Was Googling around for stats. Sorry if the link isn't good, but:

https://geopoliticalfutures.com/china-is-still-really-poor/

In 2010, only 11.2 percent (almost 150 million people) lived on less than $1.90 a day. Not shown above is that 27.2 percent (almost 360 million people) lived on less than $3.10 a day.

So that's what, a bigger population than the US who live on less than $1k a year?