Motto:  "Fraternity, Work, Progress"

Anthem: La Nigérienne

Capital
(and largest city)

Niamey
13°32′N, 2°05′E

Official languages

French

Demonym

Nigerien

Government

Parliamentary democracy

President

Tandja Mamadou

Prime Minister

Seyni Oumarou

Independence

from France 

Declared

August 3, 1960 

Area

Total

1,267,000 km² (22nd)
489,678 sq mi 

Water (%)

0.02

Population

July 2008 estimate

13,272,679 

GDP (PPP)

2007 estimate

Total

$8.902 billion (148th)

Per capita

$700 (222nd)

Gini (1995)

50.5 (high) 

HDI (2007)

▲ 0.374 (low) (174th)

Currency

West African CFA franc (XOF)

Time zone

WAT (UTC+1)

Summer (DST)

not observed (UTC+1)

Internet TLD

.ne

Calling code

+227