Editing Demographics of Niger (section)

==Ethnic groups==
[[File:Niger peoples ru.svg|thumb|Ethnic map of Niger: 
{{Legend|#ff0000|Hausa}} {{Legend|#ffff00|Zarma-Songhai}} {{Legend|#808000|Tuareg}} {{Legend|#b400b4|Fulani}} {{Legend|#00ff00|Kanuri}} {{Legend|#ff8000|Toubou}} {{Legend|#8c8c8c|Arab}} {{Legend|#64b464|Gurma}}]]
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|+Population of Niger according to [[ethnic group]] in 1988, 2001 and 2021
|-bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! rowspan="2" | Ethnic<br />group
! colspan="2" | census 1988<ref name="UN Demographic Yearbooks">{{cite web| url = http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm#2001| title = UN Demographic Yearbooks| access-date = 2012-09-05| archive-date = 2016-12-27| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161227194033/http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm#2001| url-status = live}}</ref>
! colspan="2" | census 2001<ref name="UN Demographic Yearbooks"/>
! colspan="3" | 2021<ref name="CIA-2021-Niger">{{cite web |title=Africa: Niger - The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/niger/#people-and-society |website=www.cia.gov |access-date=1 May 2021 |date=27 April 2021 |archive-date=30 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210330032003/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/niger/#people-and-society |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! # !! %
! # !! %
! # !! %
|-
|align="left"|[[Hausa people|Hausa]]
|3,770,927 || {{percentage bar|width=50|53.0}}
|6,069,731 || {{percentage bar|width=50|55.4}}
|12,534,662 || {{percentage bar|width=50|53.1}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Zarma people|Zarma]]-[[Songhaiborai|Songhai]]
|1,511,341 || {{percentage bar|width=50|21.2}}
|2,300,874 || {{percentage bar|width=50|21.0}}
|5,004,423 || {{percentage bar|width=50|21.2}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Tuareg people|Tuareg]]
|739,202 || {{percentage bar|width=50|10.4}}
|1,016,883 || {{percentage bar|width=50|9.3}}
|2,596,634 || {{percentage bar|width=50|11.0}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Fula people|Fulani]]
|694,428 || {{percentage bar|width=50|9.8}}
|935,517 || {{percentage bar|width=50|8.5}}
|1,534,375 || {{percentage bar|width=50|6.5}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Kanuri people|Kanuri]]
|316,471 || {{percentage bar|width=50|4.4}}
|513,116 || {{percentage bar|width=50|4.7}}
|1,392,740 || {{percentage bar|width=50|5.9}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Gurma people|Gurma]]
|19,714 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.3}}
|39,797 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.4}}
|188,846 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.8}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Toubou people|Toubou]]
|31,403 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.4}}
|42,172 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.4}}
|94,423 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.4}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Diffa Arabs|Arab]]
|24,178 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.3}}
|40,085 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.4}}
|94,423 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.4}}
|-
|align="left"|Other
|12,265 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.2}}
|5,951 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.1}}
|212,451 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.9}}
|-bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! align=""left"" | Total
! colspan="2" | 7,119,929
! colspan="2" | 10,964,126
! colspan="3" | 23,605,767
|}