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Niger — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Niger, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
3.22%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · +11.2% since 1961
Population growth for Niger was 3.22% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 3.77% in 2012. The lowest was 2.66% in 1972 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.17% per year.
Niger ranks 9 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 4%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 2.30%, so Niger sits above it. It peaked in 2012 and has fallen 15% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 13%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
3.22%
First (1961)
2.90%
Change
+11.2%
Highest
3.77%
in 2012
Lowest
2.66%
in 1972
Average
3.19%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.17%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.22% |
| 2024 | 3.28% |
| 2023 | 3.29% |
| 2022 | 3.25% |
| 2021 | 3.25% |
| 2020 | 3.3% |
| 2019 | 3.37% |
| 2018 | 3.45% |
| 2017 | 3.56% |
| 2016 | 3.67% |
| 2015 | 3.7% |
| 2014 | 3.69% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.