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Low income
Population, total

Within the “Low income” group, Ethiopia leads Population, total in 2025 at 135.47M, while Guinea-Bissau sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 2.25M. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.034 M68 M102 M135 MEthiopiaEthiopia: 135.47M135 MCongo, Dem. Rep.Congo, Dem. Rep.: 112.83M113 MSudanSudan: 51.66M52 MUgandaUganda: 51.38M51 MAfghanistanAfghanistan: 43.84M44 MYemen, Rep.Yemen, Rep.: 41.77M42 MMozambiqueMozambique: 35.63M36 MMadagascarMadagascar: 32.74M33 MNigerNiger: 27.92M28 MKorea, Dem. People's Rep.Korea, Dem. People's Rep.: 26.57M27 MSyrian Arab RepublicSyrian Arab Republic: 25.62M26 MMaliMali: 25.20M25 M

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Ethiopia 135.47M
2 Congo, Dem. Rep. 112.83M
3 Sudan 51.66M
4 Uganda 51.38M
5 Afghanistan 43.84M
6 Yemen, Rep. 41.77M
7 Mozambique 35.63M
8 Madagascar 32.74M
9 Niger 27.92M
10 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 26.57M
11 Syrian Arab Republic 25.62M
12 Mali 25.20M
13 Burkina Faso 24.07M
14 Malawi 22.22M
15 Chad 21.00M
16 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 19.65M
17 Rwanda 14.57M
18 Burundi 14.39M
19 South Sudan 12.19M
20 Sierra Leone 8.82M
21 Liberia 5.73M
22 Central African Republic 5.51M
23 Eritrea 3.61M
24 Gambia, The 2.82M
25 Guinea-Bissau 2.25M

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Low income group for Population, total in 2025, Ethiopia leads with a gap of 22.64M to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 25 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Guinea-Bissau at 2.25M.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.