Key facts
Capital:Niamey
Location:Western Africa, southeast of Algeria
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
