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Assertion: Although there is a steady decline in poverty over the last two decades but total number of the poor people have remained constant. Reason: There has been a considerable growth in population​

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The percentage of the global population living in absolute poverty fell from over 80% in 1800 to 20% by 2015. According to United Nations estimates, in 2015 roughly 734 million people or 10% remained under those conditions. The number had previously been measured as 1.9 billion in 1990, and 1.2 billion in 2008.