Demographics of Niger - Ethnic Groups

Ethnic Groups

Population of Niger according to ethnic group in 1988 and 2001
Ethnic
group		 census 1988 census 2001
Number % Number %
Hausa 3,770,927 53.0 6,069,731 55.4
Djerma 1,511,341 21.2 2,300,874 21.0
Touareg 739,202 10.4 1,016,883 9.3
Peul 694,428 9.8 935,517 8.5
Kanuri 316,471 4.4 513,116 4.7
Toubou 31,403 0.4 42,172 0.4
Arab 24,178 0.3 40,085 0.4
Gourma 19,714 0.3 39,797 0.4
Other 12,265 0.2 5,951 0.1
Total 7,119,929 10,964,126

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