At a poverty line of $1.25 a day, the revised estimates find. 1.4 billion people live at this poverty line or below. This is more than the previous estimate of 984 million with the older measure of a $1 a day in 2004. In 1981, the estimated number of poor was also revised upward, from 1.5 billion to 1.9 billion.
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At a poverty line of $1.25 a day, the revised estimates find. 1.4 billion people live at this poverty line or below. This is more than the previous estimate of 984 million with the older measure of a $1 a day in 2004. In 1981, the estimated number of poor was also revised upward, from 1.5 billion to 1.9 billion.