Country code +227

Sending SMS to Niger

Niger is +227. French is official, Latin script. Largely Saharan, with the population concentrated in the far south along the Nigerian border, which is where coverage and commercial activity both sit.

Dialling

How to dial Niger

Every part of the number, laid out separately, then the same thing written the way an API expects it.

+Exit

227Country code

national numberNational number

+227 — +227 followed by the national number

From abroad, replace your exit code with +, then 227, then the national number — dropping the national trunk prefix if the country uses one (a leading 0 in most, though not in the +1 numbering plan). Store numbers in E.164 (+227…) and they work from any country and any API.

At a glance

Niger by the numbers

The figures below come from public country data and set the context for how much SMS traffic Niger actually carries.

+227

Niger country code

ISONE / NER

15,878,271

People

1,267,000

Area km²

7.304 Billion

GDP (USD)

Sender ID

How your name appears in Niger

General guidance — we have not yet confirmed Niger-specific sender ID rules.

9:41

SMSLOCAL

Text Message

Your verification code is 4172. Valid for 10 minutes.

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Delivered on +227

Sender ID rules for +227

Both alphanumeric and numeric sender IDs are supported where the local network allows it. Exact registration steps, character limits and lead time vary by operator, and are confirmed as part of onboarding before your first send.

Alphanumeric ID

Your brand name instead of a number, typically up to 11 characters, where the network allows it.

Numeric ID

A long code or short code — falls back to this wherever alphanumeric isn’t supported.

Approval time

Same-day to a few business days, depending on the operator and ID type.

What people send most: OTP and account verification · Order and delivery updates · Appointment and service reminders.

Message length: under the standard SMS encoding, a segment typically holds 160 GSM-7 characters, or 70 once a message uses Unicode — Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, emoji. Longer messages split into several segments automatically and are billed per segment; exact limits are confirmed for Niger as part of onboarding.

Before you send