India vs Niger: Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters

India
4.90 million people
in 2019
Niger
4.40 million people
in 2022
India rank
8th
Niger rank
10th

Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters over time

  • India
  • Niger
0100.0M200.0M300.0M190019612022

How they compare

India currently reports 4.90 million people against 4.40 million people in Niger, a difference of 498,350 people.

That makes India's figure about 1.1 times Niger's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 10 shared years of data; in 1942 it was Niger ahead.

India ranks 8th and Niger ranks 10th of 78 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Annual number of people affected by all natural disasters
Unit
people
Source
EM-DAT, CRED / UCLouvain (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
78 places, 1,202 data points, 1900–2025
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Total number of people affected by a natural disaster.