| Location | Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon |
| Geographic coordinates | 10 00 N, 8 00 E |
| Map references | Africa |
| Area | total: 923,768 sq km land: 910,768 sq km water: 13,000 sq km |
| Area - comparative | about six times the size of Georgia; slightly more than twice the size of California |
| Land boundaries | total: 4,477 km border countries (4): Benin 809 km, Cameroon 1975 km, Chad 85 km, Niger 1608 km |
| Coastline | 853 km |
| Maritime claims | territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation |
| Climate | varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north |
| Terrain | southern lowlands merge into central hills and plateaus; mountains in southeast, plains in north |
| Elevation extremes | highest point: Chappal Waddi 2,419 m lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m mean elevation: 380 m |
| Natural resources | natural gas, petroleum, tin, iron ore, coal, limestone, niobium, lead, zinc, arable land |
| Land use | agricultural land: 78% (2018 est.) arable land: 37.3% (2018 est.) permanent crops: 7.4% (2018 est.) permanent pasture: 33.3% (2018 est.) forest: 9.5% (2018 est.) other: 12.5% (2018 est.) |
| Irrigated land | 2,930 sq km (2012) |
| Total renewable water resources | 286.2 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) |
| Natural hazards | periodic droughts; flooding |
| Geography - note | the Niger River enters the country in the northwest and flows southward through tropical rain forests and swamps to its delta in the Gulf of Guinea |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
