Number of people, in millions, living on less than $1.90 a day at 2011 PPP is calculated by multiplying the poverty rate and the population. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
| 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 752.3 | 241.7 | 149.9 | 106.6 | 87.8 | 25.3 | 18.6 | 10.0 | 7.2 | |||
| France | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Russian Federation | 4.5 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
| United Kingdom | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | ||
| United States | 2.1 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.3 |