19 per Km2
Niger ranks number 56 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population. The population density in Niger is 19 per Km2 (49 people per mi2). The median age in Niger is 15.2 years.

Niger Area and Population Density Niger is the largest country in West Africa, and the 22nd largest country in the world, but over 80% of its land is covered by the Sahara desert. This is one reason for Niger’s low population density of just 12 people per square kilometer.

24.66 million
Niger had a population of 24.66 million in January 2021. Niger’s population increased by 906 thousand (+3.8%) between January 2020 and January 2021. 49.7% of Niger’s population is female, while 50.3% of its population is male [note: the United Nations does not publish data for genders other than ‘female’ and ‘male’].

The country of Niger is located in Western Africa. It is a landlocked nation where more than 80% of the land is covered by the vast Sahara Desert….Largest Ethnic Groups in Niger.

Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world Niger is a landlocked country in West Africa, with a population of about 20 million, of which more than 97% are Muslim. It is a nation that suffers from multiple droughts and few arable areas, placing it among the poorest countries in the world.

Causes of poverty in Niger include limited arable land, widespread illiteracy and agricultural vulnerability to climate shock. An integral part of Niger’s culture is the hereditary system of distributing land. This system is not sustainable because the land becomes further divided with each generation.

Originally coined by French historian Alfred Sauvy in 1952, “Third World” was part of the “three worlds” label system used to describe a country’s political alliances….Third World Countries 2021.

Nearly 20 percent of the population cannot meet their food needs because of factors such as inadequate agricultural production, security constraints and high demographic growth.

South Sudan grew 1.19% from 2019 to 2020, an increase of about 131,000 people. While net migration remains negative for the country, its fertility rate is still relatively high at 4.74 births per woman. This makes for a very young population….Population.

Here are the 10 countries with the lowest human development indexes: Tuvalu (0) Somalia (0) Niger (0.354)…Third World Countries 2021.

While Niger is geographically larger than Nigeria, 80 percent of its land area is covered by the Sahara desert. Its population, at a World Bank-estimated 20.67 million, is perhaps one tenth the size of Nigeria’s.

Although their country is rich in uranium, the people of Niger are among the poorest in the world. Livestock and crops are frequently devastated by catastrophic droughts which drive millions into starvation. In Niger, tens of thousands of children live in precarious socioeconomic conditions.