Table 1. Socioeconomic aspects of China and India.

Feature	China	India	Combined	Comment
1. Population [3]	1.347 billion	1.210 billion	2.557 billion	n/a
2. Approximate % global population [3]	19.1%	17.2%	36.3%	n/a
3. Gross domestic product (GDP) in 2010 [4]	$5.7 trillion	$1.7 trillion	$7.4 trillion	n/a
4. GDP Rank [4]	2nd	9th	2nd	n/a
5. Approximate % of global GDP [4]	9.1%	2.7%	11.8%	n/a
6. Percentage of people living on less than $1.25 per day [5]	13.06%	32.67%	22% (calculated)	n/a
7. Approximate number of people living on less than $1.25 per day	176 million	395 million	571 million	Calculated by combining features 1 and 6
8. Approximate percentage of the global population that lives on less than $1.25 per day	13.6%	30.6%	44.3%	Based on 1.29 billion people living below the World Bank poverty figure of $1.25 per day [6]