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Number of people who are undernourished
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1
India
172.1M
2
Nigeria
45.4M
3
Pakistan
40.9M
4
Congo, Dem. Rep.
40.7M
5
Ethiopia
25.4M
6
Kenya
20.4M
7
Bangladesh
17.9M
8
Indonesia
17.7M
9
Tanzania
13.4M
10
Madagascar
12.3M
11
Afghanistan
11.7M
12
Egypt, Arab Rep.
10.8M
13
Uganda
10.7M
14
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
9.8M
15
Syrian Arab Republic
9.2M
16
Angola
8.3M
17
Zambia
7.7M
18
Mozambique
7.3M
19
Iraq
6.7M
20
South Africa
6.3M
21
Haiti
6.3M
22
Chad
6.2M
23
Iran, Islamic Rep.
6.2M
24
Viet Nam
5.3M
25
Malawi
4.5M
26
Cote d'Ivoire
3.5M
27
Mexico
3.5M
28
Rwanda
3.4M
29
Niger
3.4M
30
Philippines
3.4M
31
Thailand
3.3M
32
Zimbabwe
3.2M
33
Papua New Guinea
3M
34
Burkina Faso
3M
35
Mali
2.9M
36
Myanmar
2.9M
37
Bolivia
2.7M
38
Ukraine
2.7M
39
Morocco
2.6M
40
South Sudan
2.6M
41
Peru
2.3M
42
Ecuador
2.2M
43
Guatemala
2.1M
44
Ghana
2.1M
45
Colombia
2M
46
Sierra Leone
2M
47
Benin
2M
48
Liberia
2M
49
Sri Lanka
1.7M
50
Venezuela, RB
1.7M
51
Congo, Rep.
1.6M
52
Guinea
1.6M
53
Jordan
1.6M
54
Nepal
1.6M
55
Honduras
1.6M
56
Central African Republic
1.6M
57
Argentina
1.5M
58
Cameroon
1.4M
59
Libya
1.2M
60
Taiwan
900,000
61
Cambodia
900,000
62
Senegal
900,000
63
Tajikistan
900,000
64
Togo
800,000
65
Gabon
600,000
66
Botswana
600,000
67
Gambia, The
500,000
68
Guinea-Bissau
500,000
69
Chile
500,000
70
Lebanon
500,000
71
Namibia
500,000
72
Dominican Republic
400,000
73
El Salvador
400,000
74
Paraguay
400,000
75
Kyrgyz Republic
400,000
76
Tunisia
400,000
77
Mauritania
400,000
78
Turkmenistan
300,000
79
Timor-Leste
300,000
80
Panama
300,000
81
Oman
300,000
82
Jamaica
200,000
83
Trinidad and Tobago
200,000
84
Solomon Islands
200,000
85
Slovak Republic
200,000
86
Eswatini
200,000
87
Albania
200,000
88
Hong Kong SAR, China
200,000
89
New Caledonia
100,000
90
Fiji
100,000
91
Cabo Verde
100,000
92
French Polynesia
100,000
93
Macao SAR, China
100,000
94
Vanuatu
100,000
95
Barbados
100,000
96
Mauritius
100,000
97
Sao Tome and Principe
100,000
98
Suriname
100,000
99
Samoa
100,000
100
Kiribati
100,000
101
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
100,000
102
Djibouti
100,000
103
Dominica
100,000
104
Comoros
100,000
105
Belize
100,000
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