Niger
Africa · Western Africa
Key facts
- Capital
- Niamey
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Western Africa
- Population (2025)
- 27.9 million (27,917,831) · rank 54 of 193
- Area (2023)
- 1,267,000 km² · rank 21 of 193
- People per km²
- 22 (calculated from the two figures above)
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (2025, 2023), CC BY 4.0. data.worldbank.org
Test yourself
The first question is always Niger, then four more countries of the same region.
Unfolding the map…
Neighbours on the map
Countries whose outline shares a border with Niger in the map data: 8.
- Algeria capitals 2,590 km apart
- Benin capitals 780 km apart
- Burkina Faso capitals 420 km apart
- Cameroon capitals 1,490 km apart
- Chad capitals 1,410 km apart
- Libya capitals 2,430 km apart
- Mali capitals 1,100 km apart
- Nigeria capitals 770 km apart
Based on the Natural Earth 1:110m outlines. The 29 states drawn as dots are not counted as neighbours.
The flag
Flags with a similar colour layout, used as wrong options on Hard: Hungary, India, Tajikistan, Paraguay.
In the quizzes
The levels on which Niger is asked in each selection:
| Selection | Map | Flag | Capital |
|---|---|---|---|
| World | Easy · Medium · Hard | Medium · Hard | Medium · Hard |
| Africa | Easy · Medium · Hard | Medium · Hard | Medium · Hard |
| Giants by area | Hard | Hard | Hard |
In four languages
| Country | Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Niger | Niamey |
| Italiano | Niger | Niamey |
| Magyar | Niger | Niamey |
| Suomi | Niger | Niamey |