Geography - note: landlocked; one of the hottest countries in the world: northern four-fifths is desert, southern one-fifth is savanna, suitable for livestock and limited agriculture
People Niger
Population: 10,639,744 (July 2002 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 47.9% (male 2,594,932; female 2,503,867) 15-64 years: 49.8% (male 2,594,307; female 2,706,164) 65 years and over: 2.3% (male 125,898; female 114,576) (2002 est.)
Population growth rate: 2.7% (2002 est.)
Birth rate: 49.95 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Death rate: 22.25 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Net migration rate: -0.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 1.1 male(s)/female total population: 1 male(s)/female (2002 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 122.23 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)