State · 1960 – present
Niger
A state of 1960 – present — 66 years, still standing in the Middle East and North Africa. It replaced French West Africa. The atlas records 21 things within it — wars and battles 2 · regime change 3 · unrest and atrocity 3 · famine and plague 1 · people 12. Its line of rulers holds 12 people, 10 with dated terms.
- Still standing: the span runs to the year of the build, 2026.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 66 years
- and still standing
- Rulers
- 12
- the President of Niger
- Most ground
- 1.18 million km²
- in 1961
- Within it
- 21
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- French West Africa · replaces
Rulers
The line of President of Niger - the office this state names as its head of state.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamani Diori | 1960 – 1974 | 14 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Mahamane Ousmane | 1993 – 1996 | 3 years | deposed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara | 1996 – 1999 | 3 years | killedWikidata's manner of death | |
| Daouda Malam Wanké | 1999 – 1999 | under a year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Mamadou Tandja | 1999 – 2010 | 11 years | deposed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Salou Djibo | 2010 – 2011 | 1 year | ending not on record | |
| Mahamadou Issoufou | 2011 – 2021 | 10 years | ending not on record | |
| Mohamed Bazoum | 2021 – 2023 | 2 years | removed by a coupWikidata's end cause on the term | |
| Abdourahamane Tiani | 2023 – in office | in office since 2023 | still in office | |
| Hassoumi Massaoudou | 2023 – in office | in office since 2023 | still in office |
12 rulers, 10 with terms dated as terms, covering 1960 – 2023. Median reign 3 years. 9 of 9 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Heads of government
The line of Prime Minister of Niger, drawn and never measured: a cabinet is not a reign.
| Mamane Oumarou | 1983 – 1983 |
| Hamid Algabid | 1983 – 1988 |
| Mamane Oumarou | 1988 – 1989 |
| Aliou Mahamidou | 1990 – 1991 |
| Amadou Cheiffou | 1991 – 1993 |
| Mahamadou Issoufou | 1993 – 1994 |
| Souley Abdoulaye | 1994 – 1995 |
| Hama Amadou | 1995 – 1996 |
| Amadou Cissé | 1996 – 1997 |
| Boukary Adji | 1996 – 1996 |
| Ibrahim Assane Mayaki | 1997 – 2000 |
| Hama Amadou | 2000 – 2007 |
| Seyni Oumarou | 2007 – 2009 |
| Ali Badjo Gamatié | 2009 – 2010 |
| Albadé Abouba | 2009 – 2009 |
| Mahamadou Danda | 2010 – 2011 |
| Brigi Rafini | 2011 – 2021 |
| Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou | 2021 – 2023 |
| Ali Lamine Zeine | 2023 – … |
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
1.18 million km² in 1970, 1.18 million km² in 2020; at its largest 1.18 million km² in 1970. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
coat of arms, undatedCoat of arms of Niger · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pbroks13 ( talk ) 
flag, from 1959Flag of Niger · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1900 – 199913 rows · 1 risings, regime changes and massacres
- Mahamadou Issoufou · ruler · 1952 – present
- Mohamed Bazoum · ruler · 1960 – present
- Mamadou Tandja · ruler · 1938 – 2020
- Abdourahamane Tiani · ruler · 1961 – present
- Hamani Diori · ruler · 1916 – 1989
- Mahamane Ousmane · ruler · 1950 – present
- Seyni Kountché · ruler · 1931 – 1987
- Daouda Malam Wanké · ruler · 1946 – 2004
and 5 more in the atlas.
2000 – 20998 rows · 2 wars and battles · 5 risings, regime changes and massacres
- 2023 Nigerien coup d'état · adverse regime change · 2023
- COVID-19 pandemic in Niger · plague · 2020
- 2010 Nigerien coup d'état · adverse regime change · 2010
- 2021 Nigerien coup attempt · unrest · 2021
- Tongo Tongo ambush · battle · 2017
- 2026 Nigerien coup attempt · unrest · 2026
- Agadez and Arlit attacks · battle · 2013
- Tchoma Bangou and Zaroumdareye massacres · atrocity · 2021
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood66 years
stood longer than 38% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held1,182,700 km²
held more ground at its peak than 86% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median3 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 9% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record12
has more rulers on record than 84% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 3 causes the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1950 – 2036, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1961, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q1032 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.