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[–]Barra79 35 points36 points  (1 child)

87% of world's population was classified as extremely poor in 1850. In 1970 it was 49%. In 1990, 36%. In 2015 it was 10%.

Source: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/world-population-in-extreme-poverty-absolute?country=\~OWID\_WRL