"Reductions in extreme poverty in the world are due largely to the economic strides made by one big country, China. The proportion of people living on less than $1.25 a day (U.N. definition of poverty) in China was 61% in 1991, 6% in 2011, and 4% in 2015." - United Nations Millenium Report. Between 1991 and 2015 China raised 57% of its population out of poverty: 740,000,000 people, a number that equals the entire population of Europe. An economic miracle unmatched in World History.