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Niger: map and facts
Niger is in Western Africa. It has about 27.9 million people (2025), the 54th largest population. It covers 1,267,000 km², the 21st largest by area. That is about 22 people per km². Its highest point is Mont Idoukal-n-Taghes, at 2,022 m. The longest river on its map is the Niger, 4,180 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 27,917,831 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 1,267,000 km² (2024, World Bank). This figure covers a different area from the one this map shows: as drawn, about 1,190,000 km².
- Capital: Niamey
- Highest point: Mont Idoukal-n-Taghes, 2,022 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 0.8% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Niger, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Niger: 4,180 km
- Komadugu Yobe: 467 km
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Mont Idoukal-n-Taghes: 2,022 m (its highest point)
Mountain ranges: Air Mountains.
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Sahara, Sahel, Tassili oua-n-Ahaggar and Ténéré.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): bare ground 73.3%, grassland 21.5%, farmland with natural plants 2.7%, farmland 2%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plateaus 81.9%, plains 11.3%, hills 6.1%.
Forests covered 0.8% of its land in 2024, down from 1.5% in 1990 (World Bank).
Neighbours
Niger shares land borders with Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Libya, Mali and Nigeria on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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