Niger 
Facts
Population: 12,894,865 (July 2007 est.).
Age structure: 0-14 years: 46.9% (male 3,083,871/female 2,969,201)
15-64 years: 50.6% (male 3,354,783/female 3,174,039)
65 years and over: 2.4% (male 155,430/female 157,541) (2007 est.).
Population growth rate: 2.898% (2007 est.).
Birth rate: 50.16 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Death rate: 20.59 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Net migration rate: -0.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.039 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.057 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.987 male(s)/female
total population: 1.047 male(s)/female (2007 est.).
Infant mortality rate: total: 116.83 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 120.78 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 112.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 44.03 years
male: 44.05 years
female: 44 years (2007 est.).
Total fertility rate: 7.37 children born/woman (2007 est.).
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 1.2% (2003 est.).
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 70,000 (2003 est.).
HIV/AIDS - deaths: 4,800 (2003 est.).
Nationality: noun: Nigerien(s)
adjective: Nigerien.
Ethnic groups: Haoussa 55.4%, Djerma Sonrai 21%, Touareg 9.3%, Peuhl 8.5%, Kanouri Manga 4.7%, other 1.2% (2001 census).
Religions: Muslim 80%, other (includes indigenous beliefs and Christian) 20%.
Languages: French (official), Hausa, Djerma.
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 28.7%
male: 42.9%
female: 15.1% (2005 est.).
GDP (purchasing power parity): $12.36 billion (2006 est.).
GDP - real growth rate: 3.5% (2006 est.).
GDP - per capita (PPP): $1,000 (2006 est.).
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 39%
industry: 17%
services: 44% (2001).
Labor force: 70,000 salaried workers, 60% of whom are employed in the public sector (2002 est.).
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 90%
industry: 6%
services: 4%.
Population below poverty line: 63% (1993 est.).
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 0.8%
highest 10%: 35.4% (1995).
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 0.2% (2004 est.).
Unemployment rate: NA%.
Budget: revenues: $320 million (includes $134 million from foreign sources)
expenditures: $320 million; including capital expenditures of $178 million (2002 est.).
Agriculture - products: cowpeas, cotton, peanuts, millet, sorghum, cassava (tapioca), rice; cattle, sheep, goats, camels, donkeys, horses, poultry.
Industries: uranium mining, cement, brick, soap, textiles, food processing, chemicals, slaughterhouses.
Industrial production growth rate: 5.1% (2003 est.).
Electricity - production: 232 million kWh (2004).
Electricity - consumption: 415.8 million kWh (2004).
Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2004).
Electricity - imports: 200 million kWh (2004).
Exports: $222 million f.o.b. (2004 est.).
Exports - commodities: uranium ore, livestock, cowpeas, onions.
Exports - partners: France 47.9%, Nigeria 21.4%, US 20.3% (2005).
Imports: $588 million f.o.b. (2004 est.).
Imports - commodities: foodstuffs, machinery, vehicles and parts, petroleum, cereals.
Imports - partners: France 14.4%, US 10.6%, French Polynesia 7.5%, Nigeria 7.4%, Italy 6.7%, Cote d'Ivoire 5.1%, Belgium 4.6%, Germany 4.5%, China 4.5% (2005).
Debt - external: $2.1 billion (2003 est.).
Economic aid - recipient: $453.3 million (2003).
Currency (code): Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF); note - responsible authority is the Central Bank of the West African States (BCEAO).
Exchange rates: Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar - 522.59 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004), 581.2 (2003), 696.99 (2002).
Fiscal year: calendar year.
Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.
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Niamey
(Independent weekly), Niamey
http://www.republicain-niger.com/
Press Agency of Niger
(Official news service), Niamey
Sahel Hebdo
(Pro-government), Niamey
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