Niger 
Facts
Population:
10,355,156 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
47.97% (male 2,528,484; female 2,439,051)
15-64 years:
49.75% (male 2,518,400; female 2,633,677)
65 years and over:
2.28% (male 123,589; female 111,955) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
2.72% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
50.68 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
22.71 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.73 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
1.1 male(s)/female
total population:
1 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
123.57 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
41.59 years
male:
41.74 years
female:
41.44 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
7.08 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
1.35% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
64,000 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
6,500 (1999 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Nigerien(s)
adjective:
Nigerien
Ethnic groups:
Hausa 56%, Djerma 22%, Fula 8.5%, Tuareg 8%, Beri Beri (Kanouri) 4.3%, Arab, Toubou, and Gourmantche 1.2%, about 1,200 French expatriates
Religions:
Muslim 80%, remainder indigenous beliefs and Christians
Languages:
French (official), Hausa, Djerma
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
13.6%
male:
20.9%
female:
6.6% (1995 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $10 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
3.5% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $1,000 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
40%
industry:
18%
services:
42% (1998)
Population below poverty line:
63% (1993 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
0.8%
highest 10%:
35.4% (1995)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.8% (2000 est.)
Labor force:
70,000 receive regular wages or salaries
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 90%, industry and commerce 6%, government 4%
Unemployment rate:
NA%
Budget:
revenues:
$377 million, including $146 million from foreign sources
expenditures:
$377 million, including capital expenditures of $105 million (1999 est.)
Industries:
uranium mining, cement, brick, textiles, food processing, chemicals, slaughterhouses
Industrial production growth rate:
NA%
Electricity - production:
200 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
100%
hydro:
0%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
401 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
215 million kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
cowpeas, cotton, peanuts, millet, sorghum, cassava (tapioca), rice; cattle, sheep, goats, camels, donkeys, horses, poultry
Exports:
$385 million (f.o.b., 1999)
Exports - commodities:
uranium ore 65%, livestock products, cowpeas, onions (1998 est.)
Exports - partners:
France 45%, Nigeria 27%, UK 11% (1999)
Imports:
$317 million (f.o.b., 1999)
Imports - commodities:
consumer goods, primary materials, machinery, vehicles and parts, petroleum, cereals
Imports - partners:
France 22%, Cote d'Ivoire 15%, Nigeria 8%, US 3% (1999)
Debt - external:
$1.3 billion (1999 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$341 million (1997)
note:
the IMF approved a $73 million poverty reduction and growth facility for Niger in 2000 and announced $115 million in debt relief under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative
Currency:
Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF); note - responsible authority is the Central Bank of the West African States
Currency code:
XOF
Exchange rates:
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar - 699.21 (January 2001), 711.98 (2000), 615.70 (1999), 589.95 (1998), 583.67 (1997), 511.55 (1996); note - from 1 January 1999, the XOF is pegged to the euro at a rate of 655.957 XOF per euro
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
Press
Alternative
Niamey
(Independent weekly), Niamey
http://www.republicain-niger.com/
Press Agency of Niger
(Official news service), Niamey
Sahel Hebdo
(Pro-government), Niamey
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