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Niger

 

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 Niger
All information: Niger
 		 United States
All information: United States
 
Area:1,267,000 km² 9,831,510 km²
Population:21,477,000 325,719,000

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Government

Government form:Semi-presidential republic Federal presidential republic
Independent since:1960 n.Chr. 1776 n.Chr.
Capital:Niamey Washington, D.C.


Population

Inhabitants per km²:17.0 33.1
Life expectancy males:59.1 years 76.3 years
Life expectancy females:61.1 years 81.2 years
Birthrate:48.14 ‰ 12.40 ‰
Deathrate:9.70 ‰ 8.40 ‰
Migrationrate:-0.50 % 3.90 %


Quality of life

Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)
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Political stability:46 73
Civil rights:25 98
Health:0 70
Security:59 63
Climate:40 65
Cost of Living:18 11
Popularity:25 94


Economy

Currency:West African Franc US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents)
Unemployment rate:0.3 % 4.4 %
Inflation rate:0.17 % 1.26 %
Commercial taxes and contributions:47.30 % 43.80 %
Average income:319 € 51,580 €
Corruption index:33 (bad) 75 (good)
 
 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Gross domestic product:7,188 Mio €0.33 M € 17,164,383 M €52.70 M €
Gross national product:6,837 Mio €0.32 M € 16,801,150 M €51.58 M €
Exported goods:1,089 M €0.05 M € 2,063,911 M €6.34 M €
Imported goods:2,236 M €0.10 M € 2,567,088 M €7.88 M €

Infrastructure

 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Roadways:18,949 km0.88 km 6,586,610 km20.22 km
Waterways:300 km0.01 km 41,009 km0.13 km
Harbours:20.000 3930.001
Airports:300.001 13,5130.041


Energy balance

 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Energy consumption:1.07 bn kWh49,913.05 kWh 3,911.00 bn kWh12.01 m kWh
Energy production:499.40 m kWh23,252.41 kWh 4,088.00 bn kWh12.55 m kWh
Energy export:0.00 kWh0.00 kWh 9.70 bn kWh29,764.90 kWh
Energy imports:782.00 m kWh36,410.45 kWh 80.66 bn kWh247,636.63 kWh
CO2 emissions:2.13 m t99.03 t 5.25 bn t16,131.32 t


Telecommunication

International dialing:+227 +1
Internet domain:.ne .us
 
 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Landlines:160,8487 121,530,000373
Mobile phones:8,719,981406 395,881,0001,215
Internet server:4540 505,000,0001,550
Internet users:893,64342 246,147,996756



Climate

Detailed info for: Niger and United States

Daytime temperatures:36.4 °C 18.8 °C
Nighttime temperatures:22.1 °C 7.2 °C
Relative humidity:39 % 67 %
Absolute humidity:13 g/m³ 9 g/m³
Rain days per year:38.4 85.2
Sunshine hours per day:8.6 7.2


Native languages

English:n/a 82.1 %
Hausa:53.1 % n/a
Songhai-zerma:21.2 % n/a
Spanish:n/a 10.7 %
Tamashek:10.4 % n/a
Ful:9.7 % n/a
Kanuri:4.4 % n/a
German:n/a 0.7 %
French:n/a 0.7 %
Chinese:n/a 0.6 %
Italian:n/a 0.6 %
Tagalog:n/a 0.4 %
Polish:n/a 0.3 %
Korean:n/a 0.3 %
Vietnamese:n/a 0.2 %
Portuguese:n/a 0.2 %
Japanese:n/a 0.2 %
other:1.2 % 3.0 %


Religions

Islam:80.0 % 0.6 %
Christianity:n/a 78.5 %
Jewry:n/a 1.8 %
Buddhism:n/a 0.7 %
other:20.0 % 18.4 %