Official Languages

Languages spoken here

Bambara (secondary) · French (secondary) · French (Quebec) (secondary) · Hausa (secondary) · Levantine Arabic (secondary) · Yoruba (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Niger

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Hausa	15155000	Hausa	Islam
Zarma	5229000	Zarma	Islam
Tuareg, Tamajaq	1280000	Tamajaq, Tawallammat	Islam
Hausa, Maouri	1038000	Hausa	Islam
Fulani, Central-Eastern	861000	Fulfulde, Central-Eastern Niger	Islam
Kanuri, Manga	796000	Kanuri, Manga	Islam
Fulani, Western	696000	Fulfulde, Western Niger	Islam
Fulani, West Niger	688000	Fulfulde, Western Niger	Islam
Tuareg, Air	534000	Tamajeq, Tayart	Islam
Diffa Arab, Mahamid	268000	Arabic, Chadian	Islam
Mossi	267000	Moore	Islam
Kanuri, Yerwa	228000	Kanuri, Yerwa	Islam
Tuareg, Asben	208000	Tamajeq, Tayart	Islam
Dendi, Dandawa	156000	Dendi (Benin)	Islam
Kanuri, Tumari	114000	Kanuri, Tumari	Islam
Fulani, Wodaabe	107000	Fulfulde, Central-Eastern Niger	Islam
Daza	102000	Dazaga	Islam
Gourma	89000	Gourmanchema	Islam
Yoruba	89000	Yoruba	Islam
Igdalen, Tagdal	75000	Tagdal	Islam
Bambara	60000	Bamanankan	Islam
Tuareg, Tahaggart	57000	Tamahaq, Tahaggart	Islam
Kanuri, Bilma	48000	Kanuri, Bilma	Islam
Kanembu	38000	Kanembu	Islam
Moor, general	30000	Hassaniyya	Islam
Tubu, Teda	30000	Tedaga	Islam
Tuareg, Algerian	28000	Arabic, Algerian Saharan	Islam
Tasawaq	24000	Tasawaq	Islam
Tuareg, Arabized	18000	Arabic, Algerian	Islam
Deaf	17000	Language unknown	Unknown
Baggara, Shuwa Arab	15000	Arabic, Chadian	Islam
Arab, Libyan	13000	Arabic, Libyan	Islam
Algerian, Arabic-speaking	12000	Arabic, Algerian	Islam
Arab, Lebanese general	8800	Arabic, Levantine	Islam
French	7900	French	Christianity
Amazigh, Tetserret	2700	Tetserret	Islam

Languages

30 languages recorded here.

Arabic, Algerian

Arabic, Algerian Saharan

Arabic, Chadian

Arabic, Levantine

Arabic, Libyan

Bamanankan

Dazaga

Dendi (Benin)

French

Fulfulde, Central-Eastern Niger

Fulfulde, Western Niger

Gourmanchema

Hassaniyya

Hausa

Kanembu

Kanuri, Bilma

Kanuri, Manga

Kanuri, Tumari

Kanuri, Yerwa

Language unknown

Moore

Tagdal

Tamahaq, Tahaggart

Tamajaq, Tawallammat

Tamajeq, Tayart

Tasawaq

Tedaga

Tetserret

Yoruba

Zarma

All catalogue fields

158 fields recorded

rog3: NG
iso3: NER
iso2: NE
ctry: Niger
poplpeoples: 28389000
cntpeoples: 36
cntpeopleslr: 30
poplpeopleslr: 27879000
jpscalectry: 1
rol3officiallanguage: fra
officiallang: French
rlg3primary: 6
religionprimary: Islam
percentchristianity: 1.6248080846965
percentevangelical: 1.019169558003
c_10_40window: Y
rog2: AFR
continent: Africa
regioncode: 8
regionname: Africa, West and Central
workersneeded: 564
harvest_rog3: NG
harvest_iso3: NER
harvest_iso2: NE
harvest_owcountrycode: NIGE
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: NE
harvest_countrynumber: 155
harvest_ctry: Niger
harvest_ctryshort: Niger
harvest_countrynamechinese: 尼日尔
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 尼日尔
harvest_countrynamedutch: Niger
harvest_countrynamefrench: Niger
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Niger
harvest_countrynamegerman: Niger
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Niger
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Niger
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Niger
harvest_countrynameitalian: Niger
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Niger
harvest_countrynamekorean: 니제르
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 니제르
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Niger
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Niger
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Níger
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Níger
harvest_countrynamerussian: Нигер
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Нигер
harvest_countrynamespanish: Níger
harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Níger
harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Niger
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: Niger
harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix: 在
harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix: du
harvest_germanconcatenationprefix: in
harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix: di
harvest_italianconcatenationprefix: -
harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix: 의
harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix: i
harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix: no
harvest_russianconcatenationprefix: B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix: en
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix: ở
harvest_ethnologuemapexists: Y
harvest_rog2: AFR
harvest_regioncode2414: 5
harvest_regioncode: 8
harvest_unsr: 011
harvest_worldabc: A
harvest_maniregioncode: FW
harvest_capital: Niamey
harvest_population: 27918000
harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_prayercastvideo: https://prayercast.com/niger.html
harvest_prayercastvimeourl: 38104332
harvest_waldnerguide: prayer-guide-ng.pdf
harvest_unmap: https://un.org/geospatial/content/niger
harvest_persecutionrankingod: 26
harvest_persecutionrankingodlink: https://www.opendoors.org/en-US/persecution/countries/niger
harvest_jpscale: 1
harvest_c_10_40window: Y
harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal: Y
harvest_biblerestrictionsrank: 23
harvest_bibleshortagerank: 57
harvest_bibleaccessurl: https://www.bibleaccesslist.org/profiles/NE_2025_profile.pdf
harvest_owpctevang: 0.1
harvest_owpctcharismatic: 0.10470515
harvest_owevangelicalgrowthrate: 3.7
harvest_owcountrypage: niger
harvest_literacyrate: 35
harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized: 16
harvest_rol3officiallanguage: fra
harvest_rlg3primary: 6
harvest_pctanimist: 2.5
harvest_pctbahai: 0.03
harvest_pctbuddhism: 0
harvest_pctchinese: 0
harvest_pcthindu: 0
harvest_pctislam: 97.14
harvest_pctsikh: 0
harvest_pctjudaism: 0
harvest_pctnonreligious: 0
harvest_pctother: 0
harvest_pctchristian: 0.33
harvest_pctchristianprotestant: 0.1
harvest_pctchristianindependent: 0.08
harvest_pctchristiananglican: 0
harvest_pctchristianromancatholic: 0.1
harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 0
harvest_pctchristianmarginal: 0.01
harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated: 0.04
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing: 0
harvest_pctchristianother: 0
harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A013
harvest_hdiyear: 2015
harvest_hdivalue: 0.353
harvest_hdirank: 187
harvest_internetusers: 4.3
harvest_flashmapzoom: 400
harvest_flashmapzoomx: -160
harvest_flashmapzoomy: -140
harvest_googlemapzoom: 5
harvest_googlemaplat: 16
harvest_googlemaplng: 8
harvest_ctrylatitude: 17.607789
harvest_ctrylongitude: 8.081666
harvest_securitylevel: 2
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/niger/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 105
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 4.098479362780594
harvest_v59country: Y
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=ne&joshua=ng
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-niger
harvest_internetusage: 5
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2018
harvest_voiceofmartyrsurl: https://www.persecution.com/globalprayerguide/niger/
harvest_areasquaremiles: 489189
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 1186408
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 22
harvest_countryphonecode: 227
harvest_wincountryprofile: http://win1040.com/page.php?id=595
harvest_owpctchristian1986: 0.4
harvest_owpctevangelical1986: 0.07000000000000001
harvest_owpctchristian1993: 0.4
harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 0.1
harvest_owpctchristian2001: 0.4
harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 0.1
harvest_stonyground: Y
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .ne
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/niger
harvest_source: PJJ
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00