Key facts
Capital: Niamey
Location: Western Africa, southeast of Algeria
Government: Republic of Niger
Currency: Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF)
Area: 1.267 million sq km
Population: 23,605,767 (July 2021 est.)
Languages: French (official), Hausa, Djerma
Religion: Muslim 99.3%, Christian 0.3%, animist 0.2%, none 0.1% (2012 est.)
TimeZone: UTC+1
Tel Code: +227
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