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Distribution of population between different poverty lines by country

Number of people living in households with an income or consumption above $40 per day.

Countries reporting
120
Highest
263.25 million people
United States
Lowest
0 people
Syria
Median
641,103 people
Years covered
63
1963–2025
Data points
2,152

What the numbers show

Distribution of population between different poverty lines is currently reported for 120 countries. The highest value is 263.25 million people in United States; the lowest is 0 people in Syria.

The median across all reporting countries is 641,103 people, and the mean is 8.46 million people.

Over the past decade 95 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 25,672.7%), and the largest decrease in Madagascar (down 100.0%).

Distribution of population between different poverty lines: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 263.25 million people 2024 up 20.4% rising
2 China 77.51 million people 2022 up 260.4% volatile
3 Japan 68.31 million people 2020 down 0.5% flat
4 Germany 66.79 million people 2022 up 11.8% rising
5 France 50.87 million people 2023 up 5.4% rising
6 United Kingdom 47.02 million people 2021 up 16.1% volatile
7 Italy 37.09 million people 2023 up 10.2% rising
8 South Korea 35.98 million people 2021 up 79.7% rising
9 Brazil 34.34 million people 2024 up 26.8% volatile
10 Canada 31.58 million people 2022 up 23.8% rising
11 Spain 29.67 million people 2023 up 31.6% rising
12 Turkey 26.40 million people 2023 up 318.9% volatile
13 Russia 20.47 million people 2020 down 13.8% volatile
14 Australia 19.80 million people 2020 up 31.0% rising
15 Poland 17.48 million people 2023 up 152.9% volatile
16 Netherlands 15.47 million people 2021 up 19.1% rising
17 Taiwan 14.42 million people 2021 up 34.0% rising
18 Malaysia 11.68 million people 2021 up 136.5% volatile
19 Mexico 11.49 million people 2024 up 88.2% rising
20 Belgium 9.76 million people 2023 up 14.0% rising
21 Sweden 7.96 million people 2023 up 16.4% rising
22 Austria 7.77 million people 2023 up 11.4% rising
23 Switzerland 7.54 million people 2023 up 10.6% rising
24 Colombia 5.48 million people 2024 up 51.3% rising
25 Romania 5.26 million people 2023 up 2,834.4% volatile
26 Czechia 5.16 million people 2023 up 82.6% rising
27 Norway 5.06 million people 2023 up 9.4% rising
28 Denmark 5.06 million people 2023 up 11.8% rising
29 Chile 4.86 million people 2024 up 90.5% volatile
30 Thailand 4.83 million people 2024 up 14.3% volatile
31 Israel 4.45 million people 2022 up 69.1% rising
32 Finland 4.40 million people 2023 up 6.5% rising
33 Vietnam 4.24 million people 2022 up 202.8% volatile
34 Portugal 3.89 million people 2023 up 71.0% rising
35 South Africa 3.70 million people 2022 down 2.5% rising
36 Ireland 3.69 million people 2023 up 88.3% rising
37 Greece 2.83 million people 2023 up 55.5% falling
38 Indonesia 2.59 million people 2025 up 68.9% volatile
39 Uzbekistan 2.42 million people 2025 — volatile
40 Bulgaria 2.05 million people 2023 up 242.9% volatile
41 Iran 1.79 million people 2023 up 44.2% volatile
42 Ecuador 1.78 million people 2025 up 27.7% rising
43 Croatia 1.67 million people 2023 up 340.6% rising
44 Slovenia 1.48 million people 2023 up 66.2% rising
45 Bolivia 1.43 million people 2024 down 0.8% rising
46 Costa Rica 1.32 million people 2025 up 51.3% volatile
47 Lithuania 1.32 million people 2023 up 197.0% volatile
48 Dominican Republic 1.31 million people 2024 up 74.4% rising
49 Peru 1.19 million people 2024 down 3.6% rising
50 Hungary 1.07 million people 2017 up 120.2% rising
51 Venezuela 981,882 people 2006 up 72.1% falling
52 Uruguay 970,886 people 2024 up 0.2% rising
53 Cyprus 950,396 people 2023 up 62.0% rising
54 Morocco 947,650 people 2013 up 354.8% volatile
55 Panama 876,528 people 2024 up 54.7% volatile
56 Serbia 734,835 people 2023 up 245.8% rising
57 Ukraine 706,661 people 2020 up 153.6% volatile
58 Latvia 693,765 people 2023 up 172.0% volatile
59 Pakistan 673,904 people 2024 up 186.9% volatile
60 Paraguay 655,544 people 2024 up 15.1% rising
61 Guatemala 626,662 people 2023 down 4.3% volatile
62 Estonia 594,906 people 2023 up 106.6% volatile
63 Luxembourg 591,316 people 2023 up 30.1% rising
64 Egypt 570,078 people 2021 up 8.1% rising
65 Philippines 507,201 people 2023 down 27.6% rising
66 Kazakhstan 489,124 people 2021 up 158.2% volatile
67 Slovakia 482,542 people 2023 down 20.2% rising
68 India 463,802 people 2023 down 47.5% volatile
69 Malta 408,633 people 2023 up 87.2% rising
70 Bangladesh 402,260 people 2022 up 80.1% volatile
71 Sri Lanka 394,526 people 2019 up 171.7% volatile
72 Belarus 385,836 people 2020 up 104.7% volatile
73 Jordan 383,291 people 2010 up 87.3% rising
74 Tunisia 368,257 people 2021 up 4.3% volatile
75 Iceland 300,615 people 2019 up 29.1% rising
76 Honduras 292,707 people 2024 down 4.3% rising
77 El Salvador 275,828 people 2023 up 69.0% rising
78 Jamaica 234,618 people 2021 — volatile
79 Nicaragua 229,227 people 2014 up 89.8% rising
80 Palestine 179,840 people 2023 up 41.4% rising
81 Nepal 145,271 people 2022 up 389.5% volatile
82 Bosnia and Herzegovina 140,953 people 2021 down 26.7% volatile
83 Cameroon 135,204 people 2021 down 33.6% volatile
84 Tanzania 109,270 people 2018 up 181.6% volatile
85 Nigeria 108,805 people 2022 up 443.9% volatile
86 Ghana 89,777 people 2016 up 238.7% volatile
87 Botswana 84,350 people 2015 up 9.3% volatile
88 Tajikistan 78,239 people 2024 up 452.9% volatile
89 Azerbaijan 76,016 people 2005 up 843.1% rising
90 Kenya 75,514 people 2022 down 28.4% volatile
91 Mongolia 72,342 people 2022 up 52.8% volatile
92 Senegal 60,277 people 2021 up 608.7% volatile
93 North Macedonia 59,649 people 2019 up 35.9% rising
94 Cote d'Ivoire 57,715 people 2021 up 73.0% volatile
95 Laos 57,153 people 2024 up 269.9% volatile
96 Rwanda 55,705 people 2023 up 46.6% rising
97 Montenegro 48,089 people 2021 up 31.4% rising
98 Albania 44,182 people 2020 up 91.5% volatile
99 Mozambique 36,576 people 2022 down 69.8% volatile
100 Georgia 36,209 people 2024 up 83.9% volatile
101 Moldova 34,241 people 2024 up 20.0% volatile
102 Burkina Faso 33,367 people 2021 up 120.7% volatile
103 Bhutan 30,237 people 2022 up 96.2% volatile
104 Zambia 19,856 people 2022 up 3.4% rising
105 Benin 19,141 people 2021 up 503.1% volatile
106 Ethiopia 17,246 people 2021 down 81.9% volatile
107 Togo 16,822 people 2021 up 248.6% volatile
108 Kyrgyzstan 16,256 people 2024 up 150.2% volatile
109 Armenia 15,882 people 2024 down 48.5% volatile
110 Gambia 10,948 people 2020 up 1.6% volatile
111 Uganda 8,072 people 2023 down 81.1% volatile
112 Malawi 7,898 people 2019 down 69.7% volatile
113 Niger 6,581 people 2021 up 2,337.4% volatile
114 Mali 5,670 people 2021 up 25,672.7% volatile
115 Mauritania 4,506 people 2019 up 33.2% volatile
116 Burundi 2,608 people 2020 down 14.9% volatile
117 Guinea 1,727 people 2018 down 77.8% volatile
118 Guinea-Bissau 266 people 2021 — volatile
119 Madagascar 0 people 2021 down 100.0% volatile
119 Syria 0 people 2022 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Distribution of population between different poverty lines
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, 2,152 data points, 1963–2025
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Number of people living in households with an income or consumption above $40 per day.