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.
Press
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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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Sectarian violence in northern Nigeria between Christian and Muslim communities reminds some observers of the run-up to the Biafran war of the late 1960s.
Nigeria may have a democratically elected president, but in the oil-rich Niger Delta, the government of Olusegun Obasanjo is behaving in much the same way as its military predecessors.
Within hours of his inauguration as Nigeria's president on May 29, Olusegun Obasanjo launched a widespread purge of the armed forces, removing 93 top military and police officers who had held political posts.
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