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title: "Niger — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Niger: capital Niamey, area 1,267,000 km², population 27,917,831 (2025), currency West African CFA franc. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/niger/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Niger

**Niger: Capital Niamey**

1,267,000 km² · 27,917,831 people (2025) · West African CFA franc

More than eighty percent Sahara, with the Aïr Mountains rising to 2,022 m out of the sand in the north-east. The Ténéré desert east of them is one of the emptiest places on the planet; the acacia known as the Tree of Ténéré was for decades the most isolated tree on Earth, with no other within 400 km.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Niamey
- **Area:** 1,267,000 km² — 489,191 sq mi
- **Population:** 27,917,831 (2025)
- **Density:** 22.0 people per km²
- **Currency:** West African CFA franc (XOF, Fr)
- **Official language:** French
- **Time zone:** UTC+01:00
- **Calling code:** +227
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** NE · NER
- **Continent:** Africa

## How it compares

- **By area:** 22 of 200
- **By population:** 54 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Peru | 1,285,216 | 34,576,665 |
| Chad | 1,284,000 | 21,003,705 |
| Niger ← | 1,267,000 | 27,917,831 |
| Angola | 1,246,700 | 39,040,039 |
| Mali | 1,240,192 | 25,198,821 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Niger?

Niamey

### What currency does Niger use?

The West African CFA franc (XOF).

### How big is Niger?

1,267,000 km², or 489,191 square miles — 22 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Niger drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Peru](https://atoneplace.net/country/peru/)
- [Chad](https://atoneplace.net/country/chad/)
- [Angola](https://atoneplace.net/country/angola/)
- [Mali](https://atoneplace.net/country/mali/)
- [Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/country/nigeria/)
- [Ethiopia](https://atoneplace.net/country/ethiopia/)
- [Egypt](https://atoneplace.net/country/egypt/)
- [Democratic Republic of the Congo](https://atoneplace.net/country/democratic-republic-of-the-congo/)
- [Tanzania](https://atoneplace.net/country/tanzania/)
- [South Africa](https://atoneplace.net/country/south-africa/)
- [Kenya](https://atoneplace.net/country/kenya/)
- [Sudan](https://atoneplace.net/country/sudan/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]