India vs Nigeria: Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data

India

75.24 million people

in 2022

Nigeria

94.73 million people

in 2022

India rank

2nd

Nigeria rank

1st

Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data over time

Nigeria currently reports 94.73 million people against 75.24 million people in India, a difference of 19.48 million people.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.3 times India's.

India ranks 2nd and Nigeria ranks 1st of 120 countries.

Indicator: Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data
Unit: people
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 120 places, 2,148 data points, 1963–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Number of people living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day.