Businesses in Arlit

Arlit Facts

Area	173128.8 km²
Population	191,292
Male Population	98,918 (51.7%)
Female Population	92,374 (48.3%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+258.1%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+90.2%
Median Age	16.5 years (Male: 16.7, Female: 16.3)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$1,043 (2022)
Local Time
Timezone	West Africa Time
Lat & Lng	18.73694, 7.38528

Map of Arlit

Interactive Map

Arlit Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	53,423	80,764	100,594	157,469	191,292	227,678	268,959
Population Density	0.3 / km²	0.5 / km²	0.6 / km²	0.9 / km²	1.1 / km²	1.3 / km²	1.6 / km²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Arlit Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 90.2% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Arlit	+258.1%	+136.9%	+90.2%
Agadez Region	—	—	—
Niger	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Arlit Median Age

Median Age: 16.5 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Arlit	16.5 yrs	16.3 yrs	16.7 yrs
Agadez Region	15.9 yrs	16 yrs	15.8 yrs
Niger	14.3 yrs	14.8 yrs	13.9 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Arlit Population Density

Population Density: 1.1 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Arlit	191,292	173,128.8 km²	1.1 / km²
Agadez Region	560,836	623,591.1 km²	0.9 / km²
Niger	19.8 million	1,180,011.4 km²	16.8 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Arlit Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 600 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Arlit Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$942	$834	$766	$645	$568	$796	$1,009	$1,043
Total GDP	$71.3M	$72.9M	$77.4M	$75.2M	$76.9M	$127M	$192.3M	$213.9M

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Kosonen, M. & Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S. Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022. Sci Data 12, 178 (2025) doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04487-x

Arlit CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Arlit	28,137 tn	0.15 tn	0.2 tons/km²
Agadez Region	83,603 tn	0.15 tn	0.1 tons/km²
Niger	2,935,169 tn	0.15 tn	2.5 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Arlit CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	28,137 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	0.15 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	0.2 tons/km²

Arlit

Arlit is an industrial town and capital of the Arlit Department of the Agadez Region of northern-central Niger, built between the Sahara Desert and the eastern edge of the Aïr Mountains. It is 200 km south by road from the border with Algeria. As of ..

About Our Data

The data on this page is estimated using a number of publicly available tools and resources. It is provided without warranty, and could contain inaccuracies. Use at your own risk.