Niger

Population Statistics

18,045,729

Total Population

2,706,859

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

24 June 2008

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Constitution of the Seventh Republic of Niger (2010)

Updated: June 2015

Article 7 states:

Suffrage is direct or indirect. It is universal, free, equal and secret. Nigeriens of the two (2) sexes, aged eighteen (18) years on the day of the ballot or the emancipated minors, enjoying their civil and political rights are voters under the conditions determined by the law.

 

Excerpt from the Constitution of the Seventh Republic of Niger (2010)