Niger

LOCATION: Western Africa, southeast Algeria

AREA: 1.267 million sq km

CAPITAL: Niamey

POPULATION: 15,306,252

BIRTH RATE: 51.6 births/ 1,000

DEATH RATE: 14.83 deaths/ 1,000

LIFE EXPECTANCY: 52.6 years

RELIGION: Muslim 80%, other 20%

LANGUAGES: French (official), Hausa, Djerma

LITERACY RATE: age 15 and above can read and write: