Summarise the main features of population and poverty rates given in Table1 below and comment on differences between and within countries over time.

Table 1 Population and poverty rate by different poverty lines
	1966	2005	2010	2013	2015
UK
Population (000s)	58,167	60,401	62,766	64,128	65,116
Pop. living $2.15 (%)	0.25	0.52	0.16	0.16	0.15
Pop. living $3.65 (%)	0.25	0.75	0.35	0.23	0.32
Pop. living $6.85 (%)	0.75	1.39	1.05	0.51	0.91
Pakistan
Population (000s)	127,349	160,304	179,425	191,261	199,427
Pop. living $2.15 (%)	22.29	20.3	9.38	7.36	5.11
Pop. living $3.65 (%)	70.01	65.14	52.42	44.57	40.01
Pop. living $6.85 (%)	94.74	92.36	90.38	86.54	83.77
China
Population (000s)	1,217,550	1,303,720	1,337,705	1,363,240	1,379,860
Pop. living $2.15 (%)	46.61	21.14	13.24	2.6	1.05
Pop. living $3.65 (%)	78.7	49.72	33.74	16.34	10.19
Pop. living $6.85 (%)	95.48	78.53	62.5	47.26	37.86

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