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Tanout Facts

Area	28640.3 km²
Population	761,405
Male Population	381,040 (50.0%)
Female Population	380,365 (50.0%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+424.7%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+126.7%
Median Age	13.2 years (Male: 12.8, Female: 13.6)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$1,211 (2022)
Local Time
Timezone	West Africa Time
Lat & Lng	14.97089, 8.88786

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Tanout Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	145,102	234,093	335,925	595,425	761,405	949,445	1,173,451
Population Density	5.1 / km²	8.2 / km²	11.7 / km²	20.8 / km²	26.6 / km²	33.2 / km²	41 / km²

* Projected

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

Tanout Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 126.7% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Tanout	+424.7%	+225.3%	+126.7%
Zinder Region	—	—	—
Niger	—	—	—

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

Tanout Median Age

Median Age: 13.2 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Tanout	13.2 yrs	13.6 yrs	12.8 yrs
Zinder Region	13.5 yrs	13.8 yrs	13.3 yrs
Niger	14.3 yrs	14.8 yrs	13.9 yrs

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

Tanout Population Density

Population Density: 26.6 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Tanout	761,405	28,640.3 km²	26.6 / km²
Zinder Region	4.2 million	145,941.8 km²	28.6 / 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

Tanout Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 500 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

Tanout Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$718	$659	$688	$612	$877	$1,004	$1,064	$1,211
Total GDP	$165.6M	$183.7M	$231.4M	$244.3M	$421.6M	$585.6M	$771.7M	$964.2M

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

Tanout CO2 Emissions

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

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Tanout	111,994 tn	0.15 tn	3.9 tons/km²
Zinder Region	617,964 tn	0.15 tn	4.2 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

Tanout CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	111,994 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	0.15 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	3.9 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Drought	Medium (4.5)
Flood	Medium (7)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and International Research Institute for Climate and Society - IRI - Columbia University. 2005. Global Drought Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4VX0DFT.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Flood Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4668B3D.

Tanout

Tanout is a town in southern Niger. It is in Zinder Region, Tanout Department, north of the city of Zinder. It is the administrative capital of Tanout Department.

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