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Niger: Factsheet
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Country
Name: NIGER
Capital: Niamey
US
Contact:
Chancery:
2204 R Street NW,
Washington, DC 20008
 1.202.483.4224
through 4227
Related
Link: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Country_Specific/Niger.html
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Geography
Location:
Western Africa, southeast of Algeria
Area:
total: 1.267 million sq km
Land:
1,266,700 sq km
Water:
300 sq km
Geographic coordinates: 16 00 N, 8 00 E
Landlocked; one of the hottest countries in the world: northern
four-fifths is desert, southern one-fifth is savanna, suitable
for livestock and limited agriculture
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Population
10,355,156
(July 2001 est.)
Growth rate: 2.72% (2001 est.)
Birth rate: 50.68 births/1,000 population (2001
est.)
Death rate: 22.71 deaths/1,000 population (2001
est.)
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Climate
Desert;
mostly hot, dry, dusty; tropical in extreme south.
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Natural
Resources/Land Use
Uranium,
coal, iron ore, tin, phosphates, gold, petroleum.
Arable
land: 3%
Permanent crops: 0%
Permanent pastures: 7%
Forests and woodland: 2%
Other: 88% (1993 est.)
Irrigated land: 660 sq km (1993 est)
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Natural
Hazards/Environmental Issues
Recurring
droughts.
Overgrazing;
soil erosion; deforestation; desertification; wildlife populations
(such as elephant, hippopotamus, giraffe, and lion) threatened
because of poaching and habitat destruction.
Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification,
Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous
Wastes, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
Signed, but not ratified: Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol,
Law of the Sea
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Economy
Niger
is a poor, landlocked Sub-Saharan nation, whose economy centers
on subsistence agriculture, animal husbandry, reexport trade,
and increasingly less on uranium, because of declining world
demand. The 50% devaluation of the West African franc in January
1994 boosted exports of livestock, cowpeas, onions, and the
products of Niger's small cotton industry. The government
relies on bilateral and multilateral aid - which was suspended
following the April 1999 coup d'etat - for operating expenses
and public investment. In 2000, the World Bank approved a
structural adjustment loan of $35 million to help support
fiscal reforms.
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $10 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $1,000
(2000 est.)
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Information
Source:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
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