3. In contrast, nearly 60 percent of the world's population continues to eke out a subsistence level

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3. In contrast, nearly 60 percent of the world's population continues to eke out a subsistence level of income in countries with a per capita GNP of less than $500 per year.

Asia (except Japan), Africa, South America, and Central America contain 70 percent of the world's population, but they generate only 19 percent of the world's GNP.

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