987 | 340 | 154 | 186 | 56.7 | 25.7 | 31.0 | 7.72 | 132.5 | 39.20 |
1980 | 6 173 | 353 | 157 | 195 | 57.1 | 25.4 | 31.6 | 7.78 | 131.6 | 39.68 |
1981 | 6 366 | 365 | 161 | 204 | 57.3 | 25.2 | 32.0 | 7.82 | 131.4 | 40.17 |
1982 | 6 564 | 375 | 166 | 209 | 57.1 | 25.3 | 31.8 | 7.86 | 132.0 | 40.30 |
1983 | 6 767 | 385 | 172 | 214 | 56.9 | 25.4 | 31.5 | 7.90 | 133.2 | 40.36 |
1984 | 6 974 | 399 | 179 | 219 | 57.1 | 25.7 | 31.4 | 7.92 | 134.8 | 40.06 |
1985 | 7 188 | 409 | 186 | 224 | 56.9 | 25.8 | 31.1 | 7.93 | 136.1 | 40.03 |
1986 | 7 408 | 418 | 191 | 227 | 56.4 | 25.8 | 30.6 | 7.90 | 137.0 | 40.13 |
1987 | 7 637 | 429 | 195 | 235 | 56.2 | 25.5 | 30.7 | 7.87 | 137.3 | 40.43 |
1988 | 7 872 | 438 | 198 | 240 | 55.6 | 25.1 | 30.5 | 7.84 | 136.9 | 40.79 |
1989 | 8 116 | 448 | 200 | 248 | 55.2 | 24.7 | 30.6 | 7.82 | 135.8 | 41.22 |
1990 | 8 371 | 462 | 202 | 260 | 55.2 | 24.1 | 31.1 | 7.81 | 134.2 | 41.85 |
1991 | 8 635 | 473 | 204 | 269 | 54.8 | 23.7 | 31.1 | 7.80 | 132.1 | 42.22 |
1992 | 8 908 | 486 | 205 | 281 | 54.5 | 23.0 | 31.5 | 7.80 | 129.2 | 42.95 |
1993 | 9 193 | 499 | 204 | 295 | 54.3 | 22.2 | 32.0 | 7.79 | 125.8 | 43.82 |
1994 | 9 493 | 512 | 203 | 309 | 54.0 | 21.4 | 32.5 | 7.79 | 121.9 | 44.71 |
1995 | 9 814 | 531 | 201 | 329 | 54.1 | 20.5 | 33.5 | 7.78 | 117.5 | 45.77 |
1996 | 10 150 | 548 | 201 | 347 | 53.9 | 19.8 | 34.2 | 7.76 | 113.2 | 46.68 |
1997 | 10 494 | 564 | 200 | 363 | 53.7 | 19.1 | 34.6 | 7.76 | 109.2 | 47.51 |
1998 | 10 855 | 580 | 201 | 379 | 53.4 | 18.5 | 34.9 | 7.76 | 105.7 | 48.19 |
1999 | 11 231 | 595 | 202 | 393 | 53.0 | 18.0 | 35.0 | 7.75 | 102.4 | 48.74 |
2000 | 11 623 | 612 | 203 | 410 | 52.7 | 17.4 | 35.2 | 7.73 | 99.2 | 49.32 |
2001 | 12 031 | 629 | 204 | 425 | 52.2 | 16.9 | 35.3 | 7.70 | 95.9 | 49.84 |
2002 | 12 457 | 646 | 203 | 443 | 51.8 | 16.3 | 35.6 | 7.67 | 92.2 | 50.56 |
2003 | 12 901 | 664 | 201 | 464 | 51.5 | 15.5 | 35.9 | 7.65 | 88.2 | 51.43 |
2004 | 13 367 | 683 | 196 | 487 | 51.1 | 14.7 | 36.4 | 7.63 | 84.0 | 52.59 |
2005 | 13 855 | 702 | 193 | 509 | 50.6 | 13.9 | 36.7 | 7.62 | 80.0 | 53.59 |
2006 | 14 365 | 720 | 189 | 531 | 50.1 | 13.2 | 36.9 | 7.58 | 76.0 | 54.60 |
2007 | 14 898 | 741 | 186 | 555 | 49.7 | 12.5 | 37.2 | 7.56 | 72.2 | 55.55 |
2008 | 15 455 | 762 | 183 | 580 | 49.3 | 11.8 | 37.5 | 7.54 | 68.5 | 56.51 |
2009 | 16 038 | 784 | 180 | 605 | 48.9 | 11.2 | 37.7 | 7.51 | 65.0 | 57.40 |
2010 | 16 648 | 808 | 176 | 632 | 48.5 | 10.6 | 37.9 | 7.49 | 61.8 | 58.37 |
2011 | 17 283 | 830 | 175 | 654 | 48.0 | 10.1 | 37.8 | 7.45 | 58.8 | 58.99 |
2012 | 17 954 | 851 | 174 | 676 | 47.4 | 9.7 | 37.7 | 7.40 | 56.3 | 59.65 |
2013 | 18 653 | 879 | 174 | 705 | 47.1 | 9.3 | 37.8 | 7.34 | 54.1 | 60.24 |
2014 | 19 372 | 906 | 175 | 731 | 46.8 | 9.0 | 37.7 | 7.28 | 52.1 | 60.79 |
2015 | 20 128 | 937 | 177 | 760 | 46.6 | 8.8 | 37.8 | 7.21 | 50.4 | 61.08 |
2016 | 20 922 | 973 | 178 | 795 | 46.5 | 8.5 | 38.0 | 7.14 | 48.7 | 61.63 |
2017 | 21 738 | 1 008 | 179 | 829 | 46.4 | 8.2 | 38.1 | 7.08 | 47.3 | 62.16 |
2018 | 22 577 | 1 042 | 182 | 860 | 46.1 | 8.1 | 38.1 | 7.02 | 45.9 | 62.45 |
2019 | 23 443 | 1 076 | 184 | 892 | 45.9 | 7.8 | 38.0 | 6.96 | 44.5 | 62.90 |
2020 | 24 334 | 1 110 | 202 | 908 | 45.6 | 8.3 | 37.3 | 6.89 | 43.3 | 61.45 |
2021 | 25 253 | 1 144 | 206 | 939 | 45.3 | 8.1 | 37.2 | 6.82 | 42.2 | 61.58 |
Fertility and births
[edit]Total fertility rate (TFR; Wanted Fertility Rate) and crude birth rate (CBR):[9]
Year | Total | Urban | Rural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CBR | TFR | CBR | TFR | CBR | TFR | |
1988 | 7.51 | |||||
1992 | 7.37 (7,1) | 6.71 (6,3) | 7.52 (7,3) | |||
1998 | 52.8 | 7.5 (7,2) | 44.0 | 5.9 (5,6) | 55.0 | 7.9 (7,7) |
2006 | 46.1 | 7.1 (6,9) | 40.7 | 6.0 (5,6) | 47.1 | 7.4 (7,2) |
2012 | 46.6 | 7.6 (6,8) | 39.0 | 5.6 (4,7) | 48.1 | 8.1 (7,3) |
Fertility data as of 2012 (DHS Program):[10]
Region | Total fertility rate | Percentage of women age 15-49 currently pregnant | Mean number of children ever born to women age 40-49 |
---|---|---|---|
Agadez | 5.7 | 9.2 | 7.1 |
Diffa | 6.4 | 11.0 | 6.3 |
Dosso | 7.5 | 11.7 | 7.7 |
Maradi | 8.4 | 16.4 | 9.0 |
Tahoua | 7.3 | 13.0 | 7.5 |
Tillabéri | 7.9 | 15.6 | 7.8 |
Zinder | 8.5 | 17.3 | 8.6 |
Niamey | 5.3 | 9.6 | 5.9 |
Ethnic groups
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Niger_peoples_ru.svg/220px-Niger_peoples_ru.svg.png)
Ethnic group |
census 1988[11] | census 2001[11] | 2021[12] | ||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Hausa | 3,770,927 | 6,069,731 | 12,534,662 | ||||
Zarma-Songhai | 1,511,341 | 2,300,874 | 5,004,423 | ||||
Tuareg | 739,202 | 1,016,883 | 2,596,634 | ||||
Fulani | 694,428 | 935,517 | 1,534,375 | ||||
Kanuri | 316,471 | 513,116 | 1,392,740 | ||||
Gurma | 19,714 | 39,797 | 188,846 | ||||
Toubou | 31,403 | 42,172 | 94,423 | ||||
Arab | 24,178 | 40,085 | 94,423 | ||||
Other | 12,265 | 5,951 | 212,451 | ||||
Total | 7,119,929 | 10,964,126 | 23,605,767 |
Core health indicators
[edit]Indicator | Value | (year) | |
---|---|---|---|
Life expectancy at birth (years) | males | 61.05 | (2015) |
females | 62.9 | (2015) | |
Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at birth (years) | males | 36.0 | (2002) |
females | 35.0 | (2002) | |
Probability of dying (per 1 000 population) between 15 and 60 years (adult mortality rate) | males | 502 | (2005) |
females | 478 | (2005) | |
Total expenditure on health as percentage of gross domestic product | 4.2 | (2004) | |
Per capita total expenditure on health at international dollar rate | 25.9 | (2004) | |
Population (in thousands) total | 13957 | (2005) |
Other demographic statistics
[edit]Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review in 2022.[14]
- One birth every 27 seconds
- One death every 3 minutes
- One net migrant every 360 minutes
- Net gain of one person every 33 seconds
The following demographic data are from the CIA World Factbook[15] unless otherwise indicated.
Population
[edit]- 24,484,587 (2022 est.)
- 19,866,231 (July 2018 est.)
Religions
[edit]- Islam: 99.3%,
- Christianity: 0.3%,
- Animism: 0.2%
- None: 0.1% (2012 est.)
Age structure
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Niger_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png/350px-Niger_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png)
- 0-14 years: 9.43% (male 5,805,102/female 5,713,815)
- 65 years and over: 37.33% (male 293,430/female 317,866) (2020 est.)
Birth rate
[edit]- 47.08 births/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 1st
- 43.6 births/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 2nd
Death rate
[edit]- 9.87 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 37th
- 11.5 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.)
- 6.73 children born/woman (2023 est.) Country comparison to the world: 1st
- 6.2 children born/woman (2021 est.) Country comparison to the world: 1st[16]
- 6.35 children born/woman (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 1st
Median age
[edit]- Total: 14.8 years. Country comparison to the world: 227th
- Male: 14.5 years
- Female: 15.1 years (2020 est.)
- Total: 15.5 years. Country comparison to the world: 228th
- Male: 15.4 years
- Female: 15.7 years (2018 est.)
Population growth rate
[edit]- 3.66% (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 3rd
- 3.16% (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 7th
Mother's mean age at first birth
[edit]- 20.4 years (2012 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate
[edit]- 11% (2017/18)
Net migration rate
[edit]- -0.64 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 129th
- -0.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2017 est.) Country comparison to the world: 125th
- Total dependency ratio: 111.6 (2015 est.)
- Youth dependency ratio: 106.2 (2015 est.)
- Elderly dependency ratio: 5.4 (2015 est.)
- Potential support ratio: 18.6 (2015 est.)
Urbanization
[edit]- Urban population: 16.9% of total population (2022)
- Rate of urbanization: 4.72% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
- Urban population: 16.4% of total population (2018)
- Rate of urbanization: 4.27% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)
Sex ratio
[edit]- At birth: 1.03 Male(s)/Female
- Younger than 15 years: 1.02 Male(s)/Female
- 15–64 years: 0.99 Male(s)/Female
- 65 years and over: 0.8 Male(s)/Female
- Total population: 1 Male(s)/Female (2010 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Life_expectancy_development_in_Niger.svg/220px-Life_expectancy_development_in_Niger.svg.png)
- Total population: 60.09 years. Country comparison to the world: 218th
- Male: 58.55 years
- Female: 61.68 years (2022 est.)
- Total population: 56.3 years (2018 est.)
- Male: 55 years (2018 est.)
- Female: 57.7 years (2018 est.)
- Total population: 52.6 years
- Male: 51.39 years
- Female: 53.85 years (2010 est.)
Major infectious diseases
[edit]The following infectious diseases are prevalent in Niger:
- Food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- Vectorborne diseases: malaria and dengue fever
- Water contact diseases: schistosomiasis
- Animal contact diseases: rabies
- Respiratory diseases: meningococcal meningitis
On 21 March 2022, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Travel Alert for polio in Africa; Niger is currently considered a high risk to travelers for circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPV). Vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV) is a strain of the weakened poliovirus that was initially included in oral polio vaccine (OPV) and that has changed over time and behaves more like the wild or naturally occurring virus; this means it can be spread more easily to people who are unvaccinated against polio and who come in contact with the stool or respiratory secretions, such as from a sneeze, of an “infected” person who received an oral polio vaccine. The CDC recommends that before any international travel, anyone unvaccinated, incompletely vaccinated, or with an unknown polio vaccination status should complete the routine polio vaccine series. Before travel to any high-risk destination, CDC recommends that adults who previously completed the full, routine polio vaccine series receive a single, lifetime booster dose of polio vaccine
Education expenditures
[edit]- 3.5% of GDP (2019) Country comparison to the world: 126th
Literacy
[edit]- Total population: 35.1%
- Male: 43.6%
- Female: 26.7% (2018; literacy defined as the ability to read and write of those over 15 years old)
- Total population: 19.1% (2015 est.)
- Male: 27.3% (2015 est.)
- Female: 11% (2015 est.)
- Total population: 28.7% (2004 est.; source: UNDP 2006; NB: this figure is given without reference to which languages are considered)
- Male: 42.9%
- Female: 15.1%
Nationality
[edit]A person from Niger is known as a Nigerien (IPA: /niːˈʒɛəɹi.ən/ or /ˈnaɪ.dʒer.i.ən/).[17] The word Nigerien is also the adjective used to describe a person or thing from Niger.
Ethnic groups
[edit]- Hausa 53.1%
- Zarma/Songhai 21.2%
- Tuareg 11%
- Fulani (French: Peul; Fula: Fulɓe) 6.5%
- Kanuri 5.9%
- Gurma 0.8%
- Arab 0.4%
- Tubu 0.4%
- Other/Unavailable 0.9% (2006 est.) [18]
Languages
[edit]School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
[edit]- Total: 6 years (2017 est.)
- Male: 7 years (2017 est.)
- Female: 6 years (2017 est.)
Youth unemployment (ages 15-24)
[edit]- Total: 16.6%
- Male: 16.1%
- Female: 17.5% (2017 est.)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- ^ In Fula: Fulɓe; in French: Peul.
- ^ "CIA - the World Factbook -- Country Comparison :: Total fertility rate". Archived from the original on 2009-10-28. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
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- ^ "World Population Prospects 2022". United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
- ^ "World Population Prospects 2022: Demographic indicators by region, subregion and country, annually for 1950-2100" (XSLX) ("Total Population, as of 1 July (thousands)"). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
- ^ Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision Archived May 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics". Archived from the original on 2022-04-14. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
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