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Niger: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
27.9 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+3.3%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+3.4%a year

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
203133.7Forecast
203032.5Forecast
202931.6Forecast
202830.6Forecast
202729.7Forecast
202628.8Forecast
202527.9
202427.0
202326.2
202225.3
202124.5
202023.7
201922.9
201822.2
201721.4
201620.7

Sources

  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Albers, Jerven & Suesse1900–2015
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1950–2014
  • Maddison Project Database1950–2022
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • Penn World Table1960–2019
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2023
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2023–2031

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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