Within the “Sub-Saharan Africa” group, Ethiopia leads Rural population in 2025 at 102.81M, while Seychelles sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 66,909. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.
| # | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethiopia | 102.81M |
| 2 | Nigeria | 86.04M |
| 3 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 61.93M |
| 4 | Tanzania | 44.53M |
| 5 | Kenya | 39.00M |
| 6 | Uganda | 34.97M |
| 7 | Sudan | 33.61M |
| 8 | South Africa | 23.43M |
| 9 | Niger | 22.79M |
| 10 | Mozambique | 22.37M |
| 11 | Madagascar | 21.97M |
| 12 | Malawi | 18.31M |
| 13 | Burkina Faso | 17.11M |
| 14 | Mali | 17.08M |
| 15 | Chad | 15.21M |
| 16 | Cote d'Ivoire | 14.87M |
| 17 | Ghana | 14.40M |
| 18 | Cameroon | 13.25M |
| 19 | Zambia | 11.85M |
| 20 | Angola | 11.14M |
| 21 | Burundi | 10.69M |
| 22 | Zimbabwe | 10.09M |
| 23 | Rwanda | 10.07M |
| 24 | South Sudan | 9.55M |
| 25 | Guinea | 9.28M |
| 26 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 8.82M |
| 27 | Senegal | 8.37M |
| 28 | Benin | 6.91M |
| 29 | Togo | 4.78M |
| 30 | Sierra Leone | 4.77M |
| 31 | Central African Republic | 3.06M |
| 32 | Liberia | 2.52M |
| 33 | Eritrea | 2.36M |
| 34 | Congo, Rep. | 2.33M |
| 35 | Mauritania | 2.05M |
| 36 | Namibia | 1.52M |
| 37 | Lesotho | 1.31M |
| 38 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.20M |
| 39 | Gambia, The | 988,057 |
| 40 | Eswatini | 920,507 |
| 41 | Botswana | 821,007 |
| 42 | Mauritius | 758,222 |
| 43 | Comoros | 583,195 |
| 44 | Equatorial Guinea | 550,978 |
| 45 | Gabon | 205,177 |
| 46 | Cabo Verde | 117,962 |
| 47 | Sao Tome and Principe | 74,065 |
| 48 | Seychelles | 66,909 |