Top 5 countries in Africa with the highest population of poor people

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Nigeria

Nigeria leads the world with the highest number of people living in poverty, taking over from India.

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According to the World Poverty Data, Nigeria has about 87 million people living in poverty,  representing 44 per cent of the country’s population of 195 million. A surprising fact because it is a country with vast oil riches.   It is predicted that the situation is set to be worse considering the country is experiencing a population boom.

The number of people trying to escape poverty is at a rate of -5.8 per cent, meaning that more people are falling into poverty than escaping it.