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{{about-distinguish-text|the people of Niger|[[Nigerians]], the people of [[Nigeria]]}}{{Infobox place demographics|place=[[Niger]]|image=File:Niger single age population pyramid 2020.png|image_size=350|caption=Population pyramid of Niger in 2020|size_of_population=24,484,587 (2022 est.)|nation=Nigerien|official=French|age_0–14_years=50.58%|age_65_years=2.68%|growth=3.66% (2022 est.)|birth=47.08 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)|death=9.87 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)|net_migration=-0.64 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)|infant_mortality=66.81 deaths/1,000 live births|life=60.09 years|life_male=58.55 years|life_female=61.68 years|fertility=6.82 children born/woman (2022 est.)}}
The [[Demography|demographic]] features of Nigeriens, the people of [[Niger]], consist of [[population density]], [[Ethnic group|ethnicity]], education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

The largest ethnic groups in [[Niger]] are the [[Hausa people|Hausa]], who also constitute the major ethnic group in northern [[Nigeria]], and the [[Zarma people|Zarma]]-[[Songhaiborai|Songhai]] (also spelled Djerma-Songhai), who also are found in parts of [[Mali]]. Both groups are sedentary farmers who live in the arable, southern tier. The [[Kanouri]] (including ''Beri Beri'', ''Manga'') make up the majority of sedentary population in the far southeast of the nation. The remainder of the Nigerien people are nomadic or seminomadic livestock-raising peoples—[[Tuareg people|Tuareg]], [[Fula people|Fulani]],<ref>In {{langx|ff|Fulɓe}}; in {{langx|fr|Peul}}.</ref> [[Toubou]] and [[Diffa Arabs]]. With rapidly growing populations and the consequent competition for meager natural resources, lifestyles of these two types of peoples have come increasingly into conflict in Niger in recent years. 

Niger's high [[infant mortality]] rate is comparable to levels recorded in neighboring countries. However, the child mortality rate (deaths among children between the ages of 1 and 4) is exceptionally high (274 per 1,000) due to generally poor health conditions and inadequate nutrition for most of the country's children. Niger's very high [[total fertility rate]] (6.89 children born per woman, which is the highest in the world<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2127rank.html |title=CIA - the World Factbook -- Country Comparison :: Total fertility rate |access-date=2012-03-17 |archive-date=2009-10-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091028133713/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2127rank.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>), nonetheless, means that nearly half (49%) of the Nigerien population is under age 15. School attendance is low (34%), including 38% of males and 27% of females. Additional education occurs through Koranic schools.

==Population==
[[Image:Niger-demography.png|thumb|right|Demographics of Niger, Data of [[Our World in Data]], year 2022; Number of inhabitants in millions.]]
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Year||Population 
(persons)
||{{abbr|%+|Percent increase}}
|-
|1960
|style="text-align:center;"|3,240,000
| —
|-
|1970
|style="text-align:center;"|4,210,000
| 29.9%
|-
|1980
|style="text-align:center;"|5,578,000
| 32.5%
|-
|1990
|style="text-align:center;"|7,754,610
| 39.0%
|-
|2000
|style="text-align:center;"|10,492,569 
| 35.3%
|-
|2010
|style="text-align:center;"|15,203,822
| 44.9%
|-
|2020
|style="text-align:center;"|22,750,000
| 49.6%
|}
Source: Institut National de la Statistique - Niger<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.stat-niger.org/statistique/articles.php?lng=fr&pg=675 |title=Annuaire Statistique - Démographie |access-date=2012-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023535/http://www.stat-niger.org/statistique/articles.php?lng=fr&pg=675 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Census results ===
{{Historical populations
|title       = Historical population
|align       = none
|shading     = off
|percentages =
|1 |100000
|1500 |1000000
|1900 |1700000
|1977 |5102990
|1988 |7251626
|2001 |11060291
|2012 |17138707
}}

===UN estimates===
[[File:Niger Estimated Population 1950-2021; UN, World Population Prospects 2022.svg|thumb|350px|Estimated [[population]], [[fertility rate]] and [[net reproduction rate]] by year according to United Nations estimates]]
According to {{UN_Population|source}} the total population was {{UN_Population|Niger}} in {{UN_Population|Year}}, compared to only 2 462 000 in 1950. The proportion of children and teenagers below the age of 15 in 2010 was 49%, 48.8% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while only 2.2% was 65 years or older.<ref name="WPP 2010">[http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506065230/http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm |date=May 6, 2011}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
!
! width="80" |Total population
! width="80" |Population aged 0–14 (%)
! width="80" |Population aged 15–64 (%)
! width="80" |Population aged 65+ (%)
|-
| 1950
|2 462 000||49.5||49.6||0.9
|-
| 1955
|2 834 000||48.1||51.1||0.8
|-
| 1960
|3 250 000||47.1||51.8||1.1
|-
| 1965
|3 766 000||46.9||51.7||1.3
|-
| 1970
|4 373 000||47.7||50.8||1.5
|-
| 1975
|5 071 000||48.1||50.3||1.6
|-
| 1980
|5 871 000||48.0||50.3||1.7
|-
| 1985
|6 744 000||48.2||49.9||1.9
|-
| 1990
|7 788 000||48.3||49.7||2.0
|-
| 1995
|9 179 000||48.3||49.6||2.1
|-
| 2000
|10 922 000||48.5||49.4||2.1
|-
| 2005
|12 994 000||48.9||49.0||2.1
|-
| 2010
|15 512 000||49.0||48.8||2.2
|}

Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2017):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2020/|title=UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics|access-date=2022-04-13|archive-date=2022-04-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414000805/https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2020/|url-status=live}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 10 296 315
| align="right" | 10 354 759 
| align="right" | 20 651 074
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 2 079 319
| align="right" | 2 032 648
| align="right" | 4 111 966
| align="right" | 19.91
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 1 845 949 
| align="right" | 1 754 522
| align="right" | 3 600 471
| align="right" | 17.43
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 1 503 877
| align="right" | 1 449 930
| align="right" | 2 953 806
| align="right" | 14.30
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 1 073 645
| align="right" | 1 060 174
| align="right" | 2 133 819
| align="right" | 10.33
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 820 282
| align="right" | 878 703
| align="right" | 1 698 985
| align="right" | 8.23
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 619 222
| align="right" | 676 218
| align="right" | 1 295 439
| align="right" | 6.27
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 510 322
| align="right" | 538 449
| align="right" | 1 048 771
| align="right" | 5.08
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 420 240
| align="right" | 455 969
| align="right" | 876 209
| align="right" | 4.24
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 339 682
| align="right" | 369 270
| align="right" | 708 952
| align="right" | 3.43
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 274 985
| align="right" | 286 234
| align="right" | 561 219
| align="right" | 2.72
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 230 659
| align="right" | 244 922
| align="right" | 475 582
| align="right" | 2.30
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 181 127
| align="right" | 185 004
| align="right" | 366 130
| align="right" | 1.77
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 134 934
| align="right" | 140 036
| align="right" | 274 970
| align="right" | 1.33
|-
| align="right" | 65-69
| align="right" | 96 579
| align="right" | 100 335
| align="right" | 196 914
| align="right" | 0.95
|-
| align="right" | 70-74
| align="right" | 70 314
| align="right" | 76 325
| align="right" | 146 638
| align="right" | 0.71
|-
| align="right" | 75-79
| align="right" | 48 176
| align="right" | 51 958
| align="right" | 100 134
| align="right" | 0.48
|-
| align="right" | 80+
| align="right" | 47 003
| align="right" | 54 062
| align="right" | 101 065
| align="right" | 0.49
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 5 429 145
| align="right" | 5 237 100
| align="right" | 10 666 245
| align="right" | 51.65
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 4 605 098
| align="right" | 4 834 979
| align="right" | 9 440 077
| align="right" | 45.71
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 262 072
| align="right" | 282 680
| align="right" | 544 752
| align="right" | 2.64
|-
|}

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| height = 150
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| yAxisTitle= million
| yAxisMin=
| yGrid= 0,1
| xGrid= 10
| legend=
| type = line
| x = 1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

| y1= 2.6,2.7,2.8,2.8,2.9,3,3.1,3.2,3.3,3.4,3.5,3.6,3.7,3.8,3.9,4.1,4.2,4.3,4.4,4.5,4.7,4.8,4.9,5.1,5.2,5.3,5.5,5.6,5.8,6,6.2,6.4,6.6,6.8,7,
7.2,7.4,7.6,7.9,8.1,8.4,8.6,8.9,9.2,9.5,9.8,10.2,10.5,10.9,11.2,11.6,12,12.5,12.9,13.4,13.9,14.4,14.9,15.5,16,16.6,17.3,18,18.7,19.4,20.1,20.9,21.7,22.6,23.4,24.3,25.3

| y1Title= population (million)

}}
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| x = 1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

| y1= 32.8,32.3,31.8,31.4,31.2,31.1,30.9,30.8,30.7,30.6,30.6,30.5,30.3,30.2,29.9,29.5,29.4,29.2,28.6,28.2,27.8,27.0,27.2,27.2,27.5,28.0,28.3,28.9,30.1,31.0,31.6,32.0,31.8,31.5,31.4,31.1,30.6,30.7,30.5,30.6,31.1,31.1,31.5,32.0,32.5,33.5,34.2,34.6,34.9,35.0,35.2,35.3,35.6,35.9,36.4,36.7,36.9,37.2,37.5,37.7,37.9,37.8,37.7,37.8,37.7,37.8,38.0,38.1,38.1,38.0,37.3,37.2

| y1Title=Natural change (per 1000)
}}
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| yAxisTitle= ‰
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| xGrid= 10
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| x = 1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

| y1= 130.2,130.3,130.4,130.5,130.5,130.5,130.4,130.4,130.3,130.2,130.1,130.0,129.9,129.9,129.9,129.9,130.0,130.0,131.4,132.7,134.2,136.8,
136.7,137.6,138.0,137.6,136.7,135.4,133.8,132.5,131.6,131.4,132.0,133.2,134.8,136.1,137.0,137.3,136.9,135.8,134.2,132.1,129.2,125.8,121.9,117.5,113.2,109.2,105.7,102.4,99.2,95.9,92.2,88.2,84.0,80.0,76.0,72.2,68.5,65.0,61.8,58.8,56.3,54.1,52.1,50.4,48.7,47.3,45.9,44.5,43.3,42.2

| y1Title=Infant Mortality (per live births)
}}
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| height = 150
| xAxisTitle=years
| yAxisTitle= TFR
| yAxisMin=
| yGrid= 0,1
| xGrid= 10
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| x = 1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

| y1= 7.56,7.56,7.56,7.55,7.55,7.55,7.54,7.54,7.54,7.53,7.53,7.51,7.50,7.49,7.48,7.47,7.48,7.49,7.50,7.51,7.51,7.52,7.52,7.53,7.54,7.54,7.56,
7.60,7.66,7.72,7.78,7.82,7.86,7.90,7.92,7.93,7.90,7.87,7.84,7.82,7.81,7.80,7.80,7.79,7.79,7.78,7.76,7.76,7.76,7.75,7.73,7.70,7.67,7.65,7.63,7.62,7.58,7.56,7.54,7.51,7.49,7.45,7.40,7.34,7.28,7.21,7.14,7.08,7.02,6.96,6.89,6.82

| y1Title=Total Fertility Rate
}}

== Vital statistics ==
Registration of vital events in Niger is incomplete. The website [[Our World in Data]] prepared the following estimates based on statistics from the Population Department of the [[United Nations]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Population & Demography Data Explorer |url=https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/population-and-demography?facet=none&Metric=Population&Sex=Both+sexes&Age+group=Total&Projection+Scenario=None&country=~NER |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=Our World in Data |archive-date=2023-02-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210120049/https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/population-and-demography?facet=none&Metric=Population&Sex=Both+sexes&Age+group=Total&Projection+Scenario=None&country=~NER |url-status=live }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
!
! style="width:80pt;" |Mid-year population (thousands)
! style="width:80pt;" |Live births (thousands)
! style="width:80pt;" |Deaths (thousands)
! style="width:80pt;" |Natural change (thousands)
! style="width:80pt;" |Crude birth rate (per 1000)
! style="width:80pt;" |Crude death rate (per 1000)
! style="width:80pt;" |Natural change (per 1000)
! style="width:80pt;" |[[Total fertility rate]] (TFR)
! style="width:80pt;" |[[Infant mortality]] (per 1000 live births)
! style="width:80pt;" |[[Life expectancy]] (in years)
|-
|1950
|2 569
|   153
|   68
|   84
|59.4
|26.6
|32.8
|7.56
|130.2
|36.25
|-
|1951
|  2 660
|  158
|  72
|  86
|59.3
|27.0
|32.3
|7.56
|130.3
|36.21
|-
|1952
|  2 750
|  163
|  75
|  88
|59.2
|27.4
|31.8
|7.56
|130.4
|36.17
|-
|1953
|  2 839
|  168
|  78
|  89
|59.0
|27.6
|31.4
|7.55
|130.5
|36.13
|-
|1954
|  2 928
|  172
|  81
|  92
|58.9
|27.6
|31.2
|7.55
|130.5
|36.19
|-
|1955
|  3 019
|  177
|  84
|  94
|58.7
|27.7
|31.1
|7.55
|130.5
|36.22
|-
|1956
|  3 110
|  182
|  86
|  96
|58.5
|27.6
|30.9
|7.54
|130.4
|36.30
|-
|1957
|  3 203
|  187
|  88
|  99
|58.4
|27.6
|30.8
|7.54
|130.4
|36.33
|-
|1958
|  3 298
|  193
|  91
|  101
|58.3
|27.6
|30.7
|7.54
|130.3
|36.35
|-
|1959
|  3 396
|  198
|  94
|  104
|58.2
|27.6
|30.6
|7.53
|130.2
|36.35
|-
|1960
|  3 497
|  203
|  96
|  107
|58.1
|27.6
|30.6
|7.53
|130.1
|36.40
|-
|1961
|  3 603
|  209
|  99
|  110
|57.9
|27.4
|30.5
|7.51
|130.0
|36.56
|-
|1962
|  3 711
|  214
|  102
|  113
|57.7
|27.4
|30.3
|7.50
|129.9
|36.64
|-
|1963
|  3 823
|  220
|  104
|  115
|57.5
|27.3
|30.2
|7.49
|129.9
|36.74
|-
|1964
|  3 937
|  225
|  107
|  118
|57.2
|27.3
|29.9
|7.48
|129.9
|36.74
|-
|1965
|  4 054
|  230
|  110
|  120
|56.8
|27.2
|29.5
|7.47
|129.9
|36.75
|-
|1966
|  4 173
|  236
|  113
|  123
|56.6
|27.2
|29.4
|7.48
|130.0
|36.81
|-
|1967
|  4 294
|  242
|  117
|  125
|56.3
|27.1
|29.2
|7.49
|130.0
|36.83
|-
|1968
|  4 418
|  247
|  121
|  127
|56.0
|27.4
|28.6
|7.50
|131.4
|36.61
|-
|1969
|  4 543
|  254
|  126
|  128
|55.8
|27.6
|28.2
|7.51
|132.7
|36.35
|-
|1970
|  4 670
|  260
|  130
|  130
|55.7
|27.9
|27.8
|7.51
|134.2
|36.06
|-
|1971
|  4 797
|  267
|  138
|  129
|55.7
|style="color:red"|28.7
|style="color:red"|27.0
|7.52
|136.8
|35.29
|-
|1972
|  4 926
|  274
|  140
|  134
|55.6
|28.4
|27.2
|7.52
|136.7
|35.63
|-
|1973
|  5 059
|  281
|  144
|  138
|55.6
|28.4
|27.2
|7.53
|137.6
|35.70
|-
|1974
|  5 197
|  289
|  146
|  143
|55.6
|28.2
|27.5
|7.54
|138.0
|36.00
|-
|1975
|  5 339
|  297
|  148
|  149
|55.7
|27.7
|28.0
|7.54
|137.6
|36.59
|-
|1976
|  5 489
|  306
|  150
|  155
|55.6
|27.3
|28.3
|7.56
|136.7
|36.98
|-
|1977
|  5 645
|  315
|  151
|  163
|55.7
|26.8
|28.9
|7.60
|135.4
|37.64
|-
|1978
|  5 810
|  327
|  152
|  175
|56.2
|26.2
|30.1
|7.66
|133.8
|38.45
|-
|1979
|  5 987
|  340
|  154
|  186
|56.7
|25.7
|31.0
|7.72
|132.5
|39.20
|-
|1980
|  6 173
|  353
|  157
|  195
|57.1
|25.4
|31.6
|7.78
|131.6
|39.68
|-
|1981
|  6 366
|  365
|  161
|  204
|57.3
|25.2
|32.0
|7.82
|131.4
|40.17
|-
|1982
|  6 564
|  375
|  166
|  209
|57.1
|25.3
|31.8
|7.86
|132.0
|40.30
|-
|1983
|  6 767
|  385
|  172
|  214
|56.9
|25.4
|31.5
|7.90
|133.2
|40.36
|-
|1984
|  6 974
|  399
|  179
|  219
|57.1
|25.7
|31.4
|7.92
|134.8
|40.06
|-
|1985
|  7 188
|  409
|  186
|  224
|56.9
|25.8
|31.1
|style="color:blue"|7.93
|136.1
|40.03
|-
|1986
|  7 408
|  418
|  191
|  227
|56.4
|25.8
|30.6
|7.90
|137.0
|40.13
|-
|1987
|  7 637
|  429
|  195
|  235
|56.2
|25.5
|30.7
|7.87
|137.3
|40.43
|-
|1988
|  7 872
|  438
|  198
|  240
|55.6
|25.1
|30.5
|7.84
|136.9
|40.79
|-
|1989
|  8 116
|  448
|  200
|  248
|55.2
|24.7
|30.6
|7.82
|135.8
|41.22
|-
|1990
|  8 371
|  462
|  202
|  260
|55.2
|24.1
|31.1
|7.81
|134.2
|41.85
|-
|1991
|  8 635
|  473
|  204
|  269
|54.8
|23.7
|31.1
|7.80
|132.1
|42.22
|-
|1992
|  8 908
|  486
|  205
|  281
|54.5
|23.0
|31.5
|7.80
|129.2
|42.95
|-
|1993
|  9 193
|  499
|  204
|  295
|54.3
|22.2
|32.0
|7.79
|125.8
|43.82
|-
|1994
|  9 493
|  512
|  203
|  309
|54.0
|21.4
|32.5
|7.79
|121.9
|44.71
|-
|1995
|  9 814
|  531
|  201
|  329
|54.1
|20.5
|33.5
|7.78
|117.5
|45.77
|-
|1996
|  10 150
|  548
|  201
|  347
|53.9
|19.8
|34.2
|7.76
|113.2
|46.68
|-
|1997
|  10 494
|  564
|  200
|  363
|53.7
|19.1
|34.6
|7.76
|109.2
|47.51
|-
|1998
|  10 855
|  580
|  201
|  379
|53.4
|18.5
|34.9
|7.76
|105.7
|48.19
|-
|1999
|  11 231
|  595
|  202
|  393
|53.0
|18.0
|35.0
|7.75
|102.4
|48.74
|-
|2000
|  11 623
|  612
|  203
|  410
|52.7
|17.4
|35.2
|7.73
|99.2
|49.32
|-
|2001
|  12 031
|  629
|  204
|  425
|52.2
|16.9
|35.3
|7.70
|95.9
|49.84
|-
|2002
|  12 457
|  646
|  203
|  443
|51.8
|16.3
|35.6
|7.67
|92.2
|50.56
|-
|2003
|  12 901
|  664
|  201
|  464
|51.5
|15.5
|35.9
|7.65
|88.2
|51.43
|-
|2004
|  13 367
|  683
|  196
|  487
|51.1
|14.7
|36.4
|7.63
|84.0
|52.59
|-
|2005
|  13 855
|  702
|  193
|  509
|50.6
|13.9
|36.7
|7.62
|80.0
|53.59
|-
|2006
|  14 365
|  720
|  189
|  531
|50.1
|13.2
|36.9
|7.58
|76.0
|54.60
|-
|2007
|  14 898
|  741
|  186
|  555
|49.7
|12.5
|37.2
|7.56
|72.2
|55.55
|-
|2008
|  15 455
|  762
|  183
|  580
|49.3
|11.8
|37.5
|7.54
|68.5
|56.51
|-
|2009
|  16 038
|  784
|  180
|  605
|48.9
|11.2
|37.7
|7.51
|65.0
|57.40
|-
|2010
|  16 648
|  808
|  176
|  632
|48.5
|10.6
|37.9
|7.49
|61.8
|58.37
|-
|2011
|  17 283
|  830
|  175
|  654
|48.0
|10.1
|37.8
|7.45
|58.8
|58.99
|-
|2012
|  17 954
|  851
|  174
|  676
|47.4
|9.7
|37.7
|7.40
|56.3
|59.65
|-
|2013
|  18 653
|  879
|  174
|  705
|47.1
|9.3
|37.8
|7.34
|54.1
|60.24
|-
|2014
|  19 372
|  906
|  175
|  731
|46.8
|9.0
|37.7
|7.28
|52.1
|60.79
|-
|2015
|  20 128
|  937
|  177
|  760
|46.6
|8.8
|37.8
|7.21
|50.4
|61.08
|-
|2016
|  20 922
|  973
|  178
|  795
|46.5
|8.5
|38.0
|7.14
|48.7
|61.63
|-
|2017
|  21 738
|  1 008
|  179
|  829
|46.4
|8.2
|style="color:blue"|38.1
|7.08
|47.3
|62.16
|-
|2018
|  22 577
|  1 042
|  182
|  860
|46.1
|8.1
|38.1
|7.02
|45.9
|62.45
|-
|2019
|  23 443
|  1 076
|  184
|  892
|45.9
|style="color:blue"|7.8
|38.0
|6.96
|44.5
|62.90
|-
|2020
|  23 781
|  1 010
|  226
|  784
|42.6
|9.5
|33.1
|6.37
|66.5
|59.9
|-
|2021
|  24 502
|  1 027
|  234
|  793
|41.9
|9.6
|32.4
|6.20
|65.9
| 59.5
|-
|2022
|  25 312
|  1 062
|  232
|  830
|42.0
|9.2
|32.8
|6.14
|65.3
| 60.4
|-
|2023
|  26 160
|  1 096
|  232
|  864
|41.9
|8.9
|33.0
|6.06
|64.6
| 61.2
|-
|}

===Demographic and Health Surveys===
Total fertility rate (TFR; Wanted Fertility Rate) and crude birth rate (CBR):<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/dhs#_r=&collection=&country=&dtype=&from=1890&page=11&ps=&sk=&sort_by=nation&sort_order=&to=2014&topic=&view=s&vk=|title=MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys|access-date=2014-07-19|archive-date=2018-11-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115005515/http://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/dhs#_r=&collection=&country=&dtype=&from=1890&page=11&ps=&sk=&sort_by=nation&sort_order=&to=2014&topic=&view=s&vk=|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
! rowspan=2| Year
! colspan=2| Total
! colspan=2| Urban
! colspan=2| Rural
|-
! CBR !! TFR
! CBR !! TFR
! CBR !! TFR
|-
|style="text-align: center;"| 1988
|
| 7.51
|
|
|
|
|-
|style="text-align: center;"| 1992
|
| 7.37 (7,1)
|
| 6.71 (6,3)
|
| 7.52 (7,3)
|-
|style="text-align: center;"| 1998
| 52.8
| 7.5 (7,2)
| 44.0
| 5.9 (5,6)
| 55.0
| 7.9 (7,7)
|-
|style="text-align: center;"| 2006
| 46.1
| 7.1 (6,9)
| 40.7
| 6.0 (5,6)
| 47.1
| 7.4 (7,2)
|-
|style="text-align: center;"| 2012
| 46.6
| 7.6 (6,8)
| 39.0
| 5.6 (4,7)
| 48.1
| 8.1 (7,3)
|}

Fertility data as of 2012 (DHS Program):<ref>http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR277/FR277.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505192855/http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR277/FR277.pdf |date=2017-05-05 }} {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:100pt;"| Region
! style="width:100pt;"| Total fertility rate
! style="width:100pt;"| Percentage of women age 15-49 currently pregnant
! style="width:100pt;"| Mean number of children ever born to women age 40-49
|-
| [[Agadez Region|Agadez]] || 5.7 || 9.2 || 7.1
|-
| [[Diffa Region|Diffa]] || 6.4 || 11.0 || 6.3
|-
| [[Dosso Region|Dosso]] || 7.5 || 11.7 || 7.7
|-
| [[Maradi Region|Maradi]] || 8.4 || 16.4 || 9.0
|-
| [[Tahoua Region|Tahoua]] || 7.3 || 13.0 || 7.5
|-
| [[Tillabéri Region|Tillabéri]] || 7.9 || 15.6 || 7.8
|-
| [[Zinder Region|Zinder]] || 8.5 || 17.3 || 8.6
|-
| [[Niamey]] || 5.3 || 9.6 || 5.9
|}

==Ethnic groups==
[[File:Niger peoples ru.svg|thumb|Ethnic map of Niger: 
{{Legend|#ff0000|Hausa}} {{Legend|#ffff00|Zarma-Songhai}} {{Legend|#808000|Tuareg}} {{Legend|#b400b4|Fulani}} {{Legend|#00ff00|Kanuri}} {{Legend|#ff8000|Toubou}} {{Legend|#8c8c8c|Arab}} {{Legend|#64b464|Gurma}}]]
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|+Population of Niger according to [[ethnic group]] in 1988, 2001 and 2021
|-bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! rowspan="2" | Ethnic<br />group
! colspan="2" | census 1988<ref name="UN Demographic Yearbooks">{{cite web| url = http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm#2001| title = UN Demographic Yearbooks| access-date = 2012-09-05| archive-date = 2016-12-27| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161227194033/http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm#2001| url-status = live}}</ref>
! colspan="2" | census 2001<ref name="UN Demographic Yearbooks"/>
! colspan="3" | 2021<ref name="CIA-2021-Niger">{{cite web |title=Africa: Niger - The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/niger/#people-and-society |website=www.cia.gov |access-date=1 May 2021 |date=27 April 2021 |archive-date=30 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210330032003/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/niger/#people-and-society |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! # !! %
! # !! %
! # !! %
|-
|align="left"|[[Hausa people|Hausa]]
|3,770,927 || {{percentage bar|width=50|53.0}}
|6,069,731 || {{percentage bar|width=50|55.4}}
|12,534,662 || {{percentage bar|width=50|53.1}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Zarma people|Zarma]]-[[Songhaiborai|Songhai]]
|1,511,341 || {{percentage bar|width=50|21.2}}
|2,300,874 || {{percentage bar|width=50|21.0}}
|5,004,423 || {{percentage bar|width=50|21.2}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Tuareg people|Tuareg]]
|739,202 || {{percentage bar|width=50|10.4}}
|1,016,883 || {{percentage bar|width=50|9.3}}
|2,596,634 || {{percentage bar|width=50|11.0}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Fula people|Fulani]]
|694,428 || {{percentage bar|width=50|9.8}}
|935,517 || {{percentage bar|width=50|8.5}}
|1,534,375 || {{percentage bar|width=50|6.5}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Kanuri people|Kanuri]]
|316,471 || {{percentage bar|width=50|4.4}}
|513,116 || {{percentage bar|width=50|4.7}}
|1,392,740 || {{percentage bar|width=50|5.9}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Gurma people|Gurma]]
|19,714 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.3}}
|39,797 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.4}}
|188,846 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.8}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Toubou people|Toubou]]
|31,403 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.4}}
|42,172 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.4}}
|94,423 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.4}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Diffa Arabs|Arab]]
|24,178 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.3}}
|40,085 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.4}}
|94,423 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.4}}
|-
|align="left"|Other
|12,265 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.2}}
|5,951 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.1}}
|212,451 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.9}}
|-bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! align=""left"" | Total
! colspan="2" | 7,119,929
! colspan="2" | 10,964,126
! colspan="3" | 23,605,767
|}

==Core health indicators==
{|1 class="wikitable"
|+ [[World Health Organization]] 2007 statistics: Core Health Indicators for Niger<ref>[https://www.who.int/whosis/database/core/core_select_process.cfm?country=NER&indicator_group=web World Health Organization 2007 statistics: Core Health Indicators for Niger]{{dead link|date=December 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}.</ref>
! colspan="2" |Indicator || Value|| (year)
|-
| rowspan="2" | Life expectancy at birth (years)
| males
| 61.05 ||(2015)
|-
| females
| 62.9 ||(2015)
|-
| rowspan="2" | Healthy life expectancy (HALE) at birth (years)
| males
| 36.0||(2002)
|-
| females
| 35.0||(2002)
|-
| rowspan="2" | Probability of dying (per 1 000 population) between 15 and 60 years (adult mortality rate)
| males
| 502 ||(2005)
|-
| females
| 478 ||(2005)
|-
| colspan="2" |Total expenditure on health as percentage of gross domestic product||4.2||(2004)
|-
| colspan="2" |Per capita total expenditure on health at international dollar rate||25.9||(2004)
|-
| colspan="2" |Population (in thousands) total     ||13957 ||(2005) 
|}

==Religion==
*[[Islam]]: 99.3%, 
*[[Christianity]]: 0.3%, 
*[[Animism]]: 0.2%
*None: 0.1% (2012 est.)

==Languages==
{{main article|Languages of Niger}}

*[[Hausa language|Hausa]] (official)
*[[Zarma language|Zarma]] (Djerma)
*[[French language|French]] (former official)

== See also ==
* [[Seasonal migration in Niger]]
*[[Women in Niger]]
*[[LGBT rights in Niger]]

==References==
{{Commons category|Demographics of Niger}}
<references />
*UNDP. 2006. [http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/statistics/countries/data_sheets/cty_ds_NER.html ''Beyond scarcity: Power, poverty and the global water crisis. Human Development Report 2006.''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070502092206/http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/statistics/countries/data_sheets/cty_ds_NER.html |date=2007-05-02 }} New York: [[United Nations Development Programme]] (UNDP). 
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071102100842/http://hdrstats.undp.org/countries/country_fact_sheets/cty_fs_NER.html UNDP The Human Development Index reports: Niger].{{dead link|date=December 2021}}
*[https://www.who.int/countries/ner/en/World Health Organization Niger overview].{{dead link|date=December 2021}}  Includes links to statistics, programs and news on health and demography in Niger.
*[https://www.who.int/healthmetrics/tools/logbook/en/logbook.cfm?ISO3=NER&lang=EN WHO "Country Logbook" for Niger]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}. Providing Surveys, Censuses, Monitoring of vital events, Health services & surveillance, Health situation & trend analysis, and Planning & strategic documents .
*[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=NE ethnologue.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004134325/http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=NE |date=2012-10-04 }}: Ethnic and linguistic breakdown for Niger.
*[http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/27/17/38562965.pdf OECD/  AEO 2007 Niger country study] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225072545/http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/27/17/38562965.pdf |date=2009-02-25 }}.
*[http://www.agrhymet.ne/eng/index.html The AGRHYMET Regional Centre (ARC), Niamey Office] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080219230532/http://www.agrhymet.ne/eng/index.html |date=2008-02-19}}. Institute of the Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) composed of nine member States, including Niger. 
*[https://archive.today/20130113135514/http://go.worldbank.org/T29QRKFVQ0 The World Bank, Niger overview and resources].

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