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Low income
Rural population

Within the “Low income” group, Ethiopia leads Rural population in 2025 at 102.81M, while Gambia, The sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 988,057. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.026 M51 M77 M103 MEthiopiaEthiopia: 102.81M103 MCongo, Dem. Rep.Congo, Dem. Rep.: 61.93M62 MUgandaUganda: 34.97M35 MSudanSudan: 33.61M34 MAfghanistanAfghanistan: 32.47M32 MYemen, Rep.Yemen, Rep.: 26.30M26 MNigerNiger: 22.79M23 MMozambiqueMozambique: 22.37M22 MMadagascarMadagascar: 21.97M22 MMalawiMalawi: 18.31M18 MBurkina FasoBurkina Faso: 17.11M17 MMaliMali: 17.08M17 M

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Ethiopia 102.81M
2 Congo, Dem. Rep. 61.93M
3 Uganda 34.97M
4 Sudan 33.61M
5 Afghanistan 32.47M
6 Yemen, Rep. 26.30M
7 Niger 22.79M
8 Mozambique 22.37M
9 Madagascar 21.97M
10 Malawi 18.31M
11 Burkina Faso 17.11M
12 Mali 17.08M
13 Chad 15.21M
14 Burundi 10.69M
15 Rwanda 10.07M
16 South Sudan 9.55M
17 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 9.52M
18 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 8.82M
19 Syrian Arab Republic 7.15M
20 Sierra Leone 4.77M
21 Central African Republic 3.06M
22 Liberia 2.52M
23 Eritrea 2.36M
24 Guinea-Bissau 1.20M
25 Gambia, The 988,057

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Low income group for Rural population in 2025, Ethiopia leads with a gap of 40.88M to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 25 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Gambia, The at 988,057.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.