Health > Hunger and malnutrition Stats: compare key data on China & India

Children > Small children underweight: Percentage of all children under 5 that are moderately or severely underweight.
Undernourished population: Number of people in the country who subsist on less than the required nutritional amounts per day.
Undernourished population > Percentage: Percentage of population that subsists on less than the required nutritional amounts per day.
Undernourished population per million people: Number of people in the country who subsist on less than the required nutritional amounts per day. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Underweight boys under 5: Prevalence of underweight children.
Underweight girls under 5: Prevalence of underweight children.

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STAT	China	India
Children > Small children underweight	3.6% Ranked 26th.	43.5% Ranked 1st. 12 times more than China
Undernourished population	158 million Ranked 2nd.	213.8 million Ranked 1st. 35% more than China
Undernourished population > Percentage	11.4% Ranked 60th.	17% Ranked 42nd. 49% more than China
Undernourished population per million people	0.117 million Ranked 54th.	0.173 million Ranked 42nd. 48% more than China
Underweight boys under 5	10% Ranked 31st.	45% Ranked 1st. 5 times more than China
Underweight girls under 5	11% Ranked 30th.	49% Ranked 1st. 4 times more than China

SOURCES: United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables

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