demographics
Undernourished People
Total number of people who are chronically undernourished worldwide. Calculated from the FAO prevalence of undernourishment (% of population) applied to total world population.
WLDTier 1 SourceVerified Mar 2026
Undernourished People
Official value (2023): 685,444,924
Undernourished People growth (2014–2023)
+21.0%·in time period
2014: 566,263,238.31 people, 2015: 565,567,487.34 people, 2016: 564,665,998.875 people, 2017: 563,474,732.34 people, 2018: 561,898,062.728 people, 2019: 606,684,672.438 people, 2020: 644,089,370.768 people, 2021: 681,164,277.444 people, 2022: 687,100,888.662 people, 2023: 685,444,924.05 people
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How is this calculated? Read the methodology