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Transnational_issues of Niger

Disputes - international:Libya claims about 25,000 sq km in a currently dormant dispute in the Tommo region; much of Benin-Niger boundary, including tripoint with Nigeria, remains undemarcated; only Nigeria and Cameroon have heeded the Lake Chad Commission's admonition to ratify the delimitation treaty which also includes the Chad-Niger and Niger-Nigeria boundaries

Niger Quickstats

  • Population: 12,894,865 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 1.267 million sq km
  • Density: 11 /km² (206th)
  • GDP (total): $910.951 million (132nd)
  • GDP (per capita): $872 (171st)
  • Literacy: 28.7%

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  • Currency: CFA franc (XOF)
  • Dial code: +227

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Niger Internet

  • Usage: 29,000
  • Penetration: 0.2 %
  • Top Domain: .ng

WT eBusiness info:

  • Success Ranking: 100
  • Market testing: Untested
  • Overall risk: High
  • Overall reward: Low

e-maturity:

  • Tourism: 10%
  • eCommerce: 10%
  • Gaming: 10%
  • eLearning: 10%

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