africa • NER
Niger
Location marker · geographic overview
16° N / 8° ETHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Niamey
- Population
- 27,032,412 2024
- Area
- 1,267,000 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- French
- Currency
- West African CFA franc (XOF)
- Geography
- Landlocked
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Niger
Niger (Nee-ZHAIR, rarely NY-jer) is a large, arid, landlocked country situated in the Sahel. Formerly a French colony, Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world and is largely agrarian. Negative things aside, Nigeriens in general are quite friendly and down-to earth, and you can expect to come across numerous curious faces during your stay.
Food & everyday culture
Local, traditional food includes: […] a dense millet porridge with an okra sauce, a pepper sauce, a tomato sauce, or a squash sauce on top, sometimes with veggies and a couple chunks of meat […] rice with the above sauces […] mushy macaroni pasta with an oily red sauce […] rice & beans […] corn cous-cous mixed with moringa leaves, black-eyed peas, and sauce (called […]Read the eat section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-07-18. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
A little more to discover +
- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Western Africa
- Calling code
- +227
- Internet domain
- .ne
- Land border codes
- DZA, BEN, BFA, TCD, LBY, MLI, NGA
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the right side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .ne. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.