Table 3

 

 

Number of People Living on Less than $1/day
(millions)

 

1981

1990

1999

2001

East Asia & Pacific

796

472

282

271

Sub-Saharan Africa

164

227

294

313

Source: World Development Indicators, 2005, Table 2.5, “Poverty”   http://devdata.worldbank.org/wdi2005/Section2.htm (September 25, 2006)