Niger
Republic of Niger
Niger (NE, NER) is a country in Western Africa, with Niamey as its capital. The currency is the West African CFA Franc (XOF, F CFA). The international dialling code is +227; mobile numbers are written like 93 12 34 56. The time zone is Africa/Niamey. Official language: French.
CurrencyXOFF CFA
Dial code+227e.g. 93 12 34 56
Time zoneNiameyUTC+01:00
LanguageFrench
CapitalNiamey
Population26.3M1.3M km²
Overview
- Official name
- Republic of Niger
- Native name
- Niger
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- NE
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- NER
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 562
- IOC code
- NIG
- Demonym
- Nigerien
- Capital
- Niamey
- Region
- Africa › Western Africa
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Western Africa
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .ne
- Coordinates
- 16, 8
- Area
- 1,267,000 km²
- Population
- 26,342,800
- GDP
- $44.6B ($1.7K per person)
- Literacy
- 28.7%
- Landlocked
- Yes
Currency
West African CFA Franc XOF
- Symbol
- F CFA
- Minor units
- None (0 decimals)
- Example
- 1 235 F CFA
Languages
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa/Niamey | UTC+01:00 | none | West Africa Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +227
- Dial-out prefix
- 00
- Trunk prefix
- none
- National number length
- 8 digits
- Emergency number
- 15 pattern 1(?:18|[578])|723141
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 20 20 12 34 | +227 20 20 12 34 | XX XX XX XX | 8 |
| Mobile | 93 12 34 56 | +227 93 12 34 56 | XX XX XX XX | 8 |
| Toll free | 8123456 | +227 8123456 | XXXXXXX | 8 |
| Premium rate | 9123456 | +227 9123456 | XXXXXXX | 8 |
Show the 2 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{2})(\d{3})(\d{3}) | 8 | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2}) | [089]|2[013]|7[0467] | $1 $2 $3 $4 | $1 $2 $3 $4 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
{Name}
{Organization}
{Street address}
{Postal code} {City}
No data.
Postal code
- Pattern
\d{4}- Examples
- 8001
Calendar, units and conventions
- First day of the week
- Monday
- Weekend
- Saturday to Sunday
- First week of the year
- Contains at least 1 day of the new year
- Hour cycle
- 24-hour (0–23)
- Calendars
- gregorian, islamic, islamic-civil, islamic-tbla
- Measurement system
- Metric
- Temperature
- Celsius
- Paper size
- A4
Number and date formats
As written by the French (Niger) locale (fr-NE), amounts in XOF.
- Number
- 1 234 567,891
- Percent
- 45,7 %
- Currency (XOF)
- 1 234 568 F CFA
- Accounting
- (1 234 568 F CFA)
- Currency, name
- 1 234 568 francs CFA (BCEAO)
- Compact short
- 1,2 M
- Compact long
- 1,2 million
- Scientific
- 1,235E6
- Speed
- 88 kilomètres par heure
- Temperature
- 21,5 °C
- Date, full
- vendredi 27 mars 2026
- Date, long
- 27 mars 2026
- Date, medium
- 27 mars 2026
- Date, short
- 27/03/2026
- Time, medium
- 15:04:05
- Time, short
- 15:04
- Date and time
- 27 mars 2026, 15:04
- Month and year
- mars 2026
- Weekday
- vendredi
- Relative time
- hier · dans 3 jours · il y a 2 heures
- List: and
- A, B et C
- List: or
- A, B ou C